american revolutionary war

I was recently reading through a French book on the ARW and found that a French and Spanish proposal in Paris had been made for the British to keep Georgia, South Carolina and eastern florida. What would have been the geopolitical consequences of Britain keeping said places free the ARW?

O.O.C.: Inspired by this post. I.C.: What if Catherine the Great rebuffed King George's request for Russian troops to ait the British in the American Revolutionary War? What if the Zaporozhian Cossacks never arrived in Boston in the 1775-76 period? How would the War go? What might be the...

What are the ways to give American a stronger Navy and make the Royal navy weaker? would having Canada (Quebec), Nova Scotia, and Saint John Island(Prince Edward Island) joining have any noticeable effect? like having Quebec's Iron works help or Halifax somehow being taken by patriot forces...

What if the British had played it a bit safer at the Battle of Bunker Hill and cut off the Charlestown Neck, as Clinton suggested, rather than letting Howe and Burgoyne's overconfidence carry the day?

When France and Spain joined the American Revolutionary War, they weren't in it out of simple altruism. They wanted to make gains at Britain's expense. One of Spain's primary war aims was the recapture of Gibraltar, lost to Great Britain during the War of the Spanish Succession. So in June 1779...

Toronto did not exist before the revolution, so if the US got their hands on Ontario in the treaty of Paris, what would Ontario’s cities look like? How big would its largest urban area be and where would it most likely be located?

Once there was a dream, a dream called the United States of America. This is the story of how it died. ************************************************************************************* The Battle of White Plains on the 28th October 1776 was part of the New York and New Jersey Campaign...

WI the British loss in the American revolution had been greater (say the US also gets part of Canada (British America) what would be the odds of a Napoleonic figure rising in the aftermath of George III's reign & whom might it be?

Sorry for the lengthy thread title, but I needed to articulate a very specific question. Alternate history scenarios that see Thirteen Colonies remain in the British Empire are relatively common, but they almost definitionally fall into one of two broad categories. The first posits a world where...

Otl, the 10 Colonies fought for independence and freedom from the British crown. But those ten were originally 13, but the southernmost colonies that were more reliant on slavery than trade didn't join in the rebellion as the north condemned slavery and the institutions surrounding the tobacco...

Supposing that the US chose to go down the path of monarchism instead of the new and unfamiliar road of Republicanism, how would this alternate United States develop. There were monarchist supporters in the Continental Congress after all. A prominent Founding Father like Alexander Hamilton...

This may not be plausible but let me sorta propose this: Later in the American Revolution, the British are able to take the upper hand in the war, with a stronger southern campaign. The British secure the south, while Washington attempts to retake New York (which I believe was his original plan...

Generally speaking, timelines that see the Thirteen Colonies remain loyal to Great Britain fall under one of two categories: scenarios where the Revolutionary War is entirely avoided before hostilities break out, and scenarios where the American Patriots are crushed by the Loyalists and the...

Would anyone be down for a revolutionary war map game? it would start in 1775 and continue until whenever it dies

While the British won the Battle of Bunker Hill, it was very much a Pyrrhic victory for them. But it didn't necessarily have to be that way. In the lead-up to the battle, Henry Clinton pushed for securing the Charlestown Neck to cut off the colonists' retreat. However, he was outvoted by his...

Ne’er before had the flames of warfare turned so badly against the British -King George III The Revolution started in Montreal -George Washington He had repeatedly denied the citizens of these fair colonies the Freedom of Religion -Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence. CHAPTER I...

After reading Wikipedia's article on the origins of the American flag awhile back, I stumbled across an interesting tidbit about why the Grand Union flag and the flag of the East India Company were so similar. Apparently, this isn't coincidental, and the original American flag was inspired by...

After 13 years under the British rule the quebecois rebelled shortly after the 13 american colonies did against the British Empire. But what if they hadn't? How would the United States, Quebec and Canada look like today? Could the American revolution have won without the quebecois rebellion?

Hello all. This timeline is one in which the American colonists and the British agree to a compromise in 1774 following a Whig victory in that year’s general election. This means that the American Revolution never occurs, and the 13 colonies continue on as British territory, albiet with a...

Your challenge is to have George Washington successfully defend New York City in 1776.