Common sense

what if thomas paine stayed in britain.
in our timeline thomas paine under recommendation from ben franklin moved to philadelphia and after spending sometime on the verge of death thanks to illness got a job for the pennsylvania magazine.

he would go on to write common sense inspiring others to take up arms and rebel.

point of divergence
ben franklin never recommends him to move and so without the setbacks thanks to illness he is able to publish common sense for the london times one year earlier leading to a great amount of sympathy for the thirteen colonies but it does far more common sense also talks about how the king should be overthrown leading to 2 revolutions across the atlantic. if you thought fighting a two front war was bad it gets worse the british also have to deal with a drastically smaller army and on top of that the federal army is bigger. if its not clear to to you the british lose' the king is forced to go to canada along with loyalists and a new government is established in his place the colonies in america and abroad have 3 options 1. remain loyal to the crown 2. pledge allegiance to the new government 3. claim independence. america takes 3. and the u.s.a is born

aftermath
in the aftermath the world is in shock at what has unfolded. france assisting in the war is quick to adapt ties to the united republic of britain,the united kingdom is a shadow of its former self what was once an empire of uncontested proportions is now on the verge of an invasion by a former colony. over the next 200 years the neo-british empire under the control of the u.r.b is basically dead. the u.k is stil around and has expanded to a unprecedented scale. the u.s is still the same but has grown to despise the u.r.b as they see it as not a true republic and have fought skirmish after skirmish never escalating beyond that.