Archangel Michael
January 19th, 2004, 01:45 AM
In 1775, the American Continental Army moves north into Quebec. General Richard Montgomery and Colonel Benedict Arnold both lead forces into Canada, and should have won. But Arnold's force has been cut by nearly 1500 by the time he reaches the Plains of Abraham. But what-if Arnold had been able to raise a more powerful army, and convince his soldiers to stay?
In late-1775, Colonel Arnold leads an army of 1,500 soldiers (of an orginal force of 2,000) arch onto Quebec City. Most of these soldiers have been transported by river and by boat, making them more well rested. Arnold takes Quebec City November 21st, 1775 after a 7-day seige. The seige, like in Montreal TTL, has fallen thanks to a massive Quebcois uprising in the main cities.
8,000 soldiers are sent in three batches (1 to Montreal, 1 to Quebce City, and 1 more to re-enforce the new forts), and the rest of Quebec falls to the Continental Army, and Quebece has become the 14th Colony. With this victory, American enlistment skyrocketed, and morale did the same. But the same could not be said about the British's morale. Also, many Frenchmen from Quebec has joined the Contintal Army.
In July of 1777, the Delcration of Independece was signed by the OTL 13 Colonies, plus Quebec and Labrador. The French entered the war a week later, giving the fledgling American Republic the support it needed.
General Arnold now had the nesceasry naval support he bdaly needed to go after the Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island. With a squadron of 9 French and 3 American warships, Arnold and 5,000 American and 1,000 French soldiers took this three territories, and these three signed the Delcration of Independece, becoming the 16th, 17th, and 18th Colonies to join the American cause. The French Navy was now being used to defend the American shoreline, and succesful in defending New York from the British.
In September 1776, a squadron of 8 French and 2 American warships and 9 troop transports sailed around the Florida penninsula and landed and the western side, just as General Washington was leading an Army of 10,000 soldiers into Florida. With the support of the few Spainish still there, the Contintetal Army advanced quickly. The 3,000 soldiers of the Contintal Marines that had landed in western Florida, were marching up towards East Florida.
January 1778 saw that East and West Florida (now Pensacola and Florida) signed the Declration of Indepdence, kaing them the 19th and 20th Colonies in the Continteal Congress. With a lower soldier morale, and less soldiers due to desertion and fighting looses, the war ended less than a year later
In June 1779, the British surrendered at Yorktown. The Treaty of Philidalphia forced the British to reconize the new United Confederacey of America, whose borders was Quebec in the north, the Mississippi and Ontario in the west, and all of Florida in the south. 20 states (the OTL 13, plus Quebec, Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island, Pensacola, and Florida) are part of the United Confederacey of America.
In 1784, two more states, Transylvania (Kentukcy) and Appalchia (Tennesse and northern Mississippi) were added. The territories of Mississippi (Alabama and rest of Mississippi), Charlotiana (Minnesota and the Michigan peninsula), Illinois (Illinois), and Northwest (Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio) were formed. The Articles of the Confederation were written as OTL, but changed along the lines of the constitution in 1786.
In late-1775, Colonel Arnold leads an army of 1,500 soldiers (of an orginal force of 2,000) arch onto Quebec City. Most of these soldiers have been transported by river and by boat, making them more well rested. Arnold takes Quebec City November 21st, 1775 after a 7-day seige. The seige, like in Montreal TTL, has fallen thanks to a massive Quebcois uprising in the main cities.
8,000 soldiers are sent in three batches (1 to Montreal, 1 to Quebce City, and 1 more to re-enforce the new forts), and the rest of Quebec falls to the Continental Army, and Quebece has become the 14th Colony. With this victory, American enlistment skyrocketed, and morale did the same. But the same could not be said about the British's morale. Also, many Frenchmen from Quebec has joined the Contintal Army.
In July of 1777, the Delcration of Independece was signed by the OTL 13 Colonies, plus Quebec and Labrador. The French entered the war a week later, giving the fledgling American Republic the support it needed.
General Arnold now had the nesceasry naval support he bdaly needed to go after the Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island. With a squadron of 9 French and 3 American warships, Arnold and 5,000 American and 1,000 French soldiers took this three territories, and these three signed the Delcration of Independece, becoming the 16th, 17th, and 18th Colonies to join the American cause. The French Navy was now being used to defend the American shoreline, and succesful in defending New York from the British.
In September 1776, a squadron of 8 French and 2 American warships and 9 troop transports sailed around the Florida penninsula and landed and the western side, just as General Washington was leading an Army of 10,000 soldiers into Florida. With the support of the few Spainish still there, the Contintetal Army advanced quickly. The 3,000 soldiers of the Contintal Marines that had landed in western Florida, were marching up towards East Florida.
January 1778 saw that East and West Florida (now Pensacola and Florida) signed the Declration of Indepdence, kaing them the 19th and 20th Colonies in the Continteal Congress. With a lower soldier morale, and less soldiers due to desertion and fighting looses, the war ended less than a year later
In June 1779, the British surrendered at Yorktown. The Treaty of Philidalphia forced the British to reconize the new United Confederacey of America, whose borders was Quebec in the north, the Mississippi and Ontario in the west, and all of Florida in the south. 20 states (the OTL 13, plus Quebec, Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island, Pensacola, and Florida) are part of the United Confederacey of America.
In 1784, two more states, Transylvania (Kentukcy) and Appalchia (Tennesse and northern Mississippi) were added. The territories of Mississippi (Alabama and rest of Mississippi), Charlotiana (Minnesota and the Michigan peninsula), Illinois (Illinois), and Northwest (Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio) were formed. The Articles of the Confederation were written as OTL, but changed along the lines of the constitution in 1786.