WI: The Federalists really were Monarchists

It has been suggested that the Republic Party, that is Jefferson's Republican Party, aka the Democratic-Republicans, took their name partly to imply that their opponents led by Hamilton, were secretly Monarchists. Suppose the Federalists really were monarchists (exactly what kind of Royalist is up to you), and they weren't quiet about it. Is this total ASB, or is the possibility for something here?

PS. I think this is the first post I've ever made, that doesn't have something directly to do with the Habsburgs/Austria in subject.

Edit: Extrapolate what would happen.
 
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Well according to some accounts George Washington's subordinates, i.e. the officers and indeed a portion of the regular soldiers were prepared to make him King.
So I wouldn't say its wholly ASB, but as to who would be king other than Washington I don't know
 
You just want a Habsburg king in the Americas, don't you!:D

Well it depends on when they came out and said they were monarchists. It's tough, because the longer you wait (1820"s) the less popular a king willl be as the Republic seems successful, but then if you are pro-monarchists early, then you will be seen as pro-British, and anti-George Washington.
 
You just want a Habsburg king in the Americas, don't you!:D

Well it depends on when they came out and said they were monarchists. It's tough, because the longer you wait (1820"s) the less popular a king willl be as the Republic seems successful, but then if you are pro-monarchists early, then you will be seen as pro-British, and anti-George Washington.
Blast foiled again!

No but seriously, one of my great AH questions is when is the best time to try to establish a Monarchist movement in America, and honestly the only answer I can come up with is having it as part of the Revolution, with the Founding Father revolting against British Domination, but not Monarchy as a form of government.
 
Blast foiled again!

No but seriously, one of my great AH questions is when is the best time to try to establish a Monarchist movement in America, and honestly the only answer I can come up with is having it as part of the Revolution, with the Founding Father revolting against British Domination, but not Monarchy as a form of government.
Probably during the Rebellion is a good place or immediately afterwards or maybe during the war of 1812 but you'd have to AU that
 
Well... you would need a dynasty so for that reason i think Washington is not a good choice, unless he is forced to marry a younger women... You could have a elected monarchy for life but there will be abuses

I also think the most likely family to create the Dynasty would be the Adams afterall John and his son JQ eventually become Presidents
 
Kill Washington with a stray bullet about halfway through the war. Hamilton was Washington's chief-of-staff, so he was well-placed to succeed Washington as Commander in Chief. Hamilton was also the most monaristic of the top Federalists -- he openly argued in the Constitutional Convention that the President and the Senate should serve for life, the President's veto should be absolute, and state governors should be appointed by the President; he supported the Newburgh Conspiracy in 1783; and Adams seriously feared a coup attempt by Hamilton during the Quasi-War.

If Washington's dead and Hamilton is the living hero of the revolution and likely the first President, a monarchist movement becomes much less unlikely. If Hamilton's constitution is ratified, all it would be for Hamilton's son to be elected President after him, and from there it becomes a tradition with the election process as a mere formality.
 
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