I've got a new TL on the way! Can you help with a name & POD(s)?

What initial POD would you like to suggest??

  • March 5/6, 1770-Boston Massacre

    Votes: 3 23.1%
  • 1771-Battle of Alamance

    Votes: 1 7.7%
  • 1772-No Gaspee Affair

    Votes: 5 38.5%
  • 1774-Lord Dunmore's War

    Votes: 3 23.1%
  • Other, between 1770-79 (please elaborate!)

    Votes: 1 7.7%

  • Total voters
    13
  • Poll closed .
Ben Franklin, Nate Gorham, Alex Hamilton, Rufus King, Carroll, Adams (IIRC), why would there have been an incentive to create a monarchy if they were on the fringe? They corresponded in Europe with the thoughts about Bonnie Prince Charlie, Henry, Cardinal Duke of York, Frederick, Duke of York, William, Duke of Clarence, Edward, Duke of Kent, Prince Henry of Prussia, the duke of Gloucester - it seems more that they went the republican route since none of the parties they wanted were interested in upping over the Atlantic from their cushy existences in Europe
I gave you Washington's thoughts. Please, I want a citation.
 
Ben Franklin, Nate Gorham, Alex Hamilton, Rufus King, Carroll, Adams (IIRC), why would there have been an incentive to create a monarchy if they were on the fringe? They corresponded in Europe with the thoughts about Bonnie Prince Charlie, Henry, Cardinal Duke of York, Frederick, Duke of York, William, Duke of Clarence, Edward, Duke of Kent, Prince Henry of Prussia, the duke of Gloucester - it seems more that they went the republican route since none of the parties they wanted were interested in upping over the Atlantic from their cushy existences in Europe

This, exactly. There's a really great book on this called Royalist Revolution I'd like to pick up. The idea that the Founders were all blood-thirsty Jacobins is absurd to the point of not meriting consideration.
 
Well, folks, as the time approaches, I have yet to make a final decision, as of yet.....but it probably won't be the Gaspee Affair-despite some hours of research, I just had too much of a hard time finding a good POD to work with.

Nonetheless, there's still three others to work with-I'll try to let you know when I've made a final call ASAP.
 
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