In reviewing the rhetoric of the Declaration of Independence, I pointed out that while much of the document was aimed directly at the king, some towards the end discussed attempts on the part of the colonies to reconcile with their "British brethren." Which seemed like a good ass-covering technique, since they weren't simply calling the king and saying "Bite me," but were instead giving the letter to a man who would get on a horse and go to a ship and sail across the ocean, so if there were a change in leadership by the time the letter got there, God knows what might happen.
And then I hit me that this would be a great event for an alternate history. Since I'm not much for fiction these days, I present this idea to you with my blessings: Would would have happened if King George III had, say, choked tod eath on a pretzel while the Declaration of Independence was en route to Britain?
Enjoy.
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I can dig it :)
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