DBWI: America goes for Republic

What if the United Kingdoms of America had abandoned the Monarchy.

During the American Revolution many people revolted against the policies and taxes placed by UK for defence upkeep and it would devolve into a four year war before a peace was made where the colonies received de-facto independence from the UK while retaining the Monarchy, significant trade links and several treaties of mutual defence signed by singular kingdoms or groups of kingdoms(e.g the NewEnglish-British treaty, Virginian-British treaty, etc)

In the earlier parts of the revolution the idea of a Republic style government did appear when France, Spain and the Netherlands came out in support of the American colonies before the French dropped out in the 2nd year of the war due to the rather violent outbreak of their own French Revolution. This was a catalyst that caused Spain and the Netherlands to withdraw a significant amount of troops to defend its own border, leaving the Americans to fight alone.

While the combined power of these three nations may of emboldened to Americans to fully go independent as a Republic the main stepping stone is King George III himself. While George was never the most consistent or sane monarch he was rather swayed by the colonies plight and was a strong vocal supporter of the colonies.

His support was probably the main reason the various of American colonies retained the Monarchy and such close links to the UK afterwards and it was the unifying link of the monarch that made them united into the rather loose confederation that today is the United Kingdoms of America.


So what if the Americans did go fully independent and for Republicanism. How would this be achieved and what would be the consequences?
 
What if the United Kingdoms of America had abandoned the Monarchy.

During the American Revolution many people revolted against the policies and taxes placed by UK for defence upkeep and it would devolve into a four year war before a peace was made where the colonies received de-facto independence from the UK while retaining the Monarchy, significant trade links and several treaties of mutual defence signed by singular kingdoms or groups of kingdoms(e.g the NewEnglish-British treaty, Virginian-British treaty, etc)

In the earlier parts of the revolution the idea of a Republic style government did appear when France, Spain and the Netherlands came out in support of the American colonies before the French dropped out in the 2nd year of the war due to the rather violent outbreak of their own French Revolution. This was a catalyst that caused Spain and the Netherlands to withdraw a significant amount of troops to defend its own border, leaving the Americans to fight alone.

While the combined power of these three nations may of emboldened to Americans to fully go independent as a Republic the main stepping stone is King George III himself. While George was never the most consistent or sane monarch he was rather swayed by the colonies plight and was a strong vocal supporter of the colonies.

His support was probably the main reason the various of American colonies retained the Monarchy and such close links to the UK afterwards and it was the unifying link of the monarch that made them united into the rather loose confederation that today is the United Kingdoms of America.


So what if the Americans did go fully independent and for Republicanism. How would this be achieved and what would be the consequences?

It really does depend on the POD and where you go from there.

Here one interesting thing to think about: would abolitionism on both sides of the Atlantic have received a significant boost had the Rebels succeeded in their initial goals? As I recall, many of the most fervent Republicans, like Jefferson, Adams and Paine were very much sympathetic to anti-slavery causes and such, as well as a good number of the so-named "Moderators", like Washington and Hamilton; as I recall, the Dominionists(those who wished to have the Colonies remain subservient to the Crown)were pretty well divided between pro and anti-slavery individuals. Unfortunately for the U.K.A., the planters in the Dominionist side of things were indeed given quite a few concessions, and it was only in 1907 that slavery finally completely ended(as a result of the Manumission Act, 1892). (At least race relations between whites and blacks are better than they once were, but still a fair bit awkward, especially in the Southern lands-even if Georgia did get it's first black governor all the way back in 1972).

Also, should my (social democratic) home country of the Confederation of Cascadia still exist, how might a Republican America deal with us? IOTL, our relations with the U.K.A. were fairly sketchy prior to about 1910 or so, but we've gotten along rather well with them, as well as everybody else in our backyard.
 
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