Prussian Style America from the Beginning

NapoleonXIV

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How do we turn America into "An Army with a Country attached" by 1800 and what effect does this have on it's subsequent development? Government/culture/POD(s) should be whatever is necessary to make the country pretty much a duplicate of Prussia in the Americas.
 
A fusion of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron burr's ideals.

In other words, unlikely. But I guess this might work.
 
What about if the Hohenzollern Prince Henry is offered the throne of America, and then appoints Hamilton as his Prime Minister/Chancellor? It would then literally be Prussian.

Long Live Henry, King of the thirteen Dominions, Kaiser of the American Empire! Long Live the Empire!
 
I can't see how you can plausably do this with anything like the OTL United States.

Prussia was an army with a country because it had no geographical right to exist let alone expand. It was only through the quality of its army and force of arms that Prussia seperated herself from other powers in the HRE. The aquisition of Silesia and subsequent defence of such required an army capable of partaking in the repeated European blood letting with a far smaller economic base than most other powers.

In OTL the USA has no real threats in the western hemisphere. While Britain and France might be able to 'defeat' her for a generation or two after independence (assuming the rest of the world allows either power the attempt) the USA is unlikely to face annexations. Retaining a vast army to defend against a handful of natives and that terrible threat of Canada doesn't make economic sense.

If you had a dismembered USA where all the colonies strike out on their own, its plausable one or more might take the Prussian route to secure their possessions but otherwise it is unlikely. An army has to justify its existance. There is no real justification available for OTL USA.
 
If you had a dismembered USA where all the colonies strike out on their own, its plausable one or more might take the Prussian route to secure their possessions but otherwise it is unlikely. An army has to justify its existance. There is no real justification available for OTL USA.

I could see something sorta like this...

Britain retains control of the Carolinas, Georgia, and the west at the Peace of Paris. This is fairly plausible, I think. Jefferson, alas, is shot during a raid on Williamsburg, or something.

So, the Constitution is even more centralized than OTL. And during the French Revolution, Hamilton decides to take advantage of the situation to take control of the Midwest, while Georgia rises up as well. It works, but, America's been... rather altered.
 
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