What if the American Revolution had gone differently?

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.

1. 1789The French Revolution, The Bourbons reform slowly from above; Europe's old order bends instead of breaking.
2. 1791The Haitian Revolution, No state is founded by the formerly enslaved; abolition loses its sharpest argument for decades.
3. 1820Latin American independence, Spain's American empire holds; the idea that a colony can simply declare itself a nation loses its second great proof.