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  1. Napoleon Bonaparte in the American Revolution

    Suppose Napoleon Bonaparte was a French Canadian living at the time of the American Revolution. Benedict Arnold goes north and tries to stir up rebellion against the British in the 14th colony of Canada, and he meets the leader of the French Rebels Napoleon Bonaparte. So what do you think...
  2. American Revolution in the 1820s - possible leaders?

    Say for whatever reason the American Revolution happened in the 1820s rather than when it did historically? Anyone knowledgeable enough on the personalities of the period to set up an 1820 Continental Congress? Or play out how the revolution could have gone?
  3. IchBinDieKaiser

    American Revolution 1848

    Suppose the American Revolution was crushed, Britain wins and puts its colonies in line. This would probably mean there would be a large military occupation, and the leaders of the revolution would be executed. This ends the revolution. Assuming that technological and industrial levels of...
  4. So the American Revolution fails. When's the next one?

    ...What happens to Canada, Texas, Louisiana, California, and Oregon Territory? Will they be inspired by the French Revolution, Latin American Revolutions, European revolutions and unification (I'm thinking 1848), or Karl Marx? What butterflies does this have on the Napoleanic Wars and everything...
  5. DBWI: The American Revolution Successful

    We all know the colonist rebellion failed. They put up a hell of a fight but the British military was just too strong. Who knows what would've happened if the French decided to help out the colonists. So what if the little buggers managed to win?
  6. Diogenes

    The Three America's : An Alternate American Revolution TL

    October, 1777: American General Horatio Gates's army is pushed back in the Battle of Saratoga, but after fleeing the British for 4 days, takes Fort Ticonderoga and takes refuge there. General George Clark turns back several British advances in the south, and is nick-named the 'Defender of the...
  7. WI American Revolution fought for Lord Penn?

    ...John Penn stays in Pennsylvania and Pennsylvanians rebel to get their Proprietor back? This way, what would happen to the American Revolution if some colonies rebel to become republics, but Pennsylvania rebels to make Penn independent monarch? Would USA have a union where most States have...
  8. A Different American Revolution

    What if after the American Revolution, it molded into a French Revolution with purges, civil wars, and dictators? Is it plausible and what would it have been like?
  9. Diogenes

    American Revolution WI's

    How could the American Revolution influence other British territorys to revolt, such as India, Canada, Ireland, or (puttin it on a limb) Scotland?Would this lead to Napolean winning? How could the American Revolution fail? How would this affect the British Empire and the world? Would another...
  10. Unexplained Occurences of the American Revolution

    What are some things that happened during the American Revolution that are still unexplained today? An example would be The Shot Heard Round the World.
  11. Diogenes

    For America! An Alternate American Revolution TL

    OCTOBER 17th, 1777 "General Burgoyne, it seems that the Colonists are pulling back!" John Burgoyne looked up, grinning, as the Patriots pulled back, slowly but surely. "Good. Have the Dragoons chase them back to Albany, then put it under seige. We don't want the Yankees spoiling the city." His...
  12. AH Challenge: the American Revolution succeeds...

    but the south remains under British rule. is this ASB or possible, and what would have the reprecussions been?
  13. Views of a defeated American revolution

    I was thinking about how historians might view a defeated American Revolution. I was thinking that it might be viewed as a slightly different war of suprmacy, although if the Americans are Defeated it might be likely that the various other powers involved might not have been involved, making the...
  14. Concequences of a failed American Revolution???

    I'm working on a timeline where the American Revolution is lost, prior to the French involvement. I'm having trouble deciding how this impacted French Revolution/Napoleonic Wars, since in OTL their involvement in the Americas bankrupted the nation; but I'm fairly sure something would have...
  15. American Revolution involving Canada

    I was wondering if anyone could direct me to a thread covering a history wherein the 13 colonies successfully take Canada in the Revolution. I was going to do an alternate history myself, but I wanted to see other takes on it as well. Thanks, James
  16. The American Economy without the Revolution

    Hey all, Suppose Britain gets a dose of good sense/the traitors in Boston realize how good they have it/<other nationalities' preferred explanation of the Revolution here>. Let's also keep the POD after 1763. How does America's economy develop? Some thoughts: In OTL, the era saw Yankee...
  17. WI: American Revolution spreads

    As is known if you've read on the period (but is sadly neglected in the folk history of the time) the war against the colonies was very unpopular back in Britain. The bulk of the population were fully in support of them- they had every right to protect their rights, it was good to see the...
  18. American Nobility and the American Revolution

    What would have happened if the English had established an American nobility in its North American colonies in the years just prior to the American Revolution. Provided that the revolution still happened, what would the reaction have been like?
  19. Challenge: End the American Revolution as soon as possible with British Victory

    How early and how could the American War of Independence be ended with a British Victory. A POD before the beginning of the war is acceptable. (Bonus points if you can include Pitt the elder somehow:D)
  20. Hawkeye

    DBWI: It seems the American Revolution has started

    1937 The southern provinces of the North American Confederation have declared independence from the British Empire and allied together to form what they call the United States of America. What is your take on this?
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