What if Alexander Hamilton Was President?

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  • Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2024

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  • @AlternateHistoryHub
    @AlternateHistoryHub  3 месяца назад +252

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    • @xCatull
      @xCatull 3 месяца назад +2

      ok

    • @rocko7711
      @rocko7711 3 месяца назад +1

      🥰😍🤩😘

    • @ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty
      @ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty 3 месяца назад

      Ground News sucks. Biased towards favoring Neoliberalism.

    • @ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty
      @ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty 3 месяца назад +3

      Scam! Do not buy!

    • @RegentOfGreece
      @RegentOfGreece 3 месяца назад +1

      I think a part 2 for this video would be very interesting and fun to watch. Hope you're having a good day. :)

  • @TravisBroski
    @TravisBroski 3 месяца назад +3808

    Washington: Alright my fellow brethren, I must resign as President and retire, all I ask is for no partisanship to tear apart our young, prospering nation.
    *literal civil war during the next presidency's first term*
    Washington: What the FUCK-

    • @Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave
      @Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave 3 месяца назад +362

      Poor washington, he even said that the USA should avoid all wars (given the USA wasnt attacked obviously), so much for that lol

    • @TravisBroski
      @TravisBroski 3 месяца назад +406

      @@Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave Washington: I leave… FOR FIVE MINUTES

    • @Longshanks1690
      @Longshanks1690 3 месяца назад +134

      @@TravisBroski Yeah, he was talking shit and he knew it.
      If Washington actually believed partisanship was going to destroy the country, he would have done something to avoid it unlike what he actually did, which was fucking nothing.
      Either he was stupid and delusional to the point of insanity… or he understood that the political division was something of a necessity but also knew the rhetorical power of these ideas had to be promoted even if everyone was just going to ignore them anyway because it’s still an ideal to strive for.
      (Also bipartisanship means people get along, partisanship is the one where they fight)

    • @NL-ws5fv
      @NL-ws5fv 3 месяца назад +94

      If anyone would pull a Deus Ex moment to save the early United States, I'd be willing to bet Washington could do it. I mean, the man might've been a wizard if you look into his background.

    • @deleted-something
      @deleted-something 3 месяца назад +2

      Fr

  • @6rat80
    @6rat80 3 месяца назад +1581

    “President? Do you know how much power I’d have to give up to be President?”

    • @dspserpico
      @dspserpico 3 месяца назад +88

      Alexander Hamilton, the Robert Moses of the young American Republic.

    • @generalgrizzly7914
      @generalgrizzly7914 3 месяца назад +47

      I read that in Clancy Brown's voice as he pimp slaps the question.

    • @Web720
      @Web720 3 месяца назад +3

      I'm pretty back then it was.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 3 месяца назад

      Pimped slapped Ratchet ​@@generalgrizzly7914

    • @Hightied
      @Hightied 3 месяца назад +6

      Who said this?

  • @fireiron369
    @fireiron369 3 месяца назад +2376

    King George III: “Please stop singing Mr President I’m trying to negotiate the US-Canadian border…”

    • @theshlauf
      @theshlauf 3 месяца назад +188

      🇬🇧: Straight line?
      🇺🇸: 🎶Straight lineeeeee! 🎶 🎉🕺🏿💃🏿🎉

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul 3 месяца назад +80

      “You’ll be back!”

    • @theEWDSDS
      @theEWDSDS 3 месяца назад +31

      ​@@KaiHung-wv3ultiIIiime will tell

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul 3 месяца назад +31

      @@theEWDSDS “You’ll remember that I served you well…” 🎶🎶🎶🎶

    • @woodykrska9947
      @woodykrska9947 3 месяца назад +25

      @@KaiHung-wv3uloceans rise, empires fallllllll

  • @connorstarkey8759
    @connorstarkey8759 3 месяца назад +413

    Andrew Jackson being the “Lee” of this timeline would be a fun idea

    • @kobeelmallah1394
      @kobeelmallah1394 3 месяца назад +25

      More of a stonewall since he's younger I think

    • @IssekOfTheJug
      @IssekOfTheJug 3 месяца назад

      Ohhhhhhh, love that

    • @conserva-chan2735
      @conserva-chan2735 3 месяца назад +5

      He'd be more like Stonewall Jackson mixed with Napoleon

  • @aidangordon2713
    @aidangordon2713 3 месяца назад +1524

    The duel would have taken place in the Oval Office. As all duels should.

    • @Peanut-brain1
      @Peanut-brain1 3 месяца назад +43

      Rooftop katanas is the only way

    • @jackers30
      @jackers30 3 месяца назад +50

      I just imagined old politicians playing a game of Yugioh to decide the fate of the United States

    • @afunkymonke
      @afunkymonke 3 месяца назад +8

      Or on the rim of a volcano, for the aesthetic

    • @taoofjester4113
      @taoofjester4113 3 месяца назад +4

      ​@@Peanut-brain1Calvary swords.

    • @antifurryfoundation55
      @antifurryfoundation55 3 месяца назад +2

      With ship cannons.

  • @Moonlitwatersofaqua
    @Moonlitwatersofaqua 3 месяца назад +342

    What absolute insanity. I appreciate this since the few alternate scenarios i've seen of Hamilton being president are kind of rosy. Highlighting his desire to end slavery and how the military would have been developed sooner and better under his rule. I like how this emphasizes his bad judgement calls.

    • @soliopy
      @soliopy 3 месяца назад +45

      Really makes you appreciate Adams' efforts to keep the newborn US out of war doesn't it? Stick to writing domestic policy, Hamilton lol
      (btw everybody reading this should check out the John Adams HBO miniseries if you haven't, it's pretty great and has episodes covering this period of history well)

  • @DarthKieduss
    @DarthKieduss 3 месяца назад +2086

    "You dream of Empire, Mr. Hamilton. Now either you are stark raving mad or I am! Good day, sir!" President John Adams

    • @Spongebrain97
      @Spongebrain97 3 месяца назад +226

      John's face is so amusing during that scene where his mind is trying to process what Hamilton is suggesting to him.
      "Are you questioning my loyalty sir?"
      "No Mr. Hamilton I'm questioning your sanity!!"

    • @BazukinBelyugovich
      @BazukinBelyugovich 3 месяца назад +61

      Played by Paul Giamatti, in the HBO miniseries "John Adams"

    • @cmd31220
      @cmd31220 3 месяца назад +72

      Paul Giamatti was so good in that show. And yes, Hamilton was stark raving mad. I despise the musical for making him popular

    • @pridelander06
      @pridelander06 3 месяца назад +53

      "We are as likely to find the French army on these shores as we are on the Moon!"

    • @ConcernedAlien
      @ConcernedAlien 3 месяца назад +13

      ​@@cmd31220Well, whitewashing him, so to speak.

  • @ladybuzzkillington2072
    @ladybuzzkillington2072 3 месяца назад +610

    Alternate reality where Lin-Manuel wrote a hit broadway musical about John Adams

    • @Iacedrom54
      @Iacedrom54 3 месяца назад +47

      SIT DOWN JOHN

    • @nlald
      @nlald 3 месяца назад +24

      “John ADAMS!? Who’s that?”

    • @Capybara_Productions
      @Capybara_Productions 3 месяца назад +35

      Welcome folks, to the Hamilton Administration!

    • @christiangarza8122
      @christiangarza8122 3 месяца назад +10

      I mean the truth is that the musical never gets that far. Washington was sworn into office in 1789. The finale would be in 87, probably a soft song about a return to home getting interrupted by a storm

    • @zachariahjonahmaldonado5897
      @zachariahjonahmaldonado5897 3 месяца назад +8

      They already made that but it's a miniseries called John Adams on HBO Max. Lin-Manuel is actually familiar with it and included a reference (when the King says 'John Adams? I know him)

  • @Tesseract745
    @Tesseract745 3 месяца назад +1384

    Wait you’re telling me that Alexander Hamilton didn’t look like lin manuel miranda

    • @peterroberts4415
      @peterroberts4415 3 месяца назад +142

      Next you'll tell me Cleopatra was Greek...

    • @ryansauchuk7290
      @ryansauchuk7290 3 месяца назад +73

      ​@@peterroberts4415 Cleopatra was Black my grandmother told me

    • @tylerhancock7271
      @tylerhancock7271 3 месяца назад +22

      Cleopatra was Greek. She was part of the Ptolemaic dynasty which was a Greek dynasty.

    • @AntonioKatan
      @AntonioKatan 3 месяца назад +38

      Biggest disappointment is Jefferson not looking like Daveed Diggs.

    • @thelordofcringe
      @thelordofcringe 3 месяца назад

      ​@ryansauchuk7290 exactly, everyone knows random old women are the true source of all knowledge and so called "scientists" and "historians" are agents of windmill Germany itself.

  • @VoFALT
    @VoFALT 3 месяца назад +319

    thank you John Adams for not dying at sea

  • @SomasAcademy
    @SomasAcademy 3 месяца назад +640

    I work in a museum of the American Revolution and during my training one of the older employees told us "If you went to a conference about the American Revolution 15 years ago and asked people who their least favorite founding father was, 9 times out of 10 it would be Hamilton."

    • @norarivkis2513
      @norarivkis2513 3 месяца назад +79

      And the tenth, it would probably be Adams.

    • @billseitz4748
      @billseitz4748 3 месяца назад

      I always get heat when I call Hamilton an ass hole. Most definitely a narcissist.!

    • @brianc9374
      @brianc9374 3 месяца назад +5

      He's been my favorite since jr high.

    • @Johnsmith99663
      @Johnsmith99663 Месяц назад +3

      @@brianc9374 I see you're still there then :^)

    • @Putseller100
      @Putseller100 29 дней назад

      Perhaps it will reach 10 out of 10.

  • @patsfreak
    @patsfreak 3 месяца назад +242

    John Adams really was the anchor being for our reality wasn’t he

    • @Official.Prez.Graves
      @Official.Prez.Graves 3 месяца назад

      He may have been an a**hole. But he was America’s a**hole when we needed him.

    • @gavros9636
      @gavros9636 3 месяца назад +25

      Poor Alexander Hamilton is missing in action and now we're facing Aaron Burr and his own faction.

    • @harcoom
      @harcoom 3 месяца назад +3

      I seriously doubt it would go down like the video says. No way he is that divisive. I feel like alternate history hub is just trying to to the craziest thing for a video

    • @gavros9636
      @gavros9636 3 месяца назад +13

      @@harcoom Don't forget that in his time Hamilton was already a very controversial figure before the pamphlet dropped.

    • @the_archmaester
      @the_archmaester 2 месяца назад

      ​@@gavros9636He's very attractive in the north. New Yorkers like his chances

  • @johnrivers5798
    @johnrivers5798 3 месяца назад +646

    Hamilton would’ve had a stroke if he found out Jackson closed down the national banks

    • @joaosturza
      @joaosturza 3 месяца назад +87

      He probably would go even further in this timeline since he is the man who started the Amercian civil war, this changes from a matter of opinion to Jackson actively trying to destroy Hamilton's legacy

    • @KingBuilder525
      @KingBuilder525 3 месяца назад +35

      Jackson was based

    • @BiggerK
      @BiggerK 3 месяца назад +63

      ​@@KingBuilder525what was based? Forcing people from their homes and land under threat of violence? I thought that was a bad thing, like universally.

    • @KingBuilder525
      @KingBuilder525 3 месяца назад +24

      @@BiggerK To quote the man himself: "I killed the Banks"

    • @Reubentheimitator6572
      @Reubentheimitator6572 3 месяца назад +18

      @@BiggerK Jackson was awful for those deeds but, he was good for closing down the national banks

  • @maattthhhh
    @maattthhhh 3 месяца назад +1389

    Hamilton: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

    • @williamhowland9977
      @williamhowland9977 3 месяца назад

      *I did have sexual relations with that woman and here are all of the details surrounding the situation

    • @pokemata1035
      @pokemata1035 3 месяца назад

      It would be more like
      Hamilton: "I did have sexual relations with that woman, here''s a diagram"

    • @Tangerinewc
      @Tangerinewc 3 месяца назад +10

      Can’t stop it

    • @bumibomber
      @bumibomber 3 месяца назад

      Its more like "I did have sexual relations with that woman, no tax fraud tho g"

    • @PonianYouTube
      @PonianYouTube 3 месяца назад

      Hamilton in our timeline: I had sex with this woman multiple times, but I did NOT embezzle government funds!

  • @graham7784
    @graham7784 3 месяца назад +786

    The musical would’ve been very different.

    • @wetwillyis_1881
      @wetwillyis_1881 3 месяца назад +1

      You have one of the best profile pictures I’ve ever seen, mate.

    • @jerrenguzman9006
      @jerrenguzman9006 3 месяца назад +30

      he is gonna be president now, that’s one more thing to worry about

    • @conbinspark3144
      @conbinspark3144 3 месяца назад +8

      It would be about Thomas Jefferson

    • @Kaiser_Polaris
      @Kaiser_Polaris 3 месяца назад +5

      ​@@conbinspark3144nah Jefferson would still be famous because of his conflict with Hamilton in this timeline I think it might be John Adams honestly since he would be forgotten in this timeline without becoming president

  • @noahtylerpritchett2682
    @noahtylerpritchett2682 3 месяца назад +249

    Oh certainly a part two is needed.
    Alexander Hamilton is batshit crazy.

    • @vericbasilio
      @vericbasilio 3 месяца назад +14

      Crazy but in the end will make America even stronger or even weaker.

    • @gavros9636
      @gavros9636 3 месяца назад +14

      @@vericbasilio The world will never be the same!

    • @TheTinyDiamond
      @TheTinyDiamond 3 месяца назад

      Seconding this!

    • @bigz4302
      @bigz4302 3 месяца назад +6

      ​@@vericbasilioI'd say weaker, an earlier civil war benefits the south more than the north

    • @sgabig
      @sgabig 3 месяца назад

      A Schroedinger cat scenario 🐱

  • @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770
    @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 3 месяца назад +815

    I suppose if Hamilton was President, Hamilton would have to be a three act, three hour long play, with an entire extra act dedicated to his Presidency.

    • @ColeZmijski
      @ColeZmijski 3 месяца назад +35

      I would be ok with that

    • @pckrichards7980
      @pckrichards7980 3 месяца назад +32

      It would be a chaos whirlwind in the best way possible

    • @EvilParagon4
      @EvilParagon4 3 месяца назад +33

      I think more likely, the play would never have been made.
      Hamilton (the play) only came into existence because of how important a seemingly forgetable man was. The man was never president, not someone you memorise off a list.
      Had he been president, the play's original writers might have targetted some other historic figure if at all to write about. Maybe even Jefferson in this timeline.

    • @gavros9636
      @gavros9636 3 месяца назад +10

      @@EvilParagon4 I mean... Even in this timeline he isn't, he's running things from the shadows using a Southern puppet.

    • @Kaiser_Polaris
      @Kaiser_Polaris 3 месяца назад +5

      ​@@EvilParagon4nah I'll probably be Adams since Jefferson would still be famous in this timeline for his conflict with Hamilton while Adams would be forgotten because he never became president

  • @CABRALFAN27
    @CABRALFAN27 3 месяца назад +37

    Definitely adding my voice to the calls for a part 2! Since "Hamilton is President" is an inaccurate title, you could call the scenario "Washington's Nightmare".

  • @TetsuShima
    @TetsuShima 3 месяца назад +323

    0:04
    It's not that weird that a Hamilton musical exists. The fact even Jerome Bonaparte, Napoleon's forgettable brother, got one show ANYONE can get a musical

    • @Tricky2109
      @Tricky2109 3 месяца назад +1

      What show?

    • @Varadiio
      @Varadiio 3 месяца назад +30

      If anything it's just weird that it's popular. It's probably the first and often only live musical with a modern script that most Americans know of.

    • @ConcernedAlien
      @ConcernedAlien 3 месяца назад +21

      The musical happened because of Lin-Manuel Miranda buying Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton biography at an airport bookstore one day.

    • @norarivkis2513
      @norarivkis2513 3 месяца назад +3

      Heck, one of Charlemagne's sons got a musical.

    • @leetorry
      @leetorry 3 месяца назад +14

      There was a alt-history musical called "BEST!" which reverses the career of former Beatles drummer Pete Best where he becomes one of, if not THE most influential figure in modern music while thr Beatles are reduced to nothing more but a one hit wonder.

  • @Spoon80085
    @Spoon80085 3 месяца назад +309

    John Adams really was the *Looks at Camera* guy of Early America.

    • @Spoon80085
      @Spoon80085 3 месяца назад +59

      Like imagine talking to Jefferson about Abolition, and he agrees it's a detestable institution while having hundreds of slaves; no wonder the guy hated his guts

    • @XmasIsHere
      @XmasIsHere 3 месяца назад +43

      ​@@Spoon80085
      Honestly John Adams is really "the straight man" of early America.

    • @Bluesonofman
      @Bluesonofman 3 месяца назад +5

      @@Spoon80085 I mean Jefferson was in a lot of debt

    • @wolfgang7850
      @wolfgang7850 3 месяца назад +15

      ​@@Bluesonofmanwomp womp. I have a few thousand between my car and student loans and you don't see me owning human beings.

    • @gracec8c
      @gracec8c 3 месяца назад

      People love to rag on John Adams, and don't get me wrong, he was an old white guy from the 1700s. But he really was the best of the bunch. He and his son, of the first i think 10 presidents, were the only non slave owners. Which really is the only point I need to make

  • @ShadowTigerYT
    @ShadowTigerYT 3 месяца назад +3196

    We need Lin-Manuel-Miranda to write a musical about this, Alexander Hamilton and its sequel President Hamilton.

    • @DinoRicky
      @DinoRicky 3 месяца назад +33

      lol nice idea

    • @aidangordon2713
      @aidangordon2713 3 месяца назад +31

      Honestly, I'd buy a ticket. Could be fun!

    • @aidangordon2713
      @aidangordon2713 3 месяца назад +19

      I'd buy a ticket. Could be fun!

    • @jabradococonutfrosting9513
      @jabradococonutfrosting9513 3 месяца назад +14

      You could name the sequel, "President Hamilton."

    • @zephodb
      @zephodb 3 месяца назад +27

      The Alexander Hamilton in Lin-Manuel-Miranda was already an alternate-history version of Alexander Hamilton. c.c

  • @Signedcentaur
    @Signedcentaur 3 месяца назад +894

    Hamilton: "My first sin will be... becoming the President! ...Wait, new idea: adultery."

    • @thememe-museum8669
      @thememe-museum8669 3 месяца назад +11

      Why does that line work so well!?

    • @jlev1028
      @jlev1028 3 месяца назад +37

      Is that a motherfuckin' Shadow Fandub reference?!

    • @mikesyrupp
      @mikesyrupp 3 месяца назад

      @@jlev1028LMFAO SNAPCUBE IS EVERYWHERE

    • @diegomedina4145
      @diegomedina4145 3 месяца назад +4

      Best comment yet

    • @zenith6939
      @zenith6939 3 месяца назад +7

      Absolutely golden video reference.

  • @MJL_
    @MJL_ 3 месяца назад +169

    I hope I'm not the only one dissapointed that the Ground News sponsorship never even mentioned the New York Post (founded by Hamilton).

    • @StarshadowMelody
      @StarshadowMelody 3 месяца назад +3

      that's a scalemate

    • @ms_scribbles
      @ms_scribbles 3 месяца назад +11

      But was taken over by fascists, sadly.

    • @kingofcards9
      @kingofcards9 3 месяца назад +7

      ​@@ms_scribbleslol, you people see fascists in every shadow.

    • @topsecret1837
      @topsecret1837 2 месяца назад

      @@kingofcards9
      You see bureaucrats and aliens in every conspiracy.

  • @holdenmass8012
    @holdenmass8012 3 месяца назад +30

    To be honest, I was pretty unsure of the necessity of offering potential sequels to your scenarios. BUT NOW I NEED ONE FOR THIS.

  • @doritosbacon
    @doritosbacon 3 месяца назад +399

    u should start a series of these “what if *historic figure in america, possible founding father* was president” videos

    • @Schnitzelfox
      @Schnitzelfox 3 месяца назад +29

      what if timothy dexter was President

    • @matiasmorando5962
      @matiasmorando5962 3 месяца назад +15

      Yeah what if Benjamin Franklin was president or if Benedict Arnold don't changed of side after Saratoga and was president in early 1800s...

    • @MarcTelang
      @MarcTelang 3 месяца назад +14

      @@Schnitzelfox what if Joshua Norton became the Emperor of America

    • @matthewmagda4971
      @matthewmagda4971 3 месяца назад +5

      Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, Nathan Hale, Henry Knox...

    • @ShubbaLoa
      @ShubbaLoa 3 месяца назад +2

      maybe a scenario about the Conway Cabal?

  • @reillycurran8508
    @reillycurran8508 3 месяца назад +75

    The man was so controversial one theory is that the natural born citizen clause was written into the presidential requirements specifically to disqualify Hamilton since he was born in the Carribbean not in any of the 13 colonies.

    • @norarivkis2513
      @norarivkis2513 3 месяца назад +34

      Except it didn't disqualify him, because all the people legally resident in the United States at the time the Constitution was signed were recognized as native. Otherwise, none of the early presidents would have qualified, as none of them were born in the United States, which didn't exist yet. There was no legal distinction between those who were born in Virginia when it was a British colony and those who were born in St. Kitts.

    • @alex_zetsu
      @alex_zetsu 3 месяца назад +5

      Wait... George Washington wasn't naturally born in US either since Virginia was British. Not a "US territory" it was straight up not part of USA which didn't exist yet.

    • @norarivkis2513
      @norarivkis2513 3 месяца назад +7

      @@alex_zetsu Right, exactly. The rule was that everyone who was a citizen of any state when the US was born became a native-born citizen of the United States. After that, they had to be born within the United States (or, based on later case law, born to two parents who are US citizens living abroad), but they had to have a way for the adult generation to be recognized as citizens at the birth of the nation.

  • @Philomatt13
    @Philomatt13 3 месяца назад +50

    Man. Hamilton certainly is... a character. Sure am glad we didn't lost John Adams to the sea.

  • @my_name_is_wallet
    @my_name_is_wallet 3 месяца назад +60

    My librarian in elementary school told me that everyone on money was a president… Benjamin Franklin or Alexander Hamilton was not president Mrs. Clayton.

    • @nlATL777
      @nlATL777 3 месяца назад +8

      What? Didn’t you know that our second president was Ben Franklin’s corpse?

    • @Drekromancer
      @Drekromancer 12 дней назад

      @@nlATL777 Man, I wish.

  • @CliffCardi
    @CliffCardi 3 месяца назад +12

    Another thing to note about Hamilton: he was born on Nevis (of St. Kitts and Nevis) and grew up in the Caribbean. He didn't grow up with the state-rivalry mindset or biases that would make, say a Pennsylvanian distrust a Virginian. He was willing to work with both North and South and not be influenced by state-on-state politics.

    • @ineednochannelyoutube2651
      @ineednochannelyoutube2651 17 дней назад +2

      That definitely explains his desire for strong central government. During the war the states meandered to support the army he was a part of for what would have been, to him, the pettiest reasons and the states needed to work together to form a coherent nation.

  • @mandinhapicles
    @mandinhapicles 3 месяца назад +259

    "Alexander Hamilton
    Alexander Hamilton
    Got yourself a problem,
    He can Alexander handle it"
    - jacksfilms - 2016.

    • @joshuahere5097
      @joshuahere5097 3 месяца назад +7

      Greatest president in the world!

    • @realemperorkuzco
      @realemperorkuzco 3 месяца назад +8

      Alexander plays guitar? Alexander Mandolin.

    • @jamiereilly2003
      @jamiereilly2003 23 дня назад

      already made this comment but
      he became president?
      alexander alt his hist

  • @Trinitycore0720
    @Trinitycore0720 3 месяца назад +87

    And there’s a million things he hasn’t done, just you wait, just you wait.

    • @norarivkis2513
      @norarivkis2513 3 месяца назад +2

      I think in this version, he did most of them.

    • @ViktorEnjoyer
      @ViktorEnjoyer 3 месяца назад +2

      When he was 10 his father split, full of it, debt ridden
      2-years-later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden

    • @borealis_3882
      @borealis_3882 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@ViktorEnjoyerHalf dead, sitting in their own sick, the scent thick,
      (And Alex got better, but his mother went quick)

    • @CrystaltheAroacekid
      @CrystaltheAroacekid Месяц назад +2

      ​@@borealis_3882 Moved in with a cousin the cousin committed suicide

  • @nickhueper2906
    @nickhueper2906 3 месяца назад +65

    17:26 WhatIfAltHist jumpscare

    • @capsaicin938
      @capsaicin938 3 месяца назад +4

      I was looking for this comment

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 3 месяца назад +2

      Was thinking the same

    • @evenlord7825
      @evenlord7825 3 месяца назад +2

      I thought the same thing

  • @andrewrogers3067
    @andrewrogers3067 3 месяца назад +40

    It’s strange that I got so uplifted seeing this uploaded after you crushed my heart an hour ago with Atlantropa articles. Wonderful work.

    • @thanszh
      @thanszh 3 месяца назад +1

      what happened with Altantropa?

    • @Dragonite43
      @Dragonite43 3 месяца назад +4

      @@thanszh It's a book written by Cody.

    • @andrewrogers3067
      @andrewrogers3067 3 месяца назад +4

      @@thanszh and a damn good one at that.

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 3 месяца назад +90

    I like how the 8-bit sunglasses were slowly moving to his eyes and landed when Cody said many trace the two party system to his rivalry with Madison 😎🤣

    • @25Erix
      @25Erix 3 месяца назад +3

      And I thought it was his rivalry with Jefferson. I got the wrong man. lol

  • @DoodleBug0w0
    @DoodleBug0w0 3 месяца назад +44

    BROOO I came across this channel cause I’ve been rewatching pointless hub videos for so long and was starting to get thirsty for some more content like it, then I found this channel and thought “that voice sounds familiar” turns out it’s the same dude I got years of content to watch. YIPPEEEE

    • @apineapple3177
      @apineapple3177 3 месяца назад +19

      Oh damn, the complete opposite thing happened to me

    • @afunkymonke
      @afunkymonke 3 месяца назад +4

      Same, literally today I found out about this channel lmao

    • @Infamousgamer-qb5ej
      @Infamousgamer-qb5ej 3 месяца назад +4

      @@afunkymonkethis was the first video I saw but now I’m learning there’s two whole channels filled with this style I’m in

    • @Ladifour
      @Ladifour 2 месяца назад +2

      now you can drink cola and watch more Cody at the same time!

  • @ultrablade2580
    @ultrablade2580 2 месяца назад +10

    8:56 The XYZ Affair sounds like something from a 1980's Sci - Fi

  • @somerandomschmuck2547
    @somerandomschmuck2547 3 месяца назад +25

    I'd definitely be up for a continuation, this timeline seems fascinating.

  • @chrish9698
    @chrish9698 3 месяца назад +25

    Fantastic video and yes I would absolutely love to see a sequel to this outlining your alternate Civil War! So many questions need to be answered!!

  • @pathfindersavant3988
    @pathfindersavant3988 3 месяца назад +23

    Dang cliffhangers, i guess I'll just wait until that Hamilton-Jefferson Civil War video drops next

  • @adktheory2031
    @adktheory2031 3 месяца назад +14

    5:20 He’s pulling a Turtledove

  • @gideonwiley8961
    @gideonwiley8961 3 месяца назад +18

    I’d love to see a part two. Alternate history set in America at a point other than the civil war and world war 2 is pretty refreshing.

  • @jake_from_state7143
    @jake_from_state7143 3 месяца назад +7

    John Adams being the man to hold the union together is not something that I would have thought of, but damn is it interesting.

  • @ji4215
    @ji4215 3 месяца назад +15

    I love that you took his personality so much into account! Hopefully there is a continuation

  • @runningcommentary2125
    @runningcommentary2125 3 месяца назад +10

    This sounds like a fantastic setting for a book series.

  • @heirofcaedus7070
    @heirofcaedus7070 3 месяца назад +13

    PLEASE make a Part 2 to this

  • @Tsar-Nicholas-II
    @Tsar-Nicholas-II 3 месяца назад +25

    Now you should do one for Aaron Burr

    • @JoseonBall
      @JoseonBall 3 месяца назад +10

      Bro I thought you died

  • @Locust_Clips
    @Locust_Clips 2 месяца назад +7

    0:05 The founding father without a father

  • @JustAnotherGuy-vx4po
    @JustAnotherGuy-vx4po 3 месяца назад +178

    Scenario Idea: What if Mercia unified England?

    • @niccolorichter1488
      @niccolorichter1488 3 месяца назад +10

      almost happened

    • @JohnReaper-zd9ds
      @JohnReaper-zd9ds 3 месяца назад +5

      Based

    • @deadsnake5402
      @deadsnake5402 3 месяца назад

      didn't they rule most of mainland britain at some point?

    • @matiasmorando5962
      @matiasmorando5962 3 месяца назад +11

      Don't changed much...the Mercian kings ruled England after the unification but were defeated by Knut the Great in 1016 and after William the Conqueror in Hastings in 1066...some descendants of the Mercian kings were kings of Scotland that after were kings of England from the Stuart dynasty in the 17th century...

    • @noahtylerpritchett2682
      @noahtylerpritchett2682 3 месяца назад

      Based

  • @siljeff2708
    @siljeff2708 3 месяца назад +8

    You should do a Musical Alternate History. First episode: what if Elton John joined King Crimson in 1970

    • @joshuahere5097
      @joshuahere5097 3 месяца назад +1

      Jojo would get a lot more bizarre

  • @13thbrotherbeowulf26
    @13thbrotherbeowulf26 3 месяца назад +102

    If he was the second president we could have had 3 ginger presidents in a row...

    • @user-Mr-L-of-York
      @user-Mr-L-of-York 3 месяца назад +24

      Dear god…

    • @amia560
      @amia560 3 месяца назад +17

      The darkest timeline

    • @ThePikminCaptain
      @ThePikminCaptain 3 месяца назад +4

      @@user-Mr-L-of-YorkThere’s More

    • @Mr110074
      @Mr110074 2 месяца назад

      That is the worst of timelines 😅

  • @devinknotts4072
    @devinknotts4072 3 месяца назад +10

    Would love to see a part 2! This video was fascinating

  • @EveningSwan83
    @EveningSwan83 3 месяца назад +97

    “How does a…”

    • @nutpeg6915
      @nutpeg6915 3 месяца назад +15

      Bastard maybe? Orphan even??

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul 3 месяца назад +9

      @@nutpeg6915son of a…wait, can I even say that on RUclips?

    • @realemperorkuzco
      @realemperorkuzco 3 месяца назад +9

      ​@KaiHung-wv3ul and a Scotsman, apparently, too?

    • @EveningSwan83
      @EveningSwan83 3 месяца назад +9

      @@realemperorkuzco Seemed to have been dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean?

    • @realemperorkuzco
      @realemperorkuzco 3 месяца назад +8

      @EveningSwan83 Like by God-Providence... impoverished and in squalor??? That grew up to be a hero and a scholar too???

  • @ricochet0928
    @ricochet0928 3 месяца назад +5

    Man this Hamilton guy is interesting, someone should write a musical about him

  • @morsecode980
    @morsecode980 3 месяца назад +27

    What if Joseph Smith wasn’t “unalived” and continued his 1844 presidential campaign? What if he won?

    • @matiasmorando5962
      @matiasmorando5962 3 месяца назад +5

      Mormon America and Mexico...😂

    • @caejones2792
      @caejones2792 3 месяца назад +1

      I really, really doubt he'd've won, but now I have to add this to my time-travel campaigne and now my time-traveler job just got more involved than chit-chatting with historical and religious figures about astronomy.

  • @Tigu__
    @Tigu__ 3 месяца назад +6

    this video has made me excited just because it means that hopefully other patreon videos can become watchable on youtube in the future like the alternate or no Iberian wedding scenario

  • @Barnikles
    @Barnikles 3 месяца назад +5

    This is a great concept! Would love some more parts to this alternate history scenario!

  • @davidbenedict5617
    @davidbenedict5617 3 месяца назад +4

    My sister asked me this question a lot of times. Now I can just show your video to her.

  • @GraceHOsborn
    @GraceHOsborn 3 месяца назад +2

    As someone who’s studied Hamilton for awhile now in working on a historical fiction series about his life, this was awesome and super intriguing. I would absolutely love a Part Two!!

  • @konradsartorius7913
    @konradsartorius7913 3 месяца назад +3

    This was an interesting premise. Perhaps a sequel could be made

  • @ronanmahaffey2996
    @ronanmahaffey2996 3 месяца назад +7

    Please do a part two

  • @Cleo-h3x
    @Cleo-h3x 3 месяца назад +23

    Wait you’re telling me that Alexander Hamilton didn’t look like lin manuel miranda.

    • @foxfrightdario5175
      @foxfrightdario5175 3 месяца назад +2

      Wait. Washington wasn't black?

    • @j.d.cunegan302
      @j.d.cunegan302 3 месяца назад +2

      @@foxfrightdario5175 Next, you'll be telling me Lafayette and Jefferson weren't capable of spitting bars in eerily identical fashion...

  • @legoman-xn1nt
    @legoman-xn1nt 3 месяца назад +9

    you should make a what-if video about the egyptian-ottoman war where egypt takes constatinople which could happen by either the european powers not interveening or egypt(muhhamed ali) doesnt hope that france would take their sides(which they didnt) and maybe he makes an alliance with the uk or russia or even both, this would be interesting because this would affect ww1 and ww2 and the british occupation of egypt and egypt being a new superpower or just a regional power

  • @hyperanemoia8842
    @hyperanemoia8842 3 месяца назад +7

    9:55 hmmm, that ship looks... familiar

  • @PhilVillagerOffical
    @PhilVillagerOffical 2 месяца назад +3

    Can't wait to see the 2092 alternate history hub about current events now talk about this election year

  • @jaredmoore8839
    @jaredmoore8839 3 месяца назад +7

    Uhh Im definitely gonna need a part 2!

  • @LivingBattery
    @LivingBattery 3 месяца назад +7

    Awesome idea and a good lead-up to part 2!

  • @josephryman3799
    @josephryman3799 3 месяца назад +5

    it would be nice to see a part 2 through 5

  • @aeris5142
    @aeris5142 3 месяца назад +2

    This was one of the best videos you’ve done and just as I was getting immersed you went “next time on…”
    You better finish this.

  • @Groggle7141
    @Groggle7141 3 месяца назад +5

    There’s a million things he never did, like faithfulness

  • @FrankSinatraTheSecond
    @FrankSinatraTheSecond 3 месяца назад +6

    WE NEED PART 2

  • @xenotiic8356
    @xenotiic8356 3 месяца назад +5

    GAHHH IT ENDED RIGHT AS IT WAS HEATING UP!!! I NEED A PART 2!!!

  • @MegaGun2000
    @MegaGun2000 3 месяца назад +17

    Please make another video 18:00

  • @huzaifa9215
    @huzaifa9215 3 месяца назад +39

    What if Samuel Tilden won in 1876

    • @matiasmorando5962
      @matiasmorando5962 3 месяца назад +2

      It would be assasinated in 1881...😂

    • @jammer9941
      @jammer9941 3 месяца назад +3

      Does the timeline really change all that much? I'm pretty sure Reconstruction was ending regardless of who ended up in the white house and idk if his other positions were that radically different enough to drastically change events moving forward. That said I'm not an expert on him or that Era of US history so maybe I'm missing something here.

    • @listman3865
      @listman3865 3 месяца назад

      He would lose in 1880 to Roscoe Conkling after the Democrats get split in half

    • @redjirachi1
      @redjirachi1 3 месяца назад

      I don't think there's enough for a full episode. However I do think that could make up part of an anthology/3 mini-episodes in one, along with other close presidencies that wouldn't have altered too much but are worth noting

  • @moment.of.claireity9467
    @moment.of.claireity9467 3 месяца назад +1

    Please make a part 2! This was really cool :)

  • @Fudgy-Boi
    @Fudgy-Boi 2 месяца назад +3

    There better be a sequel to this.

  • @justinf9855
    @justinf9855 3 месяца назад +13

    I find the idea of a pissed off George Washington funny.

  • @KillerMoth3
    @KillerMoth3 3 месяца назад +14

    What if Mexico defeated the US during the Mexican-American War?
    What if Japan was split like Germany after WW2?
    What if Argentina, Spain, and Finland joined the axis powers declared war on the allies in WW2?

    • @One_step_above_is_here
      @One_step_above_is_here 3 месяца назад +5

      The first one would probably not happen at all
      I doubt the Americans would willingly give the soviets land
      The axis would’ve lost faster

    • @haventfoundanameyet
      @haventfoundanameyet 3 месяца назад +2

      Mexico could’ve never won the war. They had already just finished a brutal civil war and there was no way they could’ve won.

    • @RobertGrimm
      @RobertGrimm 3 месяца назад +2

      ⁠@@One_step_above_is_hereJapan surrendered when they did to avoid an invasion that they knew they were in no position to fight. The Soviets were part of that calculus. Had an invasion happened, the country could have been split. The Soviets had demanded that everywhere else so they likely would have there too. The only difference is that the Soviets probably wouldn’t have taken as much since they were not a major naval power yet and would have had difficulties with the island terrain. They would have had trouble getting troops to Japan but once there, they would have fought well. Had an invasion occurred, the Kuriles and Hokkaido would probably have become a separate country.

  • @neovoid2181
    @neovoid2181 3 месяца назад +2

    I know you get lots of suggestions, but I think a scenario where there was no great purge by Stalin would be really interesting to look into.

  • @atharvapimple834
    @atharvapimple834 3 месяца назад +8

    pls post part 2

  • @dalchartheshinymew9518
    @dalchartheshinymew9518 Месяц назад +2

    bro this video made me lose my mind. would 100% love a part 2 lmao

  • @yngwievanhalen9640
    @yngwievanhalen9640 3 месяца назад +3

    This needs a part 2

  • @nightmare614
    @nightmare614 3 месяца назад +3

    please do a part 2 this sounds cool

  • @jamessloven2204
    @jamessloven2204 3 месяца назад +42

    I think Hamilton arresting Jefferson is a too big of a leap. Jefferson is a big fish, and Hamilton would know that it could spark a civil war.

    • @norarivkis2513
      @norarivkis2513 3 месяца назад +23

      I'm not sure Hamilton would mind.

    • @ms_scribbles
      @ms_scribbles 3 месяца назад

      Jefferson would have deserved being imprisoned. The man threatened to kill his political opponents by bringing over a guillotine and putting them in it.

    • @AiluridaeAureus
      @AiluridaeAureus 3 месяца назад +8

      You say destabilizing crisis, the authoritarian says **opportunity to consolidate power and openly hunt dissidents. *Chaos is a ladder.***

    • @norarivkis2513
      @norarivkis2513 3 месяца назад

      @@AiluridaeAureus All too timely a reminder. Thank you.

    • @harcoom
      @harcoom 3 месяца назад

      @@AiluridaeAureus too bad. Still isn’t realistic. The sedition act never went that far

  • @vagankirchev989
    @vagankirchev989 3 месяца назад +1

    This is one of the most interesting scenarios so far! Please make a part 2!

  • @AshmithKrenjith
    @AshmithKrenjith 3 месяца назад +4

    15:13 Well...that escalated quickly...!!!

  • @mitchthe3518
    @mitchthe3518 3 месяца назад +1

    That would be a hella fascinating book. I do hope you continue with this

  • @andrewthejew6007
    @andrewthejew6007 3 месяца назад +4

    please continue this video

  • @Johnsmith99663
    @Johnsmith99663 Месяц назад +1

    Keep going with this timeline, please. I wanna see unhinged Hamilton go Ham.

  • @matsal3211
    @matsal3211 3 месяца назад +6

    We need a “What if Ron Paul” became president

  • @ClementWilliamstheoneandonly
    @ClementWilliamstheoneandonly 2 месяца назад +1

    PLEASE PART TWO!!!

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 3 месяца назад +3

    Yes dude please do a sequel!

  • @redjirachi1
    @redjirachi1 2 месяца назад

    This has got to be the most fun I've had with one of your scenarios since Trotsky started WWII

  • @DinoRicky
    @DinoRicky 3 месяца назад +12

    0:01 hello timer viewers
    If Hamilton was president, duels will still happen lol
    Happen a Patreon vid finally is on yt for all us Non-Patreon user can see
    Have a great day :D

    • @gavros9636
      @gavros9636 3 месяца назад +1

      But would Burr challenge Hamilton to a duel in this timeline?

    • @DinoRicky
      @DinoRicky 3 месяца назад

      @@gavros9636it’s a joke

  • @NicholasKeene
    @NicholasKeene 3 месяца назад +2

    I would love to see part two for this timeline!

  • @concept5631
    @concept5631 3 месяца назад +7

    2:30 End of a.d

  • @clintonbreeden6970
    @clintonbreeden6970 3 месяца назад +1

    PLEASE PART 2 THIS VID IS AMAZING!!!!

  • @gabrielarambula4465
    @gabrielarambula4465 3 месяца назад +62

    I will forever hold a grudge against Alexander Hamilton purely because of the musical. When I was in middle school, those same songs were everywhere. I couldn't escape them. I can still hear them in my sleep.

    • @Imeggscelent
      @Imeggscelent 3 месяца назад +14

      That damn musical was everywhere and I hated it. The play wasn't even great it was kinda mid

    • @charlesshelton7989
      @charlesshelton7989 3 месяца назад +3

      Kind of like School House Rock?

    • @ClericOfPholtus
      @ClericOfPholtus 3 месяца назад +5

      Sounds like a good time

    • @gabrielarambula4465
      @gabrielarambula4465 3 месяца назад +1

      @@charlesshelton7989 Yeah but at least School House Rock had a few decent songs.
      Unlike Hamilton.

    • @ryansauchuk7290
      @ryansauchuk7290 3 месяца назад +1

      Middle school sounds like it was "Work Work*

  • @eskipotato
    @eskipotato 3 месяца назад +1

    This might be your best scenario ever. Great work

  • @dominicanemperor28
    @dominicanemperor28 3 месяца назад +23

    you posted your Patreon video! congrats!