What's the likelihood of someone other than George Washington being elected president of the Philadelphia Convention, and then President of the United States? What POD would this require? And who would replace him ITTL?
Well, if patrick Ferguson had taken his opportunity to kill Washington at the battle of brandywine, then most of the glory that he recived from the war would probably go instead to Horatio Gates.
by the by, Gates was ambitious enough that this would be a good way to start off an american monarchy.
If Washington died and Gates took command, there'd have been no Philadelphia Convention because the Patriots would have lost the war.
Gates was ambitious...he was also an abject coward and was sacked OTL after he fled the field (without his army) at Camden. With Arnold's treason, Washington dead and Gates an abject failure, it's hard to see anyone leading the Patriot cause to victory in the long run.
Anthony Wayne is a possibility, and a long shot could be George Rogers Clark. Not saying they would but they were both decent leaders.If Washington died and Gates took command, there'd have been no Philadelphia Convention because the Patriots would have lost the war.
Gates was ambitious...he was also an abject coward and was sacked OTL after he fled the field (without his army) at Camden. With Arnold's treason, Washington dead and Gates an abject failure, it's hard to see anyone leading the Patriot cause to victory in the long run.