In our What If? scenario both Hamilton and Burr throw their shots wide and spare the possibility of wounding one another. In a rare show of congeniality between two bitter rivals, the men quietly shook hands and acknowledged an end to hostilities. Perhaps Hamilton will never know how close he came to an agonizing death, but the new timeline will deliver significant changes to the direction of the United States.

In this episode we will look at the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the United States in 1803. And we will ponder a history where Louisiana is assimilated, not by treaty, purchase or annexation, but by force. And in the process the fledgling United States Army must fight the European powers on native soil to unite the country from coast-to-coast.