Yeah, when I watch Dr. Who, I'm struck by the fact that the aliens are always negotiating with the British first. (Although they do have the kindness to occasionally slip in the psychotic blow-em-all-up American general.)The history books that are popular in America claim that the American Revolution was a huge international event that inspired several revolutions around the globe, the French Revolution in particular. (It's also claimed that France's financial investment in supporting the war was a factor in its civil unrest.) Without the French Revolution (and without being Amerocentric) it's almost certain that Latin America would not have rebelled when it did, since the opportunity to do so was afforded to them by Napoleon's incursions on Spain.So my take on the episode is that France never really invested itself in the American Revolution, in which case the Americans lost the war, and the French monarchy was stable enough to stave off its own dissidents. (Probably, they had a different domestic policy as well...does this make the show Francocentric?) This alone would have huge significance in the timeline (for instance, the World Wars seem unlikely to have happened) and it's also entirely possible that the Europeans could have had more effective policies in dealing with their colonies.   See 21 other replies

the easy explanation for that could be maybe the native americans didnt side with the french, or maybe as in the real world the french turned tail and ran when the british came lol or maybe paul revere was shot before he could warn everyone   See 4 other replies

Britain already controlled Canada before the American Revolution. France held the land west of the Mississippi in theory only. It would make sense that Britain would be the one to spread westward to California. Freemont captured all of California from Spain with 300 men in 1848. Would the British not have taken it? Although I must say, the British would have also have taken all of Mexico, while we only took a nice big slice of it, lol.   See 4 other replies

Yeah I remember that ep too. Wade had a position of authority in this ep as opposed to one of the guys. Other funny stuff too. Might have to get this series on DVD. Good memories of this show.   See 4 other replies

I know, anyone knows something? I guess I got to go to wikipedia..   See 1 other reply

Good point. If the American revolution had failed, it's quite possible that the French revolution might never have happened- and a moribund Bourbon dynasty would have been swept out of the way by a dynamic England.   See 4 other replies