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In 1787, during the Constitutional Convention, Alexander Hamilton proposed a form of government which would've done away with the Articles of Confederation, but effectively would've installed a democratically-elected monarch.

According to the plan, the states would have effectively no sovereignty as all the power was to be invested in a iron-fisted federal government. The plan featured a bicameral legislature, the lower house elected by the people for three years. The upper house would be elected by electors chosen by the people and would serve for life. The plan also gave the Governor, an executive elected by electors for a life-term of service, an absolute veto over bills. State governors would be appointed by the national legislature, and the national legislature had veto power over any state legislation.

In a long speech to the Convention, Hamilton stated his belief that elective monarchs had sufficient power domestically to resist foreign corruption, yet there was enough domestic control over their behaviour to prevent tyranny at home.

When Hamilton presented his plan, it was rejected because it resembled the British system of government too closely. Besides, the plan called for a annulling of state sovereignty, which the states would not allow under any circumstances.

But what if the chaos resulting from the failure of Articles of Confederation grew so out of control that the delegates decide to sacrifice their sovereignty for a stronger government, that they decide to enshrine the Hamilton Plan into the new Constitution, effectively making the United States a democratic monarchy?
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