Steel Fist of Freedom

Point of Divergence
In 1789, George Washington would become the first president of the new United States of America. On the day he was elected, however, Washington would make a rather influential speech about the threats to freedom, liberty, and justice for all. This speech, called the “Steel fist of Liberty speech”, noted that powerful empires of the world threaten the newly born nation and all that it stands for. He also stated that political parties and certain future leaders of this nation would start infighting, corruption, and ignore the voice of the people. To ensure the peace and prosperity for the United States of America, George Washington declared the establishment of the Washington Dynasty (referred to as the “Family of Liberty”) and his family as the permanent presidents of the United States. Furthermore, he pressed the fact that the US would become an empire that would spread freedom to all of the world whether through peace or through blood.

The population was not exactly sure how to react at first. On one hand, it sounded as if Washington was planning to strip away all that the US had stood for and all the colonies had fought for, only to recreate the British Empire. On the other hand, however, Washington had proven to be a man the people can trust and what he had stated in his speech was quite justified. The revolutionary population was not fond of this at all whatsoever and would rebel for years. But with his loyal army, there was not much the population could do when the president had a “fight to the death” colonial army that was able to fight against the mighty British Empire on his side. There was major change in the politics of the world, and the American way of life would actually be even more centered on freedom and liberty than it had before.