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What if the American Revolution had gone differently?

1776 · north-america

Thirteen colonies break from Britain and write a republic into being.

If it had gone differently: British North America stays British; no early proof that a large republic can work.

The real history on Wikipedia ↗

What it made possible

Later turning points that leaned on the American Revolution. Change it in the game and the ripples reach all of these.

  1. 1789The French Revolution. Without it, The Bourbons reform slowly from above; Europe's old order bends instead of breaking.
  2. 1791The Haitian Revolution. Without it, No state is founded by the formerly enslaved; abolition loses its sharpest argument for decades.
  3. 1820Latin American independence. Without it, Spain's American empire holds; the idea that a colony can simply declare itself a nation loses its second great proof.

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