Recent content by ericams2786

Oh ok no problem. I apologize profusely for breaking forum rules with regard to what is possible and what isn't and for not being more sensitive to the experts on the board who decide what is appropriate and what is not. I truly apologize. I just thought it'd be a fun exercise to write out a...

If you can't have fun on here, what is the point? I mean seriously. That is the entire point of alternate history. None of it's real anyway! I didn't feel like doing a super-detailed timeline that explains every detail or every single thing. I've done that before with a Rome TL I did a good...

I did consider my audience on here...hence the disclaimer in the beginning. Also, the reason the US is advancing so quickly is because of the slightly different circumstances of the Napoleonic Wars being more in France's favor early on. The US ends up getting into two defensive wars with powers...

Look I understand where you are coming from. But you cannot say with certainty what is and isn't possible and what is and isn't ASB. Just because it didn't happen that doesn't mean it couldn't. Just because it is very implausible or unlikely, that doesn't mean with 100% certainty it couldn't...

Who's to say that the Canadian areas aren't overwhelmed with American settlers and immigrants? As for imperialistic: this is an Ameriwank. That's kinda part of the equation. Both of these wars are DEFENSIVE. That doesn't mean that the US won't gain territory from it. I mean in WW2 we were...

The African territories aren't States yet.

That plus more over time. But this will be a slight wank for a couple of other nations as well.

The US will dominate the world to a certain degree, but there will be several other powerful nations. I plan to have Japan, China, Russia and a couple of nations in Europe be quite powerful as well. The US will not own the entire world, but then again, this is an "Ameriwank" scenario. The US...

Bingo. And Prohibition is the state attempting to impose morality and get rid of a commodity through force, thereby creating a black market and ultimately, crime. Without a federal government trying to do that, that kind of gang/mafia violence probably won't exist and therefore no true need for...

Good question. But if you think about it for a minute, what was it that largely led to the Mafia and it being so powerful in the early 20th century in the first place?

In this TL, elections for the executive branch are every 6 years. And thank you.

1809: The War of the Fifth Coalition began and ended in this year. Russia annexed Finland, taking it from Sweden. France annexed the Papal States. Several US road companies contracted with New York, Virginia, Tennessee, and Ohio to build a national turnpike through their territory. Freetown and...

Map of North America in 1809: Light blue: unincorporated territory - no representation in Congress Blue: incorporated territory - 1 R and 1 S Dark blue: State Orange: French controlled or claimed Maroon: CAS

1805 – The French defeat the Austrians and the Treaty of Pressburg ends the War of the Third Coalition. Britain remains at war with France in what is largely a naval war at this point. The British, increasingly worried about a French invasion and low on manpower after years of war, begin a...

1. There will still be low-grade Indian wars throughout American history and of course not every tribe will get its own land/State. This US will have MUCH more land to play with, so it is also much more willing to allow Native States to exist. Also, as you will see in a later update, there is a...