george washington

I just came up with a fun idea. What if the Washington is somehow installed King in the South while Prince Henry of Prussia is installed installed King in the North? The North has New England, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The South has Virginia, North Carolina, South...

I was wondering today about what could have happened if George Washington died in the middle of the Revolutionary War in the autumn of 1779. The rebels had already received aid from the French and Spanish, however on the other hand the British were gaining ground in the South and the winter of...

1789: George Washington becomes emperor of America after pressure from his supporters, especially Alexander Hamilton, washington's first decision after the coronation to deal with the rebellion of free American forces that grew at the expense of the weakness of the Confederate state of America...

So, I was watching Drunk History and reading the Alexander Hamilton wikipedia page to verify what I had heard and found that Alexander Hamilton and James Monroe could have almost come to blows in relation to the Reynolds Affair (the below quote is taken from Alexander Hamilton's wikipedia page...

Something not many people are aware of is that George Washington very nearly joined the Royal Navy. Only his mother begging him to stay convinced him not to take his appointment as a midshipman. There are a lot of jokes to be made comparing this to Luke Skywalker wanting to enroll in the...

I admit this may or may not be very probable for a number of reasons, but i'm interested to see if this has previously been discussed and/or what people can come up with. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, known simply as Lafayette in the United States, was a French aristocrat and...

Did you know that the Queen of England is a descendent of the Prophet Muhammad? Well, no one knows for sure if it's true, but it's possible. So I was thinking... Who else on history could be, in an alternate TL, an ancestor of Elizabeth II. Obviously, if you change the ancestors, it wouldn't be...

As we all know, George Washington would go on to become known as "the man who saved the empire" when he lead British forces to victory in the Yankee Rebellion. Now what I want to know is, what may have occurred if George Washington had come to sympathize with the rebel cause, and what events in...

I was scrolling through YouTube when I came across a clip from the HBO John Adams miniseries where "John Adams rips Alexander Hamilton a new one," linked below. One line 7 seconds into the clip, spoken by Adams, is that "when the scourge of yellow fever is removed from Philadelphia, the...

I remember hearing about a book where Benedict Arnold is the leader of the American Revolution with Washington as the British commander. From how I remember it being subscribed it was from their two perspectives over the course of the war. If anyone could help me it would be appreciated

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...

History can often turn on single events. - A young Lieutenant George Washington almost got himself killed during the French and Indian War. - Benjamin Franklin sailed many times to Paris to gain and maintain royal French support. The British were looking for him at sea. What if he were killed...

Hi all, I've been visiting this site for quite some time and have always been interested in alternate history. One of my favorite periods to think about is the early United States, specifically, when the Articles of Confederation were falling to pieces. I firmly believe that there are numerous...

Chapter One: Forged From The Forge "To see men without clothes to cover their nakedness, without blankets to lay on, without shoes by which their marches might be traced by the blood from their feet, and almost as often without provisions as with; marching through frost and snow and at...

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...

In 1792, George Washington attempted to retire from politics after his first of President, but was convinced to run for reelection by the two parties in order to combat factionalism. What if, due to a decrease in his health (or an old war injury that didn't happen OTL) Washington ultimately...

A relatively obscure rebellion against the British crown was put down, with George Washington, its ringleader, being executed and the rest of the leaders exiled to some godforsaken land in the middle of nowhere. I had a theory that if they won a few more battles, some European powers could have...

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

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...

Introduction brown soil into red mud. Jumonville glen 1754. Lieutenant Colonel George Washington of the Virginia militia, surveyed the situation around him, the situation had soured quickly and he needed to get a handle of the situation, he knew...