Thread for "What If" stories.....

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(for the map of North America)(very unrealistic)
In 2005, the US annexed Haiti and a disease spread among the trees of the world, making the trees remaining get greater support, increasing the Green Party (green on the map)s numbers.  Pressure from the EU and other bodies around the world cause the North American Alliance to form in 2009, with all countries giving up their self rule.  Before this merger, the Democrat and Republican Parties agreed to form the American Party (red) in an attempt to rule the NAA.  Many conservative Christians are upset about this, and form the Conservative Party (blue).  In latin america, the Spanish-American Party (yellow) forms, and because of the new alliance, the seperation movement gets stronger in Quebec (purple).  

John McCain and Al Gore run for the Americans in 2009 and win, while the Americans also get a plurality in both houses.  Many states are split between the Americans and Conservatives, and the Green Party, which is popular everywhere, takes those states.

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April 21, 1836

The Texan army is trounced at the battle of San Jacinto.  General Houston is killed in the fighting.  The rebellion in Texas is over, with the Mexican empire unharmed

1841

Feeling pressured by Mexico, the U.S.  enters into an alliance with Spain, who is angry at the loss of their former colony, and Austria.  The U.S. agrees to not give Florida statehood.

1842

Maine, Wisconsin, Arkansas, and Kansas are admitted to the Union.

1843

Mexico, Britain, and France enter into an alliance


The disputed territoy is claimed by Britain and the U.S.  The lines in the west are not exact.  Mexico, of course, is mostly south of the map.

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1845

There are no slave states left to join the union, so admitting of states os put on hold for now

1846

A young Prussian politician named Otto von Bismarck realizes that there will be a great war within a few years, and he starts planning to get an advantage.

1848

Revolutions break out in Europe.  Otto von Bismarck, who joined the revolution in Berlin, circulates rumors that French guerrilas are trying to overthrow the government in Prussia.  

Austria believes these rumors and puts troops on their borders with France and the German states.  This causes all countries to prepare for war.

Emperor Ferdinand I is shot dead in Vienna after refusing to step down.  The war starts in Europe and in America.

more soon...

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1848

The U.S. advances into Canada quickly, and General Taylor leads the main part of the U.S. Army south to Texas.  He is stopped by the Mexican army in eastern Texas, and stops there for a while.

Meanwhile, reinforcements arrive in Canada from Britain.  The U.S. troops are easily stopped by the British forces in Ontario and in British Columbia.  They are pushed back to North Dakota and Lake Huron, where they put up a good defense

Prussia joins the war on the side of France, Britain and Mexico.  Austria is hit hard by invasions from almost all sides, while British and French ships dominate the sea in Europe.  There is heavy fighting in France and in North-Eastern Spain.  

In November, President Polk is reelected in a close election, with much of the people unaware of the stopping of the armies in the North and South.

1849

Britain continues their dominance of the U.S., winning the Battle of Huron and establishing control of the Great Lakes, except Lake Michigan.  Attempts to beat back the British in the Northwest are futile, and on August 13 the Treaty of Toronto gives Britain the Northwest and rights to the Great Lakes.  It also disbands the American armies fighting in the North

This allows Britain to send their troops elsewhere, and they bring their troops to Spain, and set up a naval blockade.  Meanwhile, the Austrian troops have some success in the southern German States, and near the border of Prussia when their army is met.  They are failing quickly in the western front though, and their economy is greatly hurt.

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1850

Austria breaks through the revolution-weakened Pruusian lines and marches north.  On June 9 they reach Berlin, and the Battle of Berlin begins.  This is known because of common people fighting for their country against Austrian invaders.  There is much fighting in the streets.  In late July, Otto von Bismarck and his rebel army take sides with the Austrians.  This tips the balance in this battle, and Prussia surrenders soon after the kaiser is Killer on July 30.  Bismarck's rebels are put in charge of the new Prussian government, and Prussia loses the respect that could have otherwise allowed them to annex the smaller German principalities.

In the west of Austria, the French troops finally break through in September, and Austia surrenders.  Some lands in southern Austria are ceded to France and smaller parts to Italy.

The U.S. and Mexico fight a hard-fought war in the south, with each side experiencing minor breakthroughs.  In the middle of the year, General Taylor dies in Southern Texas.  His troops are hurt so much by this sudden change of power that they never recover, and much of his army gives up at the Battle of the Rio Grande in October.

1851

In January, Spain is forced to surrender after a drought and a unusually cold winter hurt their crops so much that they can no longer deal with Britain's naval blockade.  They pay reparations to Britain and France

In March, French soldiers come to America, and finish off a struggling American army.  On the fourth of July, the U.S.  cedes Indian Territoty (Oklahoma) to Mexico.  They also agree to admit Florida as a slave state and no other free states.

1852

In February, Florida is admitted to the Union.  

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I will comtinue my timeline.  It is 1852.  Mexico and Britain have just defeated the US in a war, the US lost much land.

1852
In summer, pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups demonstrate in border states.  All are unhappy with the outcome of the war and in November, the Republican Party elects John Fremont the 12th president of the U.S.  by a large margin over unknown Franklin Pierce.

1854
Santa Anna's policies in Mexico cause Britain and France to brek their ties with it.  In August, an angry southerner shot President Fremont and Vice-President William Dayton in Virginia because of their policies against slavery.  On August 12, Dayton died, and Fremont did the next day.  On August 17, Speaker Linn Boyd of Kentucky was inaugurated President.  

1855
Congress passes the Home State Act, which reads "Any one certified to vote in a state allowing unpaid servitude of persons may own unpaid servants throughout this country."  Republicans are scared that more such laws will pass soon.

1856
Fearing a civil war, Congress passes an Amendment to the constitution that says "No state shall be deprived of the right to choose whether residents of that state may own unpaid servants.  This fails to pass in many southern states.  In response, Maine, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Michigan secede in May.
In June, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Minnesota Territory and Wisconsin do like wise.
Many other states soon secede to avoid an electoral blowout.  On December 1, the Constitution of the America Union is signed in Philadelphia.  Millard Fillmore fo New York is chosen as president, with an election to take place next summer.
In the US, Linn Boyd and Jefferson Davis win the lection in a blowout.
 

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1857
In June, Fillmore and Hannibal Hamlin win the election in the AU. Meanwhile, tensions mount between West Virginia and Virginia.  In October, Virginian troops invade West Virginia.  The AU declares war on the USA.  Mexico offers help to the USA.  

1858
By January, combined US and Mexican troops have taken Iowa and are advancing into Minnesota and West Virginia.  Fillmore appointed William Sherman as the general in charge of the war , and Sherman was able to cause a stalemate in the east.  The Mexicans then sent a force to attack Minnesota.  In August, they marched through Dakota Territory (North Dakota)  and soon after, Britain declared war on Mexico.  Britain sent troops into nortern Mexico, and Mexico was forced to pull much of their help to the USA.  On the eastern part of the war, the AU was consistently losng ground in West Virginia and Indiana.

1859
In the spring, Britain sends a large part of its navy to block trade with the USA.  Meanwhile, they are losing ground in the West and they are forced to send more troops to Canada.  In May, General Robert E. Lee tries to split the AU by taking Ohio.  This tactic backfires when Union armies attack from behind and devestate Lee's army.  In winter, the USA begins to be hurt by the trade blockage, and the AU and British forces attack into Illinois and Jefferson Territory(Nebraska, South Dakota)

 
Shades indicate that a country controls that territory but does not own it.

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1860
In March, the US troops are not yet hurt by the trade blockage.  Lee marches north into Pennsylvania.  In May, he  meets an AU army under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant, and the USA is defeated soundly.  Sherman then chases Lee into Maryland and advances to Washington.  In June, Fillmore and Hamlin are re-elected(the AU has elections every 3 years), and recieve little opposition.  In August, the government flees Washington, and John Breckenridge is elected president in November in a close election over President Boyd.  On December 30, Sherman enters Washington.
1861
Britain pulls many of their troops to the West.  They take Iowa and Kansas from the South and hold their stalemate in the far west.  As British troops enter Texas, they find small militias joining them against Mexico.  On May 11, Texas declares its independence again.  British troops march through Texas and begin to take the west.

Meanwhile, Grant takes Illinois and goes into Missouri and Kentucky.  sherman goes south, trying to split the USA in two.  He reaches Georgia on November 24, and stops for the winter

In Europe, Austria joins with many smaller German states after a short war