[gorush]

I'm not the huge James Madison fan that I used to be. He and his buddies met to amend the Articles of Confederation but unlawfully scrapped them and started over. They were over-reacting to Shay's Rebellion and led to our present demise. Just imagine if the feds still had the limited powers that the Articles gave them. Who knows?

[MindBender26]

East of the Rocky Mountains, we would be speaking German. To the west, Japaneese, because that was the Axis plan, and no “country” under the Articles of Confederation would have won WWI.

[MindBender26]

Correction:

East of the Rocky Mountains, we would be speaking German. To the west, Japaneese, because that was the Axis plan, and no “country” under the Articles of Confederation would have won WWII . (WW 2)

[SES1066]

Here is a riddle on this same line; How many times was George Washington elected President?

As far as speculation goes about US History, a fun read is L.Neil Smith’s “Probability Broach” and subsequent novels. As much a reaction to President Carter’s malaise and doom as a libertarian utopian vision. Ah, those evil Hamiltonians!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

****The first was John Hanson, in 1781. His exact title was the “President of the United States in Congress Assembled.”***

I did a report in High School (1963 or 1964) on John Hanson as the First President of the US.

I also did a report on Emperor Norton, Emperor of the US at the same time.