Challenge: New faces on dollar bills.

Put one of the following on a $ Bill.

Robert E Lee
Aaron Burr
King George III
Lord Cornwallis
Karl Marx
Superman
Benedict Arnold
Nancy Reagan.
George Custer
Lafayette
or Sitting Bull
Good luck.
 
Put one of the following on a $ Bill.

Benedict Arnold

Already done by H Beam Piper in 1959.

http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/8/6/3/18632/18632.htm

Robert E Lee

When his home state did not secede, Lee accepted Lincoln's offer for a top command. Placed in charge in the east, he crushed Confederate forces on that theatre. While later historians would point out the importance of the successes of the Western commanders, period press focused on Lee's exploits. After the end of the War of Rebellion, Lee is persuaded to become Lincoln's Vice-President on the Union Party fusion ticket. When Lincoln is assassinated, Lee becomes President. He wins his own election in 1868, though suffers a stroke in 1870 that leaves him unable to speak and he dies a few weeks later of pneumonia. The scandals that taint the following Colfax adminstration further empasize Lee's character and in 1913 Lee's portrait is put on the $50 bill.
 
Robert E Lee- stays loyal to the union, crushes the southern army, and ends the rebellion in 1861. Later elected president top bridge the gap between north and south (or the cliche "independent south").

Aaron Burr- Alexander Hamilton's "stop Burr" coalition fails. Jefferson sinks into obscurity, Burr becomes recognized as a relativly good president for some reason (maybe something to do with setting up the "modern US", including strong central government).

King George III- A compromise deal is reached between the colonies and Britain proper, arbitrated by George III, which allows them to become an independent nation with the same soverign as the home country.

Lord Cornwallis- commemorative dollar bills, possibly in the George III timeline, or maybe celebrating his triumphant capture of Quebec (overdramatized version of Wolfe's attack).

Karl Marx- he emmigrates to America, which gives American socialism stronger roots. After a socialist revolution in the 1920s...

Superman- Either a commemorative bill for the comic or a politician who looks just like Clark Kent.

Benedict Arnold- Arnold and Montgomery take canada, and arnold takes credit. He gets some more rewards from congress, maybe a Saratoga type victory (probably near New York City or in the South-Savannah, say?) ensure his reputation as a hero. A short but distinguished political career, and voila.

Nancy Reagan- she goes into politics on her own, wins the presidency, and makes a name for herself as a social worker and in connection with various humaitarian groups.

George Custer- he has an ounce of the military skill he thought he had, so does better in the civil war, has a few successes out west, and transforms that into the presidency, then does something he will be remembered for.

Lafayette- easy enough. probably a commemoative bill, or maybe he stays in America and gets elected something.

or Sitting Bull- an america more accepting of Native Americans, but otherwise similar to OTL.
 
Lafayette- easy enough. probably a commemoative bill, or maybe he stays in America and gets elected something.

Lafayette gave Washington the key to the Bastille. Maybe the Treasury Department puts Lafayette's face on a bill or coin in return.
 
No one really knows why Sir John A. MacDonald had his change of heart and mind. Volumes have been written on the subject and conspiracy theories abound. I like the "kidnapped by Bostonians and substituted with a look alike" one myself.
 
Well George the Third, as a prince, could be sent to America, as regent. The Prince of America (mirroring Pedro I's OTL Brazilian movement) agrees with the late 1700 thoughts of American independence.

Instead of having John Hancock's big signature of the Declaration of Independence; George III beats him to it. This begins the biggest rivalry in the known world...

The BIll will consist of George III, and John Hancock dueling.
 

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Well George the Third, as a prince, could be sent to America, as regent. The Prince of America (mirroring Pedro I's OTL Brazilian movement) agrees with the late 1700 thoughts of American independence.

Instead of having John Hancock's big signature of the Declaration of Independence; George III beats him to it. This begins the biggest rivalry in the known world...

The BIll will consist of George III, and John Hancock dueling.

:D Very good.
 
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