The ultimate "What if...?" in American history

I love, love, love history, even more than Nine Inch Nails. It fascinates me to no end, especially American history. I am not sure if somebody favoring the left side of American politics (especially the further left they lean) can truly be as enamored of American history as somebody who leans right. I say this because, as I see it, our early American history is solidly built upon modern conservative values and traditions whereas modern liberalism/progressivism/statism/leftism poo-poos what our Founders valued as necessary for a successful early formation of our country. I will actually expand on those thoughts in a future post but the purpose of this one is to highlight a date in history which hardly anybody would think to name as crucial to the existence of the United States as the world knows her today. That date is July 28, 1588. See why it is crucially important below: