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  1. No USA, who finishes the Panama Canal?

    The French effectively were not able to finish after 1894 when the Compagnie Nouvelle du Canal de Panama took over basically to just keep the minimum requirements to hold the rights from Colombia and to keep the machinery operational for sale purposes. So, if there's no USA to come in; either...

  2. Culture of independent US states?

    A lot of thought has been put into timelines regarding what would happen geopolitically if the US didn't adopt the US Constitution (resulting in reformed Articles of Confederation or independent states, or blocks of superstates, or whatever). But what about cultural and linguistic and religious...

  3. When would/did Britain decide not to back Canada vs USA?

    In many disputes regarding boundaries between the US and Canada, the British were more than willing to go overboard in negotiating and coming to an amicable accommodation, often to the detriment of the Canadians. The British often were less than accommodating when it came to other disputes...

  4. No USA=No Monroe Doctrine=colonization, led by Belgium & Germany?

    With many threads showing many curious about a possible early break up of the USA, I'd like to see people's thoughts on how this would affect Central America and Mexico; without a strong local nation (the USA) supporting a Monroe Doctrine, would the British have the will to do the same? IOTL it...

  5. Canada and Mexico with no USA

    Many threads talk about the individual states if the USA doesn't adopt the US Constitution and go their own way (either independent, 3 or 4 or more confederations, etc); but what would happen to Mexico and the Canadian provinces? Without a large and threatening USA to the south, would Britain...

  6. If NJ was part of NYS, would NYC include the Jersey side of NY Harbor?

    So, let's say after the English conquered New Netherland, that New Jersey is never separated and continues as part of NY. Come 1898 when NY is expanded to include 5 boroughs, is it possible that NY Legislature has Jersey City, Hoboken, etc on the Jersey side join? Does this at all encourage the...

  7. The latest it is viable for a new religion born in the US

    Mormonism and Jehovah's Witnesses are the two religions "born" in the US and none have really been created and spread as widely since. Is it even possible in the post-1900 world for an American religious cult to go mainstream? Extra points if you can plausibly state how a non-Christian belief...

  8. Things pre-1800 wars can help post-1800 wars

    This may be better in the chat forum, feel free to move. So, the premise is- we see from Alexander to Genghis Khan to the European colonialism that nations (and individuals) can make a huge change by conquering lands and nations. But when we get to Napoleon, if someone, a nation, (or a small...

  9. Internal American colonial disputes if the ARW was delayed or butterflied

    Leading up to, and even during the American Revolutionary War (ARW) the colonies had many border disputes amongst themselves, leading "wars" such as Cresap's War and the three Yankee-Pennamite Wars (the last of which, in this was the only dispute settled under the Articles of Confederation). How...

  10. How long would the Confederate States need to last?

    Feel free to suggest a better tin, since this one sucks. But my question- how long would the CSA have to survive before it becomes "established" as a separate nation; ie- if it collapses from within, eliminates slavery, or the slaves revolt and take over a la Haiti, or whatever have you and the...

  11. Another sea equivalent to Mediterranean?

    With a POD as far back as you want without ASB, is it possible to have any other body of water have a history similar to that of the Mediterranean of being a unified continium of cultures, empires, etc. One may see similarities in a later date of the Indian Ocean, during Arab domination before...

  12. Alexander the Great's descendents as religious authority

    In reading "Dividing the Spoils" by Robin Waterfield (for the third time) I got to thinking about how the Successors would meet in front of Alexander's throne with his robe seated on it, and how Alexander was worshipped as a god, the propaganda of Ptolemy having the body, of who was closer to...

  13. Fav small nation in history that had a chance for greatness but didnt

    Any nations, where if you did a snapshot of it at a certain point in history an outside observer would say "oh yeah, due for greatness" and yet it fails to achieve up to its expectations. I'm thinking Pergamon is a good example. Maybe Burgundy several times could have been seen as the next big...

  14. Disease immunity in America

    I'm curious what it would take for there to be enough pre-Columbian contact for the Native Americans to have immunity to Afro-Eurasian diseases equivalent to what Europeans had developed (ie- not as much as Africans had to Smallpox and malaria). I'm not saying a situation like Vikings in 1000 CE...

  15. Real nation that otherwise would be ASB?

    Is there a nation in history that if it had not existed, we at ah.com would declare its history to be NEAR-ASB if someone wrote it up in a history? I'm thinking the UK or the USA, and NAZI Germany are good post-1900 examples (who could come up NAZI regime with all that it entails?! Such a racist...

  16. Australia... the Pluto of continents?

    Is it possible to have Australia never considered as a continent? Or have it demoted when we realize how small it is? Originally people didn't know if it was connected to what would later be called Antarctica. Even though this is the pre-1900 I think we can discuss post-1900 demotion (seems...

  17. American 54-40 and British California, plausibility?

    The British had designs on California, is it possible that a president other than Polk, perhaps a Whig or less pro-southern Democrat make a deal in 1846 that the US recognizes British right to seize Alto California and the US gets all the way to 54-40, of course with provisions of respecting HBC...

  18. Movie industry in Chicago instead of LA?

    How would the movie industry be like if it had chosen a city like Chicago instead of LA?

  19. POD to keep 1st Mexican Empire together?

    Originally Mexico spanned from Oregon and Kansas south to Costa Rica, with even some good legal claims on Cuba that could have been used in the future. And even on Louisiana if they won a war with the USA that entire literally opposite of OTL. But not only did Central America leave early on, but...

  20. Alternative names for Michigan's peninsulas?

    From what I've seen the name Michigan for the territory/state came first, and was not the name of the Lower Peninusla. Michigania, being a Thomas Jefferson proposed name for a state located in what is now northern Illinois and souther Wisconsin (with an eastern border on Lake Michigan). James...
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