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THE NATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA

(From a Pennsylvanian map atlas, printed 1969)

History of North America, 1776-Present

The North American continent was once under the colonial rule of Western European powers, being the Spanish, French, and British. In 1775, the Thirteen British Colonies declared independence, the first of it’s kind to do so in the continent over reasons being unequal treatment and various acts to tax the population for the British Empire’s war debt. After forming an alliance with the French and Spanish and the British defeat at Yorktown, peace was signed in 1782 and the British Empire formally recognized the new ‘United States of America’ in 1783 during the Treaty of Paris.

Under the Articles of Confederation, drafted in 1777 and ratified by the states in 1781 turned the USA into a decentralized confederation of thirteen states with a weak federal government. Challenges emerged for the young United States, with rebellions breaking out in the form of tax protests such as Shays’ Rebellion of 1786-1787 and the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791-1794. Attempts were made to draft a new constitution but disagreements were not made and instead the states stuck with the Articles of Confederation.

In 1797, George Washington declined a third time for president and later passed away in 1799. The death of Washington was a major blow to the United States and both political and inter-state conflict began to escalate in the 1800s as the United States struggled to function. After a series of failed centralization attempts took place, the United States broke apart after rebellions took place through the nation, resulting in states seceding from the United States. The first to secede were the Southern states, being Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina in the 1800s. Virginia was the next to secede in the mid-1800s followed by New England. The remaining states of the United States unilaterally agreed to dissolve the failed United States, bringing an end to the short-lived United States of America.

Following the dissolution of the United States, the era known as the ‘Brother’s War’ from the 1800s-1820s started as wars erupted between states over territorial claims. Wars such as the Vermont War, the Jersey War, and the Northwest War. In the South, the republics of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia convened in Atlanta to unite the Southern republics as the heir to the old United States. The Atlanta Congress resulted in the republics of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia united to form the ‘American Confederation’.

After the Brother’s War, the republics ended war with one another as they settled with what they have. New England aligned itself with the British Empire under the Federalist Party. New York became a powerful player, taking parts of New Jersey and the Northwest territory under their control. The Pennsylvanian Republic emerged as another great power, taking a large swath of the Northwest territory, parts of New Jersey, and Delaware under their control. The Virginians took control of Maryland and all land in the Northwest Territory underneath the Mason-Dixon line. The era from the 1820s-1840s would be referred to as the ‘Era of Good Feelings’ among each of the American republics due to no wars taking place and unprecedented economic growth taking place.

As the republic’s economies and populations grew over the years, the desire for expansion grew as a common cause for all the American republics. This resulted in the 1830s ‘Louisiana War’ between the American Coalition consisting of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the American Confederation against the Mexicans over claims to the Mexican occupied Louisiana. The war ended in a coalition victory and the Louisiana Territory being partitioned among each of the victors. This would be the last expansion of Virginia and Pennsylvania, with both settling down with what they have. The Pennsylvanians would later consolidate control after signing border treaties with the British Empire. In the South however, the American Confederation would eagerly continue to expand, engaging in more wars with Mexico in the Texas War of 1848, later helping the French Second Empire establish Maximilian I as emperor, and the Spanish-Southron War of 1888.

In the West, the present day Deseret territory was under the control of Mexicans but Mormon settlers fleeing persecution in the East moved into the territory starting in the 1840s. California also saw substantial numbers of Americans, English, and European immigrants moving in. With the advent of the Texas War in 1848, the Mormons and Californians rose up against the centralist Mexican government as a bid for independence. This was successful and saw both Deseret and California gain independence in the 1850s.

As industrialization took place, the American republics all saw mass labor movements to demand a call for better rights and conditions. The socialist and communist parties would acquire large popularity in the peak in the late 1800s, especially in New York and Pennsylvania. By the year 1900, Pennsylvania would top the Americas as the largest economy and population, next to the American Confederation. As for slavery, Virginia would later abolish it in the 1870s due to a growing abolitionist movement but the American Confederation fiercely held onto their ‘peculiar institution’ until endemic slave uprisings in the 1890s-1900s resulted in the gradual abolitionist of slavery.

The issues of European influence eventually bled through it’s ways to each of the American republics, with both the Grand Entente and the Triple Alliance coercing each of the republics to join their cause. Most republics remained committed to neutrality but there were attempts, such as the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, visiting Philadelphia in 1908 and attempting to coerce the Pennsylvanians to join their alliance on bids of gaining Canadian land and their German heritage but Philadelphia kindly refused. The Germans saw success in recruiting the American Confederation in joining their alliance, with promises of gaining Anglo-French Caribbean territories in exchange for German influence in South America and the stationing of German vessels in Southron ports. The First World War broke out in 1911 and saw the American Confederation participate on the side of the German alliance in 1912.

The victory of the German alliance in 1916 saw the American Confederation gain Caribbean territories as they desired but the advent of the First Great War saw the collapse in agricultural economics worldwide, deeply affecting agricultural countries such as Virginia and the American Confederation. From the 1910s-1930s oversaw an era of economic depression and labor unrest in most of the American republics. Pennsylvania saw the rise of a series of socialist presidents in the 1930s and the South fell under the control of a military governor who crushed leftist dissent and became part of a line of future military presidents. The outbreak of the Second Great War in the 1940s saw all of the American republics remain neutral.

The victory of the German-Japanese Axis in the Second Great War saw the complete destruction and partition of the French and British empires, giving rise to a new global order of German and Japanese dominance. The collapse of democratic powers was a big shock for the American republics, with the world ruled by authoritarian monarchies be it from Berlin or Tokyo. In the Kingdom of Canada, home to the British monarchy in exile, attempts were made for an alliance of democratic American nations to protect democracy from German and Japanese aggression as seen in the 1950 Convention of Boston between Canada, New England, New York, California, and Pennsylvania. Despite Canada’s best attempts, plans for a democratic American alliance didn’t go through.

Recently in 1968, the Californian Republic experienced turmoil after leftist populists deposed the old government in a coup and have been recently talking with Tokyo for a possible alliance. Fear that the Californians are going to allow the Japanese navy and missiles to be stationed in the country has brought up talks again for a potential Second Convention of Boston to take place in the near future in 1970. Whatever the future has for North America, the whole continent is at the crossroads of history.

Description

THE NATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA

(From a Pennsylvanian map atlas, printed 1969)

History of North America, 1776-Present

The North American continent was once under the colonial rule of Western European powers, being the Spanish, French, and British. In 1775, the Thirteen British Colonies declared independence, the first of it’s kind to do so in the continent over reasons being unequal treatment and various acts to tax the population for the British Empire’s war debt. After forming an alliance with the French and Spanish and the British defeat at Yorktown, peace was signed in 1782 and the British Empire formally recognized the new ‘United States of America’ in 1783 during the Treaty of Paris.

Under the Articles of Confederation, drafted in 1777 and ratified by the states in 1781 turned the USA into a decentralized confederation of thirteen states with a weak federal government. Challenges emerged for the young United States, with rebellions breaking out in the form of tax protests such as Shays’ Rebellion of 1786-1787 and the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791-1794. Attempts were made to draft a new constitution but disagreements were not made and instead the states stuck with the Articles of Confederation.

In 1797, George Washington declined a third time for president and later passed away in 1799. The death of Washington was a major blow to the United States and both political and inter-state conflict began to escalate in the 1800s as the United States struggled to function. After a series of failed centralization attempts took place, the United States broke apart after rebellions took place through the nation, resulting in states seceding from the United States. The first to secede were the Southern states, being Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina in the 1800s. Virginia was the next to secede in the mid-1800s followed by New England. The remaining states of the United States unilaterally agreed to dissolve the failed United States, bringing an end to the short-lived United States of America.

Following the dissolution of the United States, the era known as the ‘Brother’s War’ from the 1800s-1820s started as wars erupted between states over territorial claims. Wars such as the Vermont War, the Jersey War, and the Northwest War. In the South, the republics of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia convened in Atlanta to unite the Southern republics as the heir to the old United States. The Atlanta Congress resulted in the republics of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia united to form the ‘American Confederation’.

After the Brother’s War, the republics ended war with one another as they settled with what they have. New England aligned itself with the British Empire under the Federalist Party. New York became a powerful player, taking parts of New Jersey and the Northwest territory under their control. The Pennsylvanian Republic emerged as another great power, taking a large swath of the Northwest territory, parts of New Jersey, and Delaware under their control. The Virginians took control of Maryland and all land in the Northwest Territory underneath the Mason-Dixon line. The era from the 1820s-1840s would be referred to as the ‘Era of Good Feelings’ among each of the American republics due to no wars taking place and unprecedented economic growth taking place.

As the republic’s economies and populations grew over the years, the desire for expansion grew as a common cause for all the American republics. This resulted in the 1830s ‘Louisiana War’ between the American Coalition consisting of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the American Confederation against the Mexicans over claims to the Mexican occupied Louisiana. The war ended in a coalition victory and the Louisiana Territory being partitioned among each of the victors. This would be the last expansion of Virginia and Pennsylvania, with both settling down with what they have. The Pennsylvanians would later consolidate control after signing border treaties with the British Empire. In the South however, the American Confederation would eagerly continue to expand, engaging in more wars with Mexico in the Texas War of 1848, later helping the French Second Empire establish Maximilian I as emperor, and the Spanish-Southron War of 1888.

In the West, the present day Deseret territory was under the control of Mexicans but Mormon settlers fleeing persecution in the East moved into the territory starting in the 1840s. California also saw substantial numbers of Americans, English, and European immigrants moving in. With the advent of the Texas War in 1848, the Mormons and Californians rose up against the centralist Mexican government as a bid for independence. This was successful and saw both Deseret and California gain independence in the 1850s.

As industrialization took place, the American republics all saw mass labor movements to demand a call for better rights and conditions. The socialist and communist parties would acquire large popularity in the peak in the late 1800s, especially in New York and Pennsylvania. By the year 1900, Pennsylvania would top the Americas as the largest economy and population, next to the American Confederation. As for slavery, Virginia would later abolish it in the 1870s due to a growing abolitionist movement but the American Confederation fiercely held onto their ‘peculiar institution’ until endemic slave uprisings in the 1890s-1900s resulted in the gradual abolitionist of slavery.

The issues of European influence eventually bled through it’s ways to each of the American republics, with both the Grand Entente and the Triple Alliance coercing each of the republics to join their cause. Most republics remained committed to neutrality but there were attempts, such as the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, visiting Philadelphia in 1908 and attempting to coerce the Pennsylvanians to join their alliance on bids of gaining Canadian land and their German heritage but Philadelphia kindly refused. The Germans saw success in recruiting the American Confederation in joining their alliance, with promises of gaining Anglo-French Caribbean territories in exchange for German influence in South America and the stationing of German vessels in Southron ports. The First World War broke out in 1911 and saw the American Confederation participate on the side of the German alliance in 1912.

The victory of the German alliance in 1916 saw the American Confederation gain Caribbean territories as they desired but the advent of the First Great War saw the collapse in agricultural economics worldwide, deeply affecting agricultural countries such as Virginia and the American Confederation. From the 1910s-1930s oversaw an era of economic depression and labor unrest in most of the American republics. Pennsylvania saw the rise of a series of socialist presidents in the 1930s and the South fell under the control of a military governor who crushed leftist dissent and became part of a line of future military presidents. The outbreak of the Second Great War in the 1940s saw all of the American republics remain neutral.

The victory of the German-Japanese Axis in the Second Great War saw the complete destruction and partition of the French and British empires, giving rise to a new global order of German and Japanese dominance. The collapse of democratic powers was a big shock for the American republics, with the world ruled by authoritarian monarchies be it from Berlin or Tokyo. In the Kingdom of Canada, home to the British monarchy in exile, attempts were made for an alliance of democratic American nations to protect democracy from German and Japanese aggression as seen in the 1950 Convention of Boston between Canada, New England, New York, California, and Pennsylvania. Despite Canada’s best attempts, plans for a democratic American alliance didn’t go through.

Recently in 1968, the Californian Republic experienced turmoil after leftist populists deposed the old government in a coup and have been recently talking with Tokyo for a possible alliance. Fear that the Californians are going to allow the Japanese navy and missiles to be stationed in the country has brought up talks again for a potential Second Convention of Boston to take place in the near future in 1970. Whatever the future has for North America, the whole continent is at the crossroads of history.