american revolutionary war

George Washington lost many battles. This isn't intended as a slight against him; many of the defeats he suffered weren't entirely his fault, some were near-run things (Germantown comes to mind), and he certainly knew how to recover from losses. Still, one can't help but wonder how the war and...

Let's say the American Revolutionary War (or whatever it would be called in a hypothetical ATL) ended in a British victory. How bad would the reprisals get, and how much misery in the Thirteen Colonies would there be?

I know it seems unlikely and is incredibly controversial but I think that it should be brought up. Now when most people think of the american revolution they think of it as a precursor to Slave-owner Revolt of 1833 but in reality this isn't true at all. The United States of 1776 was very...

What if George Washington had won the Battle of Brandywine? Would it have prevented the British from capturing Philadelphia? What other consequences might a Continental victory have had?

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So, France gave the US a LOT of help during the American Revolution, to the point where it put France in debt. France also used to control the land west of the Proclamation Line of 1763, as part of New France. So let's say as a sort of repayment, the US gives it back, effectively limiting...

George Washington's successful defense of New York is one of his most widely discussed victories. The tactics he used are still discussed in military academies today. Not bad for a man with little formal military education. Of course, nowadays, the role espionage and military intelligence played...

During the Second Battle of Saratoga, Benedict Arnold was severely wounded in the leg. Arnold said it would have been better if he'd been shot in the chest. What if he had? How would things be different if he'd died at Saratoga?

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The Iroquois Confederacy initially tried to stay neutral in the American Revolution. But just as the conflict caused divisions among the colonists, it caused divisions among the Iroquois. Two of the six nations that made up the confederacy - specifically, the Oneida and Tuscarora - sided with...

What if the proposed state of Westsylvania had been created? What impact would it have had on American history?