User blog comment:CourageousLife/Joint AltHist/@comment-4822327-20120219015637/@comment-173.95.169.88-20120220220925

Let me rephrase that since it got kind of jumbled - Idea 1 - Four southernmost colonies split forming the American Republic Idea 2 - 13 Colonies form a loose alliance system but become their own contries. Idea 3 - The continent of North America is shattered into 5 subcontinents