[Regia-NA] Have a Happy.....:-)

[Jeanne]

That was wonderful!

Come to think of it, perhaps it was a good thing to have learned Cajun
French when I grew up in New Orleans!  HAHA!

Read to hubby who has a masters degree in geography & regional planning,  he
thought it was wonderful.  And as Greece won (been getting family calls ALL
freaking day!) he asked what happened to Greece in your time line, they
wouldn't let Turkey stay.  But no Zorba stuff!

Soffya
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My two cents on alternative history (All in fun, please don't take it
seriously.):

-  Napoleon Bonaparte is unwilling to sell "Louisiana" to the Commonwealth
of North America (CNA), even if he does need the money desperately.  France
maintains an extended presence in North America, including the province of
Quebec.

-  A radical group using "Liberti, Egaliti, Fraterniti" as a rallying cry,
attempts a French revolution.  Few pay attention and the effort is quashed.

-  A smaller CNA is less aggressive with Spanish and Mexican possessions (no
Gadsden Purchase, no battle of the Alamo, no Mexican War of 1848, no
Spanish/American War), with most of the West remaining in shifting
Spanish/Mexican/French hands.

-  Without a US driven by "Manifest Destiny", Alaska remains in Russian
hands.  North American conflict drains everybody's treasuries.  Continuing
Russia/China-type border conflicts in the Northwest Territories.

-  North American borders run North/South rather than East/West.

-  With Germany left out of costly border wars in North America, it wins
World War I and occupies France.  Wine quality deteriorates, but the waiters
are more courteous.

-  Without a ruinous Treaty of Versailles as a rallying cry, former Corporal
Adolph Hitler has an extended career as a wallpaper hanger.

-  Jerusalem is established as the capital of Palestine.  Most of the the
Middle East selects the 8th century as a governing model.

-  Without artificial outside support, oil-producers in the Mideast are
taken over in time-honored European tradition.  Production is constantly
interrupted by border wars.

-  Italy remains largely irrelevant.  Italians continue to create great art
and frequent governments.

-  "Colonial" territories in North America form a Union - and squabble about
currency for decades.

-  Japan occupies most of the Pacific.

-  China manufactures everything for everybody.

-  Germany puts the first man on the moon.

-  Aliens land in ... well, that's enough for now.


Jack Garrett
Regia Anglorum
North America

J K Siddorn <kim.siddorn at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
  I too raised a glass to our American friends and relations. As revolutions
go it was pretty civil.

  An interesting "What if ..." for scholars of the period is what if
representation had accompanied taxation? A British
  Empire that included the Commonwealth of North America would have been a
very different historical influence in the
  years that followed.

  Comments will be read with great interest at this end!

  Regards,

  Kim Siddorn,
  Regia Anglorum

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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Jack Garrett"
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  Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 6:53 PM
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  > Thanks for the kind thought. I've always been grateful that our founding
fathers could draw upon their English
  heritage for inspiration when deciding how to put together a new country.
Most revolutions leave little but discontent
  and corruption on which to build. We started with deeply held convictions
about law, individual rights and the
  limitations of power.
  >
  > Then again, it was useful to take advantage of the ongoing antagonism
between the English and French to manage a
  little independence...
  >
  > Independence and peace to all,
  >
  > Jack
  >
  > Hazel Uzzell wrote:
  > Happy Independence Day to all:-)
  > I sang a chorus of 'Mine Eyes Have Seen...' along with the Sally Army on
  > the radio this morning in your honour...I even felt moved to take the
  > descant part. Fortunately, Ian was out at a show and the cat was safe in
her
  > basket behind the door....!:0
  > Hazel
  >
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