overthrow

What if Yuan Shikai overthrew the Qing Dynasty in a Coup détat around during or after the Boxer Rebellion, and declare himself Emperor. How would Foreign Powers react to this Coup? Would Yuan Shiaki modernize his new Empire of China like Japan Would he create a constitutional monarchy?

The challenge is to destroy the government based off of the American constitution. This could mean anything from the peaceful adoption of a new document, a coup, a dissolution of the union, or anything else that prevents it from governing anything. It can take place any time from the...