A Second England

INTRODUCTION: A Fatal Accident (7th April 1769)

If you were walking around in Virginia on the evening of the 7th April 1769, you might have seen a man ride his horse. If you stood watching for a while, you would have seen a terrible accident. George Washington, an important figure in the Seven Year's War, was that man. By the time someone found him, he was in a terrible condition. It was a riding accident that killed Washington, who would be remembered as an important commander. If he had lived in another universe, he would have been one of the most famous men in history. But right in his own world, he would become not necessarily a forgotten figure, but someone not hugely known.

PART ONE: An Agreement (1st January 1775)

In Boston on the 16th December 1773, a group called the Sons of Liberty staged a political demonstration. They poured tea into the harbour to protest about a new tax on tea. Over in England, this caused alarm. Parliament agreed on a new solution.

A few days later, representatives met with the Sons of Liberty. Over the next couple of days, an agreement was made. On the 1st January 1774, the American Colonies Council was formed. It was a kind of Parliament for Britain's American colonies. It still had to answer to the Houses of Parliament over in Westminster, but they had a certain level of control. Representatives were taken from each 'County of America'. The counties were the Thirteen Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia), Newfoundland, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, the Leeward Islands and Jamaica. The Council took the capital of the Dominion of America at Williamsburg. It was the start of a new history for America.
 
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Expect the next part tomorrow! On another note, does anyone have maps of Native American cultures around 1774? I'm planning on colonial America being similar to OTL colonial India, with Indian princely states. In this TL, I am thinking America would become similar with Native American cultures being similar to the princely states.

For the rest of the world, the British Empire will be slightly smaller as more resources and time are invested in America, the Empire in Africa being limited to Sudan, Somaliland and South Africa, India more under control of the French and Portuguese, and possibly an Australia that is split between British and Dutch control.
 
Expect the next part tomorrow! On another note, does anyone have maps of Native American cultures around 1774? I'm planning on colonial America being similar to OTL colonial India, with Indian princely states. In this TL, I am thinking America would become similar with Native American cultures being similar to the princely states.

For the rest of the world, the British Empire will be slightly smaller as more resources and time are invested in America, the Empire in Africa being limited to Sudan, Somaliland and South Africa, India more under control of the French and Portuguese, and possibly an Australia that is split between British and Dutch control.

Cool, keep it up, I cannot wait.
 
I do not see how GW's early death prevents the Revolution. I can see how his death would prevent a successful Revolution.
GW was an important, but not critical, member of the Virginia resistance to the Crown and Parliament, but he had no role in the Sons of Liberty in Boston. His death would not stop the events of 1775 from unfolding but would result in some other individual being named as the commander of the forces camped outside of Boston after the Battle of Bunker Hill.
I also question whether anyone in the English government was prepared to grant the functional equivalent of Dominion status (a concept not yet invented) to the American colonies and whether the radicals from Massachusetts and Virginia then in control of the Continental Congress would have accepted such a proposal. I believe they wanted Parliament and the Crown to acknowledge that the various colonial (state) legislatures were the competent authorities to govern the colonies.
I think GW's early death would result in someone far less competent being named as Commander of the Continental Army (Charles Lee?, Israel Putnam? John Hancock?), the Revolution being crushed and Parliament imposing even stricter control on the colonies.

Your obedient servant,
Alexander Hamilton
 

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I do not see how GW's early death prevents the Revolution. I can see how his death would prevent a successful Revolution.
GW was an important, but not critical, member of the Virginia resistance to the Crown and Parliament, but he had no role in the Sons of Liberty in Boston. His death would not stop the events of 1775 from unfolding but would result in some other individual being named as the commander of the forces camped outside of Boston after the Battle of Bunker Hill.
I also question whether anyone in the English government was prepared to grant the functional equivalent of Dominion status (a concept not yet invented) to the American colonies and whether the radicals from Massachusetts and Virginia then in control of the Continental Congress would have accepted such a proposal. I believe they wanted Parliament and the Crown to acknowledge that the various colonial (state) legislatures were the competent authorities to govern the colonies.
I think GW's early death would result in someone far less competent being named as Commander of the Continental Army (Charles Lee?, Israel Putnam? John Hancock?), the Revolution being crushed and Parliament imposing even stricter control on the colonies.

Your obedient servant,
Alexander Hamilton

I have heard that George Washington, while a great man, was not a particularly great military leader. Perhaps there might game been a more talented commander in the rebel faction, or was he the best they had?
 
Indeed, GW was not a great military man. At best, he was a talented amateur who had the ability to learn from his mistakes. On the other hand he was probably one of the few men (perhaps the only man) in America who had the combination of character, determination, tact and a modest amount of military ability required to keep the Continental Army together, deal with the states and Congress and also fight the British.
The alternatives were poor to middling former British professional soldiers such as Lee or Gates who had, shall we say, significant personality problems or gifted amateur soldiers such Knox, Greene, Wayne or Arnold who had significant learning curves and did not command the respect that GW had from the very beginning of his command and which only increased.
Without GW, I believe the Revolution would have been crushed at an early date by the British or would have degenerated into a long and vicious partisan war on the frontier.


Your obedient servant,
Alexander Hamilton
 
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