You had me up until points 6 and 7.
6: Americans would have taken the land eventually, leaving merely a few reserves.
7: Americans would have possibly taken a similar tack that Canada did, eventually drawing up its own constitution and bill of rights/charter of rights and freedoms.
America may have become a constitutional monarchy, like Canada and Australia.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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