What do you think the United States would be today if the colonists had lost the American Revolution?
If the colonists had lost the war, there probably wouldn’t be a United States of America, period. A British victory in the Revolution probably would have prevented the colonists from settling into what is now the U.S. Midwest. Additionally, there wouldn’t have been a U.S. war with Mexico in the 1840s, either.
How does the American Revolution affect U.S. today?
The attitudes of American people towards religious life, women’s rights, voting and slavery were changed forever because of it. There was a drastic change in social and political life after independence. There were significant changes in the hierarchy within the states.
What would the population of the British Empire be today?
Today, it is estimated that the British Commonwealth includes as many as 2 billion people spread across its 54 member states.
Does the British Empire still exist today?
Little remains of British rule today across the globe, and it is mostly restricted to small island territories such as Bermuda and the Falkland Islands. However, a number of countries still have Queen Elizabeth as their head of state including New Zealand, Australia and Canada – a hangover of the Empire.
Would the United States have been better off as an independent country?
Possibly not. Indeed, one of the fears of Americans at the time of the Revolution was the example of Ireland, where the economic system impoverished the Irish to the benefit of the UK. An independent USA meant a more dynamic economy. Colonialism would likely have continued longer.
What would have happened if the United States of America split up?
To consider both within USA and then wider consequences across the world. First, the colony of North America (USA as might have been) would be far smaller, with Native Americans retaining more territory, Mexico owning big chunks, and Russia keeping Alaska. The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 would obviously not have happened.
What would have happened if the British stopped the American Revolution?
If the British had thwarted the American Revolution, the consequences for America might have been terrifyingly harsh. After all, during the war, the British Army demonstrated a penchant for brutality.
Did the American Revolution ever really happen?
Turtledove told me that it was Richard Dreyfuss, the actor, who first gave him the idea of the American Revolution as a subject for alternate history. The two collaborated on a novel, The Two Georges, that is set in the 1990s and based on the premise that the Revolutionary War never happened.