Alternate History: What If the American Revolution Never Happened?

The video explores an alternate history where the American Revolution never occurred, and the US remained a British colony. It discusses potential compromises, impacts on Native American tribes, and changes in global geopolitics, including effects on the French Revolution, colonialism, and World War I. The video suggests that the British Empire might have remained dominant, with significant implications for global history.

What was one of the main reasons the British were not willing to compromise with the American colonies?

• The British Parliament was too democratic.

• The American colonies were too small to matter.

• The British economy was too weak.

• King George III was unwilling to back down.

What political structure was proposed for America to remain a British colony?

• A separate American Parliament

• A unified Parliament with Britain

• A council of colonial governors

• Direct rule from the British monarchy

How would the establishment of an American Parliament affect Native American relations?

• It would prioritize Native American rights.

• It would likely lead to earlier westward expansion.

• It would prevent any further expansion.

• It would create a separate Native American state.

What impact would the absence of the American Revolution have on the French Revolution?

• It would have prevented the French Revolution entirely.

• It would have resulted in a parliamentary democracy in France.

• It would have led to a more peaceful French monarchy.

• It would have caused France to become a British ally.

Without the Napoleonic Wars, what change might have occurred in Germany?

• Germany would have remained fragmented.

• Germany would have united earlier.

• Germany would have become a French colony.

• Germany would have allied with Spain.

How would America's involvement in World War I as part of the British Empire have affected Russia?

• Russia would have allied with Germany.

• The Russian monarchy would have survived.

• Russia would have been defeated by Germany.

• Russia would have become a communist state.

What was a potential outcome for the Spanish Empire during World War I in this alternate timeline?

• It would have formed a union with France.

• It would have become a leading world power.

• It would have collapsed due to internal pressures.

• It would have expanded its territories.

What would have been a significant factor in the British Empire's survival into the present day?

• The addition of American manpower and industry.

• The lack of industrialization in the colonies.

• The collapse of the French Empire.

• The isolation of the British Isles.

How might the absence of World War II have affected colonialism?

• Colonialism would have lasted longer.

• Colonialism would have been abolished by the UN.

• Colonialism would have been limited to Africa.

• Colonialism would have ended sooner.

What role would France have played in maintaining its empire without World War II?

• France would have willingly decolonized.

• France would have been more militant in keeping its empire.

• France would have lost its empire to Germany.

• France would have formed a union with Britain.