Timeline (A Less Perfect Union)

The timeline of A Less Perfect Union follows world history and events from 1769 to the present day, beginning at its sole point of divergence.

1769
January 2 (POD): Massachusetts lawyer John Adams, second cousin of New England founder Samuel Adams, decides to skate at Fresh Pond, a small lake near his house on Brattle Street. Adams skated over a patch of thin ice and falls into the water. The young lawyer soon dies of hypothermia, and the local community mourns the untimely death of such a promising, bright man.

June 7: Pennsylvania frontiersmen and future President of Kentucky Daniel Boone begins to explore present day Kentucky.

1970
March: The Boston Massacre occurs on March 15, in which British soldiers shoot eleven New Englanders, fatally wounding five of them. At the suggestion of Samuel Adams, Josiah Quincy II is appointed to defend the troops in court, all of which are later found guilty. Adams interest in justice increased at this time, later even using the trial as an example of how rational justice is just as powerful as an angry mob mentality.