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malchickiwick

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2. We'd all be speaking English!

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2018, 01:50 PM

Mar 2018

The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language.
-- George Bernard Shaw

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How would this country be different if the American Revolution failed? [View all] Yavin4 Mar 2018 OP

We'd be driving on the wrong side of the road, and PBS would be loaded with crappy British sitcoms. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2018 #1

BWahahahahahaa spanone Mar 2018 #33

We'd all be speaking English! malchickiwick Mar 2018 #2

Honor MichMary Mar 2018 #3

Grey, whilst, loo, bugger, etc. Pathwalker Mar 2018 #9

You forgot my favorite...gobsmacked. ms liberty Mar 2018 #16

And then there's "trump" which means fart. Pathwalker Mar 2018 #25

universal health care and a dry sense of humor juxtaposed Mar 2018 #4

Just what I was thinking, and slavery would have ended sooner. Hoyt Mar 2018 #26

French fries are now chips Takket Mar 2018 #5

I think that the South would have rebelled against the British Frances Mar 2018 #6

We'd be Canada marylandblue Mar 2018 #7

We'd be called Canada zipplewrath Mar 2018 #8

Bernie Sanders would be leading the NDP DBoon Mar 2018 #10

Dunno, mate DFW Mar 2018 #11

Well, technically, we weren't a country during that war. LisaM Mar 2018 #12

We wouldnt be a country? EffieBlack Mar 2018 #13

One forgotten cause of the war for independence jes06c Mar 2018 #14

Like in Canada? Sneederbunk Mar 2018 #18

There might be other large nations in North America Retrograde Mar 2018 #15

Thought out answer. -nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #20

Or what if Napoleon had not agreed to the Louisiana Purchase? (eom) StevieM Mar 2018 #35

We'd be playing proper football bluecollar2 Mar 2018 #17

The French may still have owned 'louisiana purchase' territories for much longer. poboy2 Mar 2018 #19

cars built with steering wheels placed on wrong side, we would all have bad teeth... beachbum bob Mar 2018 #21

I think that there would have evolved an Anglo-American Parliament... First Speaker Mar 2018 #22

Germany would not have risked WWI DavidDvorkin Mar 2018 #23

One of My Favorite Songs Would Never Have Been Written Leith Mar 2018 #24

McHaggis. nt Buns_of_Fire Mar 2018 #27

Britain would have brought about the civil war a lot faster by banning slavery MaryMagdaline Mar 2018 #28

Heres an Atlantic article on it left-of-center2012 Mar 2018 #29

We'd have a a Prime Minister and a Parliament, making it somewhat procon Mar 2018 #30

There would still be slavery in the south, Spain would control FL and the French Mississippi Baclava Mar 2018 #31

If Fox News has been around during the revolutionary war, we would be under British rule. Initech Mar 2018 #32

Slavery would have ended much earlier, as Britain did in Canada wishstar Mar 2018 #34

Wed have universal healthcare davekriss Mar 2018 #36

Everything would be in the metric system MrScorpio Mar 2018 #37