Timeline (Flintlocks Forever)

This Alternate History Time Line is dedicated to ,President George Washington, for his valour through the French & Indian War and the American Revolution where he became the Father of His Country. God Bless America.

[Note: If it doesn't say it, it happens exactley or as close to exactley as possible.]

1776
Thomas Jefferson's proposal for the Great Seal of the United States is accepted by the United States Congress.

1778
The United States Congress creates the flag of the United States Navy.

1783
The United States of America is officialy recognized by all nations with the Treaty of Paris that is identical to OTL.

1795
The US Congress decides to keep the thirteen star thirteen stripe flag instead of changing it to reflect the number of states in the Union.

1807
Rev. Alexander John Forsyth fails to patent the percussion cap as he finds himself unable to produce the device and after several months of trying gives up and retires from bird hunting.

1812
Joshua Shaw is killed in a hunting accident and thus unable to patent a working version of the percussion cap.

1807-1820
The perucssion cap is not created by any people as many just accept the current level of military warfare as far as man could go until he masters the very powers of the Earth.

The rifiling methods do improve and muskets are begining to be more accurate and riflemen begin to use more drab colours to hide themselves against enemy riflemen. The change is nothing drastic and most often than can stil pretty easily be seen, just not as much a linemen.

The Napolenoic Wars are still fought along with the War of 1812 and all other wars during this era.