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  1. What did natives think of Europeans in the Age of Discovery?

    "Quick, hide the good silver."

  2. A complete difference engine in the 1820s

    1918: Robo-Kaiser Wilhelm II drops a neutron bomb against the secret Uruguayan base of the last surviving humans on Earth.

  3. Southern Reaction to Imbalance in Senate?

    And then Tennessee came in, tying it, followed by Ohio and Louisiana, keeping it tied. I'm not sure the South would be able to block the admission of Indiana and Illinois, given the terms of the Northwest Ordinance, I'm just curious what their reaction would be.

  4. Southern Reaction to Imbalance in Senate?

    1. It was 9-9 before the admission of Mississippi, Alabama, Indiana, and Illinois. 2. Many had slaves, but had enacted graduated abolition; New Jersey did so in 1804.

  5. Southern Reaction to Imbalance in Senate?

    Suppose, say, that the population increase in Mississippi and Alabama was much lower than OTL, so that they would not be eligible for statehood in the 1810s. How would the Southern slave states react to proposals to bring Indiana and Illinois into the Union as in OTL as free states, resulting in...

  6. The Vice-President of the United States has an Official Uniform

    Just as long as the uniform's fancier than a rear president's.

  7. What does it take to be a Great Power?

    It takes nerves of steel, the strength of a bull, the courage of a lion, and the balls of a tiger.

  8. How did Britain perceive the 1st American party system?

    It was a matter of ideology; the Republicans were, ironically, more democratic, and looked to the French Revolution as a good thing. They disliked the British because they perceived them as aristocratic and elitist.

  9. Kitty Cats

    There probably isn't going to be a PIE root for cat, because they were domesticated in the Near East.

  10. Map Thread XIV

    "Beautiful beachfront property, cheap!"...who's the "fucking idiot" now, Oklahoma Department of Tourism?!

  11. Map Thread XIV

    Some interesting implications: *No Beringia. The Last Glacial Maximum dropped sea levels by about 120 meters, meaning that parts of the Bering Strait would still be underwater. Which means that Paleo-Indians wouldn't start arriving until they had mastered simple boats, about 9000 years BP...

  12. Map Thread XIV

    Map of North America from this ASB setting I'm working on where North and South America are 150 meters lower than OTL:

  13. Would it be realistic for America to become a Monarchy?

    If only I spoke Latin I could tell you. But I barely speak English, so I guess we're both out of luck.

  14. Would it be realistic for America to become a Monarchy?

    Maybe. But you couldn't use the word "king". Too many negative associations. Something simpler, like "commander".

  15. Why didn’t France do anything related to the Americas till Verrazano in the 1520s?

    They wanted to keep with their long tradition of geopolitical impotency at sea?

  16. Largest and Most Plausible Mexiwank

    "Yes Peter, I'll take Oregon to block." :D

  17. A More Personal Union

    Map of North America, c. 1650:

  18. What would Richard I of England call his son

    John the Evangelist.

  19. What would Richard I of England call his son

    I imagine the line of English kings would look something like: William I William II Henry I Stephen/Matilda Henry II Richard I Richard II Richard III Richard IV Richard V Richard VI Goose I

  20. What would Richard I of England call his son

    Look how they massacred my joke.
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