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With the implementation of the Jones Act (1916) and the sucessful efforts of Governor Harrison in staffing many spots with Filipinos in the colonial bureacracy in the late 1910s, it was expected that the colony would be capable of self government, and would be given independence after a certain...

In my alternate history project, humanity as a whole never invents the concept of an "Age of Majority". Instead, legal independence and the right to enter certain professions is granted on an individual basis via "Competency Exams" which are European derivatives of the Ancient Chinese Imperial...

Peccavi: A History of The United States Chapter One: Things fall apart "GOOD LORD, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THERE!?" -Thomas Jefferson, upon seeing a fistfight break out among delegates of the US Constitutional Convention 1787: The Federalists, Led by Alexander Hamilton, lead the call for a...

There are hundreds of threads ctalking about the american civil war, and how if it had gone differently, it would have affected america. But, I am more interested in what a divided US means for Europe. OTL, France used the turmoil of the American Civil War to intervene in Mexico, and Spain used...

So, the PoD may be that Nixon nominates Thruston Morton as his VP and performs a bit better in Southern States managing to win narrowly defeat JFK. In 1961 he orders a full-blown invasion by US Army after a Tonkin-like provocation instead of what JFK did IRL. Castro is toppled and there is no...

While most people on this board (including myself) think that successfull 1993 WTC bombing would lead to an earlier War on Terror with Sudan getting invaded due to hosting Al-Qaeda at the time, the attack itself was organized by a Pakistani terorrist Ramzi Yousef. So, let's say that the...

Basic rundown: -Gran Colombia never exists and instead Columbia compromises of Panama, Columbia, and Ecuador -Venezuela given protectorate status in 1864 -Venezuelan crisis of 1895 escalates into a more global conflict; Anglo-Spanish war -Anglo-Spanish war occurs; US & UK v Spain & Venezuela -US...

Kennedy had plently of health problems, so I was wondering what could kill him before or after 1963. Any thoughts?

Okay, so the goal is pretty simple Start with a POD sometime after 12:00 AM 01/01/2000, and from it, make the next decade as bad for the United States of America as you can. Cause as much chaos, misery, and misfortune for the US - both for the government and the people - as could possibly...

I find it confusing to what could happen Afghanistan if the Soviets never had withdrawn. And I have read these threads https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/war-on-terror-with-a-surviving-ussr.132355/ and...

Simple as it sounds- Clay, Calhoun and Webster either never get into politics or leave early. Maybe after the embarrassment of the War of 1812 (for Clay and Calhoun) and then the financial struggles of the Panic of 1815 lead to them not running for re-election in 1816? Clay was hinting at...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Mexican_Empire#Mexican_monarchism Apparently, before Nappy III was even in control many had interest in a European monarch to control Mexico as early as the 1830's. If any European nation (likely France) had done this earlier, what might the outcome be? Will...

The expansion of the US was tied in every way to slavery. The south wanted to expand it, so the north needed to expand so they wouldn't be overrun commercially with the system. The war with Mexico was in part because the Republic of Texas had hazy borders with Mexico, so when they joined the...

WW1 concluded with a negotiated peace in late 1917/early 1918. In the peace treaty, neither side was required to pay any reparations/indemnities and both sides pledged not to introduce new punitive tariff barriers post-war. The US never entered the war and never provided unsecured loans to...

A Forward This is looking to be my first timeline, on this site, and for a good reason. I've long felt the urge to write something for any sort of creative website, be it SCP, Alternatehistory, and the plethora of others I just can't name at this time for lack of memory. I've held back, time...

In a world where the KMT wins the CCW in the 30s or so (what are the best PoDs for that) and survives the war with Japan but remains a military/presidential dictatorship on some level, could a world war break out between the KMT and USA anywhere between the 90s (where many argue that China OTL...

I recently watched a video of AlternateHistoryHub, in which he explained how would be a United States of America with a King, and despite I agreed in certains aspects of the politics, I consider the YouTuber's POV kind of pessimistic. (Below I would leave the video link) His view is that the...

We are still with quotes from ancient history books that can know more about us than we do about ourselves. In your opinion the Algerian President with the longest reign in modern history? Bouteflika 20 years old, no Boumedien 13 years old, no He is Mohammed bin Othman, known as Hajj Mohammed...

The concept of a "Second American Civil War" is a relatively popular alt-history trope. Most hypothetical applications of this concept set the Second Civil War during the Great Depression period. I'm wondering if there are any known timelines where this concept was applied to the '60s and '70s...

Assuming the Israelis do not destroy the Iraqi Nuclear Program, and Saddam is able to test a nuclear bomb and then further develop nuclear weapons during the Iran-Iraq war, how would that change the timeline? Iran's reaction? Israel's reaction? Other Arab countries reactions? And finally, the...