User:OMGdidiwin/POD (A11)

*all events that differ from OTL will be italicized

Major POD's

 * Delaware ratifies the Articles of the Confederation earlier in this timeline and Maryland quickly follows suit.
 * Due to the ratificion of the Articles, Canada decides to join the Americans.
 * The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom begs the Western Powers to recognize it's statehood and stop "Chinese Agression towards the Kingdom of Heaven". The Western superpowers sympathize with the Taiping (due to them believing propagated lies of the nation adopting Christianity and working towards a republic-esque government) and recognize their statehood. The Americans see it as a glorious oppurtunity to end the totaletarian Qing Dynasty while the Europeans see it is an oppurtunity to further weaken China and begin carving states out of it.

Lesser POD's

 * Nguyễn Tự Đức, an emperor of Vietnam, has a son by the name of  Nguyễn Công Sang. Emperor Công Sang, while not preventing a French invasion into Vietnam, discourages such by continuing the Vietnamese Imperial Dynasty.