james monroe

  1. TheDoofusUser

    WI : Monroe kills Hamilton in Duel; Adams wins re-election; What does Adams 1801-1805 and 1804 look like?

    In 1798, Alexander Hamilton, Former Secretary of the Treasury, and James Monroe, Future 5th President of the United States, almost had a duel where its likely Hamilton would've died six years earlier. So, what if that duel happened leading to Hamilton's death and because of that, Jefferson, of...

  2. WI: Alexander Hamilton duels James Monroe

    Alexander Hamilton famously met his death in a duel with Aaron Burr. But he came very close to dueling another famous figure. During the Reynolds affair, Hamilton accused James Monroe of leaking documents that incriminated him. In retaliation, Monroe challenged Hamilton to a duel. Ironically, it...

  3. WI: Hamilton vs. Monroe 1792

    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...

  4. Political Ramifications of No War of 1812

    The War of 1812 is really a small event within world history, being most remembered in the US and (maybe) Canada. As such, it doesn't have too many ramifications for world history, aside for potential Canadian nationalism issues. Yet, an interesting case, in my opinion, to think about, is the...

  5. Maine Becomes Independent

    In 1819, Massachusetts agreed to allow Maine formal secession from the state after decades of tension with Boston. What if, in an alternate timeline, Maine was allowed to secede from Massachusetts instead of becoming a state in the US, became an independent republic. Would Monroe be able to...

  6. Greater, self-governing colony of Liberia with a bigger Americo-Liberian population.

    So let’s say that during and before 1821: 1). The ACS purchases Sierra Leone from Britian, and annexes modern-day Guinea, Guinea-Basseu, Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Gambia which all get incorporated into Liberia. 2). A much larger number of black freedman from North America, the Caribbean, and...

  7. Hamilton dies in a duel... with James Monroe

    So, in 1798, Alexander Hamilton and James Monroe danced around dueling each other, and were only stopped by the intervention of Aaron Burr, in what may be one of American history's more morbid jokes. So let's say they do have a duel -- and Hamilton, cursed with ill luck with pistols no matter...
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