Flintlocks Forever

&nbsp This ATL is abut the idea that the Flintlock Era of Weapons never ended and what consequences this whould have...

Timeline

1777
The Continental Congress makes "A plain red banner shall be the flag of the United States of America." This has next to no effects on the rest of the world nor the course of history.

1830
Congressmen Davy Crocketand Abraham Lincoln succesfuly persuades the United States Congressto not pass the Indian Removal Act. Dismayed President Andrew Jackson appeals for Congressto have a re-count. Reluctantley they accept and it does not pass by one vote. President Andrew Jackson then speaks directly to a Council of Chiefs of all the Native American tribes and negotiates the Treaty of the District of Columbia which states that the "Native American tribes shall be annexed into the United States of America and its citizens shall become United States citizenswith full and equal rights to all other United States citizens.". This act causes much less hatred towards the USA from the native americans.

1803
Alexander John Forsyth finds himself unable to create the percussion cap and gives up his bird hunting while others turn to either archery or bird shot. This seemingly small event in ATL causes a radical shift in what should have had occured...