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  1. John Adams is reelected, Jefferson leads secession of Virginia from the Union

    I came across this factoid while reading Empire of Liberty, Oxford's entry in its US History series covering the period of the early republic (1787-1815). Apparently this idea was being bandied about in Republican circles in the latter half of Adam's presidency. From what I read, it seems like...

  2. A Very Different Cold War, POD 1912 US Election [Timeline Sketch]

    This is an admittedly half-baked timeline idea that's been sitting on my hard drive for a little while. I don't think I'm ever going to do anything with it, so I figured I'd dump the sketch on this forum and see what you guys think. Please, pick away. *** 1912 US Presidential Election 284 EVs...

  3. Haiti WI - Napoleon commissions Toussaint Louverture a marshall in the French Army

    What if instead of sending an invasion force to reestablish the metropole's domination, Napoleon decides to commission Louverture and charge him with harassing the British. How well would Free Haiti do in a war with her neighbors? Might we see similar slave revolutions in Jamaica and elsewhere...

  4. What if Aaron Burr won the 1800 presidential election?

    Say the house votes in his favor. Why, I don't know; feel free to come up with your own POD. As an addendum, just how ahistorical is Gore Vidal's Burr?

  5. How does the Mongol invasion of Europe proceed if Ogedei Khan lives another 20 years?

    As the title says, what happens if Ogedei lives a long life (meaning, the horde does not withdraw to elect the new Khan)? How deep into Europe do they go? How much territory are the Mongols able to hold long term?

  6. World War 3 starts in 1966?

    "Your daddy may go down in history as having started World War III." --LBJ to his daughter, June 29, 1966 "In the hours between June 29th and June 30th, Vietnam time, American planes began raining fire on fuel depots in Hanoi and Haiphong. [LBJ] risked... an errant bomb hitting some Russian...

  7. If the Draft Eisenhower movement fails, how does Sen. Taft fair in 1952?

    Say the 1952 RNC nominates the isolationist Senator Robert Taft for president rather than General Eisenhower. Does Taft beat Adlai Stevenson? If so, what would a Taft administration look like. What effect would this have on the Cold War?

  8. What if Napoleon declared a general emancipation of the serfs when he invaded Russia?

    Inspired by this line in Russian Rebels 1600-1800 by Paul Avrich (1972), p. 259: Avrich then cites the following source: Rewriting Russian History, ed. C.E. Black, New York, 1962, p. 371. I unfortunately cannot find a copy of this online. If anyone has it, please let me know. Thoughts?

  9. What TL hasn't been done that you would like to read?

    Corollary to this thread. What POD's haven't been explored (or explored well) which you would like to see a TL on?

  10. A second Constitutional Convention after the Civil War?

    The constitution of the United States was the result of compromise between those who wished to centralize the various states, and those who valued their states independence. In that early period, one was more likely to identify as a denizen of their particular state than as an American. The...

  11. Best outcome for Africa?

    What POD provides the best outcome for the people of the African continent? Change any one thing at any point in the twentieth century.

  12. WI: A Financial Panic in 1914?

    Economist William L. Silber argues in When Washington Shut Down Wall Street: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America's Monetary Supremacy (2008) that the United States came very close to having a major financial panic in 1914, as a consequence of the outbreak of World War...

  13. Benefits of continuing the Articles of Confederation for Native Americans?

    The question: If the Articles of Confederation had not been superseded by a centralized federal government, and instead the US colonies continued on their separate trajectories, how might the native Americans fared?

  14. Best Case scenario for Native Americans?

    What is the best-case scenario for Native Americans with a POD after 1900? By best case scenario I mean a parallel universe in which Native Americans do not suffer from disproportionate poverty and its symptoms (drug use, obesity, childhood mortality, etc) and a universe in which the retain as...

  15. Redraw the world map with half as many countries

    How would you redraw the world map if the number of countries was reduced to 103 states? Feel free combine and break apart existing countries and redraw borders as you see fit. Use whatever criteria you like when forming new states, just tell us your reasoning!

  16. Nuclear Proliferation the norm

    Construct a scenario in which nuclear armaments are a normal part of any somewhat developed country's arsenal.

  17. What if the Umayyads win the Battle of Toulouse (721)?

    From Wikipedia: Say that the Umayyad army maintained proper vigilance and thus was able to defeat Odo's army and then take Toulouse. Aquitane is now under Muslim control and the Umayyad army will be looking to continue north, to conquer the Franks. Can they do it? How far can they go?

  18. In what scenario would the Ottomans not try to expand into Europe?

    I am interested in an alternate history scenario where Hungary is not devastated by a 150 year war with the Ottoman Turks and the ethnic composition of the Balkans is radically different. What changes need to happen to make that a reality?

  19. WI: Ike dies of his stroke in 1957?

    On November 25th 1957 Eisenhower suffered a minor stroke, leaving Richard Nixon in charge until his recovery. But what if the stroke had been severe enough that it caused Ike's death? How would the rest of the 1950's played out under the presidency of Richard Nixon? Does Nixon handle Castro...

  20. Industrial Revolution starts in Belgium?

    Belgium sits atop an arc of coal deposits which starts in northern France and stretches down into Germany. Belgium (and particularly the Netherlands) were also innovators in banking and leaders in manufacturing in the early modern period. Based on these facts, I believe it is utterly plausible...
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