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  1. Can the 1812 war be adverted?

    No War, that's easy If a top-level diplomat had stayed in Britain during 1811 (he had been recalled in early 1810) then it is likely that Britain would have realized the seriousness of US anger. The British were actually willing to revoke the Orders in Council in 1812 if an American minister...

  2. US state capitols- big cities

    What about Rockhampton? It would be larger than some American capital cities.

  3. Israelis Attack Cairo, 1973

    The Israelis already had nuclear weapons. If the IDF went into Cairo it would likely end up withdrawing in a bloodbath and dropping nukes on the Aswan High Dam to prevent the Egyptian forces from following. This would drown the majority of the Egyptian population and would iradiate the a few...

  4. WI Maryland was absorbed in 1692?

    In 1692 the Protestants of Maryland divested the Proprietor of his government but left intact his extensive property rights. He used these rights to prevent attempts by Virginia and Pennsylvania to split the colony between themselves. In 1715 the new proprietor had converted to Protestantism and...

  5. Christianity doesn't perceive poverty as 'godly'

    'Christianity' didn't perceive poverty as 'godly'. There were many mystic's, mystery religions, and ascetics around before Christianity that held to those doctrines. The position of the New Testament writers was essentially that neither poverty nor wealth had any intrinsic moral value...

  6. Decades of Darkness

    There are a lot of differences in this TL starting in the 1830's that would bolster the German population by several million by 1900. I've looked over the borders and my guess is for a breakdown like this: Germany- ~105,000,000 (earlier German industrialization and prosperity, along with...

  7. Are (constitutional) Monarchies a good thing?

    Frankly I think the only uses for monarchs are tourism and stability in countries that lack national unity. If Russia found a convenient distant relative of the Romanovs and crowned him (Czar Boris perhaps?) it would help tourism to royal locales in Russia. It would also give Russia a...

  8. Decades of Darkness

    Brevity is the heart of wit... but you can illustrate this world in ways that force me to continue reading. Good Habit and Daniel both have done good jobs as fill-in writers too. I haven't been able to comment too intensely. Right now I'm researching deeply for a Maryland history inspired TL...

  9. "A Shot Heard Around the World" Teaser (map)

    Wow, that's nice. I think you're TL is great.

  10. For Want of a Prussian Nut

    It's hard to find anyone under fifty that has had a classical education. My Latin might not be wonderful but I can struggle through Caesar, Virgil and Tacititus. It might not have been such a good idea to chunk all the Roman and Greek concepts. Now we just try to teach students what's...

  11. For Want of a Prussian Nut

    Wow, I'm glad you've been paying attention. Hannover was split in this TL. The northern 3/4 went to Oldenburg and the southern 1/4 went to Prussia. Here is the corrected map:

  12. Expanded America Timeline

    I think Nova Scotia would be almost impossible to get to as well. The only way I see America taking Nova Scotia is if they have considerable inside help. Otherwise the Americans won't be able to land troops on the island.

  13. For Want of a Prussian Nut

    Germany Map This is what Germany looks like in FWOAPN in 1875:

  14. Italian Foothold

    [Sarcasm mode] I think a precocious 4th grader found an atlas and thought it was a coloring book. [Sarcasm off]

  15. AH Challenge - Germany post reunification

    There is already rumbling... Most of this is directed to the Czech Republic. The Sudeten Germans are a significant part of the German population. Perhaps you can get a united Germany to force Czechoslovakia to return the stolen property of Sudeten Germans and allow other Germans to buy up...

  16. Expanded America Timeline

    Suspending disbelief in the American victory there is still no way US troops can get near the Hudson Bay Territories or the British possessions on the Pacific. Why would Britain give up more territory to the US when there isn't anything the US can do to Britain directly? I could imagine a...

  17. For Want of a Prussian Nut

    Sahara Kraut and Herero on the side For Want of Prussian Nut Part Seven: Sahara Kraut and Herero on the side Encyclopedia Biographica Karl Peters German explorer: Established the Society for German Colonization [Gesellschaft für Deutsche Kolonisation] in 1879. Born September 27...

  18. Decades of Darkness

    The North had more money to organize Missionary Societies. It also had higher numbers of educated clergy. In OTL the Southern missionaries were always the less notable ones. In OTL Southerner missionaries ended up working for New England based missionary societies because they had the...

  19. Decades of Darkness

    The Second Great Awakening had its start in Kentucky in 1797 and quickly spread to Tennessee and Ohio. This was the beginning of the tent revivals. The Second Great Awakening spread to New England and reached a fever pitch. The 1830's are only the time period when the movement came to a peak...

  20. WI the USA had no income or compeny taxs? but a sales tax.

    That's why you have high but not confiscatory taxes for the rich. Economically this makes sense as the rich have lower marginal utility than the poor or middle class. The easiest thing to do is just to get rid of the myriad of taxes and tax law. Have one method of federal...
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