===== Points of Divergence : The American Revolution ===== The war that brought the [[offtopic:USA|U.S.A.]] into existence, both through political/diplomatic means and the American Revolutionary War. As such, this is a very popular historical period for AH discussion. ==== None or Lesser American Revolution PODs ==== === PODs === * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/Discussion/showthread.php?t=160185|Was the American Revolution a Reflection of British Hubris ?]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=258161|WI UK applies Durham Report to US ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=61621|No Revolution]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257313|WI: Taxation with representation]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257660|WI: George Washington joins the Royal Navy]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=270645|WI: England tries to pre-empt the American Revolution by arresting dissidents]]** * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/southern-states-say-%E2%80%9Cno-thanks%E2%80%9D-to-american-revolution.450334/|Southern states say “no thanks” to American Revolution]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=253351|13 Colonies treated like Ireland]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=90404|Britain winning the Revolution (1)]]** - In which case it wouldn't be likely to be called a revolution, of course... * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=156968|Britain winning the Revolution (2)]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=33425|No French support for the American Revolution]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=101469|Governor Hutchinson doesnt send news of the Sons of Liberty to Benjamin Franklin]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=157140| Founding Fathers Go to Texas after failed Revolution]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=271782|WI: Washington dies during the siege of Yorktown ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=269914|Martha Washington captured by the British in 1776]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=270645|WI: England tries to pre-empt the American Revolution]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=1553|Challenge: British victory in the Revolutionary War ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=84695|Challenge: America wins the Revolutionary War in 1777]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. === Effects === * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=52031|Relations between North America and Britain in a TL without an ARW]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=147473|What would the level of freedom in America be if it lost the Revolutionary War ?]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=270560|Slavery after a failed ARW]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=244417|Let's say the American colonists lose the Revolution]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=248469|Effects of a failed American rebellion ?]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255594|How would industrialization have affected the 13 Colonies if they had stayed British?]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261595|Effects on other revolutions of a failed ARW]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=284500|Slavery in a failed ARW world]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=170075|Potential future wars in a failed ARW world]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=238224|Plausibility check: Britain and the world after 1800 in a world where the ARW was averted]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Greater American Revolution PODs ==== * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=30209|Revolution spreads to (or takes) Canada or the West Indies]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=145851|consequences of Canada falling to the USA in the ARW?]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=21204|WI: No Quebec Act (Quebec joins American Revolution?)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=211146| Aftermath of an American Capture of Quebec in 1775 ]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=188713|What would the borders of a US Quebec be if it joined the Revolution ? (1)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=269501|What would the borders of a US Quebec be if it joined the Revolution ? (2)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=270557|What would the borders of a US Quebec be if it joined the Revolution ? (3)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=269329|Nova Scotia joins the Revolution]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=264290|Floridas and Bahamas join the Revolution]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260770|Fate of the Bahamas and Bermuda if the US Takes Them in the ARW]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=52171|Revolution Spreads to Britain]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261595|A radically different American Revolution ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=248757|American Revolution: What if the Treaty of Paris failed and there was a longer war ?]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Alternate military tactics and strategies ==== * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=269914|The British capture Martha Washington]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256925|Washington burns down New York in 1776]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=8723|Washington's Crossing the Delaware fails (1)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=238357|Washington's Crossing the Delaware fails (2)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=264857|Washington's Crossing the Delaware fails (3)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=113491|Benedict Arnold killed at Saratoga (1)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=133617|Benedict Arnold killed at Saratoga (2)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=174884|Benedict Arnold killed at Saratoga (3)]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=266704|WI: British adopt Colonial tactics in the Revolutionary War ?]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=12219|The British win at Yorktown (1)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=64520|The British win at Yorktown (2)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=106998|The British win at Yorktown (3)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=101324|The British win at Yorktown (4)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=140122|The British win at Yorktown (5)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=17016|Washington killed at Yorktown]]** * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-continental-cavalry.295766/|WI: Better and more used Continental Cavalry]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Alternate political decisions and outcomes ==== * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=250976|Loyalist Delaware]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262101|WI: Georgia doesn't sign the declaration of independence]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=270726|American Dictators during the Revolution]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261307|Plausibility check: A voluntary United States ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262091|How 'liberal' can the American Revolution and Constitution get ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=266986|2 PODs concerning the Marquis de Lafayette]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=243588|WI 'Northwest Territory' stayed British]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=290034|How long can America keep the Articles of Confederation ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=294962|WI: The Founding Fathers look to Switzerland as a political role model]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=331432|Political Solution to the American War of Independence/Dominion Colonialism]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Miscellaneous American Revolution PODs ==== * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=291325|George the III dies before the American Revolution]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=293398|WI: An 'American Republican Calendar' (as in revolutionary France)]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=272488|If the American Revolution is averted, what happens to Latin America ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=331267|ASB WI: The armies of the American colonists receive modern rifles]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== See Also ==== **[[alternate history:American Revolutionary War]]** - The American Revolution and American Revolutionary War in alternate history. **[[pods:War of 1812|Points of Divergence : War of 1812]]** **[[pods:American Civil War|Points of Divergence : American Civil War]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=240832| The Myth of the British Carolinas]]** - An essay courtesy of [[offtopic:Faeelin]]. **[[http://alternatehistory.com/Discussion/showthread.php?t=160185|Was the American Revolution a reflection of British hubris ?]]** - A discussion concerning the topic. ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[pods:usa|United States of America Points of Divergence]]** **[[pods:wars and battles|Wars and Battles PODs Main Directory]]** **[[pods:pods|Points of Divergence Main Directory]]**