Xen
Banned
"Depart our wayward sisters and go in peace."
There hasn't been a really well thought out and developed Confederate timeline for a while. Though the topic seems to always be up, so I'll revive something that got swallowed up by the old boards.
In this timeline the US Constitution states clearly that states can secede from the Union, except for in times of war. This prevents the New England states from seceding in the War of 1812. I will not touch history until 1860. Abraham is still elected President, much to the disappointment of the South, that December South Carolina secedes. During the first 6 months of 1861 South Carolina is joined by 11 other states and the Confederate States of America is formed.
Not able to declare war to keep the south from seperating, Lincoln had no choice but to recognize the Confederate States independence. Representatives from the the Confederacy met with representatives from the north in Philadelphia. In the meeting's western Virginia and parts of Kentucky were organized into the pro-Union state of Kanawa., and maritime boundries were set. At the meetings conclusion on August 2, 1861, the Union officially recognized the Confederate States. Britain, France, and Russia would follow within the week.
Confederate national elections were held in October 1861, interm President Jefferson Davis won re-election as part of the Confederate Democratic Party. The Whig Party didn't have sufficient support to challenge Davis in the national election. The Confederate Constitution limited the President to one 6 year term.
In the first few years of independence the Confederate states managed to put together a small navy and a working government in Richmond. However progress was often slow as states often had spats with one another, and for the first time southerners felt the impact of losing the northern industry.
Relations were often warm with the United States, although there were several incident's that caused politicians on both sides to rattle their sabers. The US refusal to allow southern bounty hunters to find runaway slaves. Runaway slaves just had to escape across the Ohio or Potomac to find freedom. Virginia, Kentucky and Arkansas beefed up their state militia's to try to find slaves before they escaped northwards. This sometimes led to the enslaving of free blacks living in the south.
The first real test to the United States and Confederacy came in the summer of 1864 when Napoleon III of France tried to install Maximillion as his puppet in Mexico. Napoleon hoped to gain an ally in Richmond and keep the Union from interferring with his plan. President Davis chose to side with Lincoln and commit the Confederacy to uphold the Monroe Doctrine. The French Emperor started to proceed with his plans but was given a firm warning by Britain, Prussia and Russia to desist. London made it very clear if France went to war with the US over Mexico, that France should consider herself at war with Britain.
In spite of winning the showdown with France, Lincoln was voted out of office by a massive landslide, the Republican Party split into several smaller parties. Horatio Seymour became the 17th President of the United States. The country was a different place, the loss of the south came as an incredible blow to northerners. The country began to turn its focus west where the US Army was defeating the Indians and the railroad was looking to build tracks stretching from Chicago to San Francisco.
North America was now a very different place
There hasn't been a really well thought out and developed Confederate timeline for a while. Though the topic seems to always be up, so I'll revive something that got swallowed up by the old boards.
In this timeline the US Constitution states clearly that states can secede from the Union, except for in times of war. This prevents the New England states from seceding in the War of 1812. I will not touch history until 1860. Abraham is still elected President, much to the disappointment of the South, that December South Carolina secedes. During the first 6 months of 1861 South Carolina is joined by 11 other states and the Confederate States of America is formed.
Not able to declare war to keep the south from seperating, Lincoln had no choice but to recognize the Confederate States independence. Representatives from the the Confederacy met with representatives from the north in Philadelphia. In the meeting's western Virginia and parts of Kentucky were organized into the pro-Union state of Kanawa., and maritime boundries were set. At the meetings conclusion on August 2, 1861, the Union officially recognized the Confederate States. Britain, France, and Russia would follow within the week.
Confederate national elections were held in October 1861, interm President Jefferson Davis won re-election as part of the Confederate Democratic Party. The Whig Party didn't have sufficient support to challenge Davis in the national election. The Confederate Constitution limited the President to one 6 year term.
In the first few years of independence the Confederate states managed to put together a small navy and a working government in Richmond. However progress was often slow as states often had spats with one another, and for the first time southerners felt the impact of losing the northern industry.
Relations were often warm with the United States, although there were several incident's that caused politicians on both sides to rattle their sabers. The US refusal to allow southern bounty hunters to find runaway slaves. Runaway slaves just had to escape across the Ohio or Potomac to find freedom. Virginia, Kentucky and Arkansas beefed up their state militia's to try to find slaves before they escaped northwards. This sometimes led to the enslaving of free blacks living in the south.
The first real test to the United States and Confederacy came in the summer of 1864 when Napoleon III of France tried to install Maximillion as his puppet in Mexico. Napoleon hoped to gain an ally in Richmond and keep the Union from interferring with his plan. President Davis chose to side with Lincoln and commit the Confederacy to uphold the Monroe Doctrine. The French Emperor started to proceed with his plans but was given a firm warning by Britain, Prussia and Russia to desist. London made it very clear if France went to war with the US over Mexico, that France should consider herself at war with Britain.
In spite of winning the showdown with France, Lincoln was voted out of office by a massive landslide, the Republican Party split into several smaller parties. Horatio Seymour became the 17th President of the United States. The country was a different place, the loss of the south came as an incredible blow to northerners. The country began to turn its focus west where the US Army was defeating the Indians and the railroad was looking to build tracks stretching from Chicago to San Francisco.
North America was now a very different place