american revolution

Ok, so lets say that the US was not allowed to be settled by heretics, and that the king gave out land to aristocrats. Basically, an all Anglican society with English landholders, black slaves, and white tenant craftspeople and servants, where colonial governors are directly appointed by the...

My apologies if this has been around the block a few times, but what would happen if Quebec joined the American Revolution, perhaps because Benedict Arnold carried a few copies of the Declaration of Independence in French with him? I think the presence of French-speaking delegates to the...

Chapter 1: Death of a Prominent American President Lafayette “I have missed the Fourth, it is fitting that I have caught this day. Poetic.” -the last entry of Lafayette’s journal, transcribed by Thomas Jefferson. In no more than five paragraphs, briefly describe the life and death of a...

The cotton gin is widely regarded as one of the most transformative industrial inventions in agriculture, by making a minor crop into one of the forefronts of American industrialisation. Invented in 1794, Eli Whitney's machine was renowned for being able to remove the seeds from over 50 pounds...

Most discussions of Britain winning the American Revolutionary War tend to focus on the trajectory of the British Empire or how international politics would be affected. But perhaps just as interesting is the impact a British victory would have on politics in the Home Islands. So what would the...

Basically what it says in the post. Alexander Hamilton, great founding father, and subject matter for a great Musical, who's potential and drive for the Presidency was for better or worse squandered by both an affair and Aaron Burr's Bullet. If both the affair and his death had never happened...

The scenario goes as follows: After 7 Years' War French Acadians move from Canada down into the Mississippi River area. Tension rises in the territory as New Spain begins enforcing new laws on the French that lived in the region, unlike OTL where New Spain was passive. Slavery & poor native...

years long lurker, first time poster here. in 1793, Paine was arrested in France on charges of "treason". The most probable reason is that he was seen as too moderate when compared to Robespierre and other Jacobins. While in prison, Paine was working on "The Age of Reason". He was eventually...

I'm sure this has been done to death, but your challenge is to have the USA establish a purely ceremonial American monarchy following independence from Britain. The only rule is that the monarchy cannot be established by someone of non-American background, meaning no European (or otherwise)...

During the Revolutionary War, the Native American tribes of what in our timeline, became the Eastern United States, Ontario and Quebec, were largely split in their support for the British or the Americans. The Iroquois were the only ones who had any kind of support for the Crown among its...

Background: By June of 1778 the French had entered the American Revolutionary War on the side of the American rebels. This drastically changed the strategic situation for the British Army who had captured and occupied Philadelphia the previous year. Wary of the threat the French posed to the...

WI the Stamp Act had led to an earlier American Revolution? Could we have seen Samuel Adams or perhaps even Benedict Arnold as America's first President?

Hello! I was reading the book For Want of a Nail by Robert Sobel. The book is the history of North America from the 1760's to the 1970's in a world in which Burgoyne won at Saratoga. In the book they refer to Washington as a bad commander, chosen by the Continental Congress in a political move...

Let's say that, for some reason, the Americans lose the revolutionary war against the British and Britain re-establishes firm control over the colonies. Could there potentially be another revolution, some time in the future? In addition, if there could be, how likely is it to be successful? I...

Hello, all, and welcome to my first ever alternate history thread! ...Yay. You can practically tell how excited I am. I'll tell the prologue of the story in the next post, but for now, I'm going to discuss the premise of this story. In it, Thomas Jefferson, who served in the Second...

Let's say Britain makes more concessions to the colonists (decreasing tariffs, allowing westward expansion, decreasing or abolishing taxation in the colonies). What impact would this have on the global balance of power? Would the French Revolution be avoided or delayed? When would European...

So lets make the American revolution were partly about slavery? In the 18th century the abolition movements in Europe (and to a much lesser extent to 13 colonies) are significantly more successful. And Britain is where the abolishes movement is most successful compared to OTL. In 1771 The 1807...

As many Rebel leaders became accepted and some even admired in the Dominion of North America through a movement of Rebel Revisionism, would there eventually be a similar movement for rehabilitation of american loyalists and His Majesty George III if the colonies succeded in their "revolution"...

So after thinking about the American war for independence, I was wondering about the effects a stronger presence in North America would have on the Qing empire. Seeing as North America is a higher priority, would the British have a higher stand on the Chinese? What would be the effects of a...

As the title says, what if America pays it's war debt to France? How does that affect the French Monarchy? I know the crown being bankrupt was only a part of the reason for the French Revolution, but if the US had paid the debt owed to France, would this have prevented the revolution, delayed...