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#522
August 1st, 2012, 02:31 AM
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I like whats happening in Greece and the American influnce there. Hopefully we will no see that big shit about the New Immigations in the late 19th centruy like OTL.
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#524
August 10th, 2012, 03:30 AM
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Chapter XLIII: The Third Barbary War
David Crockett is sworn in as President on March 4th, 1843 along with his Vice President, Joseph McKinney. President Crockett would not have much time to begin his domestic agenda. Events over seas would force the President to send troops over seas. In 1838 Yusuf Karamanli, Pasha of Tripoli, would die, ending his more than 40 year reign. He would be succeeded by his grandson who would be crowned as Yusuf II. Yusuf II was young and impetuous, known for rash actions. After the first Barbary War the Kingdom of Tripoli was forced to cease its piracy actions. The first edict of Yusuf II after he was crowned was to resume piracy against non-Islamic nations. Individual European nations would make treaties with Tripoli to pay a small sum for safe passage. The United States did the same in 1839 under President Clay. However when President Crockett came into office, he wasn’t going to have any of it. Despite opposing the aggressive foreign policy of the Federalists and in particular the Harrison Doctrine, Crockett refused to negotiate payment for access to the seas. When Tripoli did not receive its payment from the United States in 1843, Yusuf II ordered aggressive piracy against the United States. On September 11, 1843, an American merchant ship called The Boston was attacked by Tripoli pirates. The cargo was taken, the ships burned, and all but one member of the crew was executed. The one surviving member of the crew was handed over to a British merchant ship heading to the United States. When he made it back to the United States he contacted President Crockett to tell him of the atrocities done by the pirates of Tripoli. President Crockett sent a message to the American Marines and Navy stationed in Morocco and Algiers, ordering them to begin hunting ships from Tripoli. The US congress declared war on Tripoli on December 12th, 1843. By July of 1844 Tripoli was beaten at sea, with all the pirates either being captured or defecting to the Ottoman Empire. In September of 1844 the American Marines stationed in Algiers and Morocco were sent to attack mainland Tripoli. A contingent of 200 marines would capture Benghazi on September 9th. Another contingent of 500 marines would capture Misrata on September 20th. On October 1st the Navy began bombarding the city of Tripoli. After two weeks the Americans would have control of the beaches and artillery placed on the beaches would begin bombarding the city walls. On October 20th a palace coup would dethrone Yusuf II in favor of his cousin with Ahmad, who would be crowned Ahmad II. Ahmad II would ask for a cease fire with the Americans. A peace treaty would be settled by February of 1845. Yusuf II would be exiled to Istanbul.
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#525
August 10th, 2012, 03:40 AM
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But what will the peace treaty look like?
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#526
August 10th, 2012, 04:07 AM
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#528
August 10th, 2012, 08:18 AM
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XLIV: Crockett’s Ambition
The first half of Crockett’s presidency was dominated by foreign policy, whether it be the Third Barbary War, the Brazilian Revolution, or maintaining peace with the British. This did not leave him much room to focus on his deep seeded goal, the creation of a new Indian Territory. The northern portion of the Forsythe Territory was heavily populated by Indians that had been relocated by the Spanish. During the Spanish-American War President Crockett led a volunteer regiment of Indians against the Spaniards in the north. Out of this land in the north he wanted to create a new Indian Territory. The parameters he had in mind were much bigger than the original Indian territory. This would cost Crockett all of his political capital to pull off and then some. He would be forced to sign off on tariffs in order to get federalist support, and cut down on military spending to appease his own party. Ultimately the most difficult part was to get a gag-order built into the bill that would prevent congress from discussing changes to the territory for a certain time. He wanted a 50 year gag rule on the topic, but that was too steep. He would have to compromise at a 25 year gag instead. In 1846 the Indian Territory Act of 1846 was passed and signed. The territory would be reserved for Indian settlement, off limits to whites. During the first half of his term he sent several surveyor teams out to inspect the territory and map out what Indian tribes controlled what land. In 1844 the Indian Loyalty Act was passed by Congress. This created a system of classifying Indian tribes. Tribes that swore peace and loyalty toward the US government would have their land rights recognized, while those that didn’t would not, and therefore there land would be labeled as vacant. President Crockett would encourage Indian tribes west of the Mississippi to relocate to the new Indian territory, however he never advocated for the forced relocation. Tribes that voluntarily relocated were given land in the Indian territory that was classified as vacant. When these tribes moved into their new land, they would sometimes encounter other tribes that had not sworn loyalty to the US. The relocated tribes would have to fight the non-loyal tribes. With assistance from the US cavalry, they would drive the non loyal tribes off the re-allocated land. Voluntarily relocated tribes were given an amount of land deemed appropriate for its size. Some of the non-loyal tribes fled north into British territory, where they would launch cross border raids from through the 1860’s.
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#529
August 10th, 2012, 11:09 AM
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I can't wait to see this epic war between the British and US in the 1860s. Because I got a feeling it will beyond epic, and the US will grab Canada and god knows what else.
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#530
August 21st, 2012, 05:10 AM
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Well, we'll see. I've lost access to my computer for the last week or so, so I am a bit behind in my writing. I should be back on track soon enough and the timeline will be on the eve of the war by the end of september.
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#531
August 21st, 2012, 06:17 AM
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#532
August 24th, 2012, 05:44 AM
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Chapter XLV: Land of the Russ
The War of New Emperors left Russia as the indisputable master of Eastern Europe. Russia under the rule of Paul II would wobble back and forth between liberalism and absolutism. Paul II would have his first child in 1831, 3 years before he was crowned Tsar. His first child was named Catherine, named for Catherine the Great. In 1835 he would have his second child, Alexander, who would become the Tsesarevich. Between 1835 and 1840 he would have three more children; Paul (1837), Elizabeth (1838), and Constantine(1840). Elizabeth and Paul would die from Cholera in the 1850’s near the end of the Second Black Death, leaving Catherine, Alexander, and Constantine the only living heirs. At the age of 16 Princess Catherine would be sent to the United States for an education, and in order to protect her from the Cholera epidemic that was sweeping Europe. She would be accepted by Harvard University, becoming one of the first women to be enrolled as a student. While in the United States she would study law and history, becoming well versed in American politics. Alexander would stay in St. Petersburg with his father in order to learn the art of governing the largest empire on earth. Constantine would enter the military. He refused to be given any honorary titles in the military and insisted on starting at the lowest level and working his way up. By the time he was thirty he would obtain the rank of General, leading the Russian conquest of Central Asia. The Second Black Death would reach Russia by the 1840’s. No one was exempt from its wrath. Peasants and nobility were effected. Many nobles would die from Cholera in the 1850’s. The declining number of nobles led Czar Paul to begin wresting power from them. He would take ownership of lands where the nobles had died, putting the serfs under his direct lordship. He would begin a gradual process of emancipating the serfs. He did so by emancipating the serfs of nobles who died of cholera. This made sure that not all were freed at once, and would not over flood the Russian economy with too many workers. In 1855 Tsar Paul II made a proclamation saying that when a nobleman died, all the serfs under their rule would be free. Just as it seemed that Paul II would be liberalizing Russia he would show signs of extreme absolutism. In the Russian country side old myths and prejudices came to life. The Jewish population of Russia was proportionally less effected by the Cholera epidemic due to ritual cleaning. This lead many to believe in Russia that the Jews were responsible for the epidemic just as in the First Black Death. This lead to many laws persecuting Jews, and near the end of the epidemic the outright rounding up of Jews into prison camps in Siberia. This lead many Jews in Russia to flee to Western Europe, and many would flee to Ottoman Palestine, following the Exodus Manifesto. Under Paul II Russia would begin to conquer Central Asia, conquering the Islamic tribes of the Region. They also pushed further into the Caucuses and Persia. He would strengthen ties with France and the United States and do what few of the previous Czars couldn’t, keep peace with the Ottomans. There was still much animosity, but it didn’t erupt into war. Princess Catherine would remain in the United States until 1861, when war ignited between the United States and Great Britain. She returned to Russia, speaking fluent English and a die hard liberal (by Russian standards). In contrast her younger brother, the heir apparent Alexander was a die hard absolutist. Constantine would be sent to the United States as an observer of the fighting between the United States and Great Britain. In 1867 Tsar Paul II would die at the age of 64, after reigning for 33 years. He would be succeeded by his 32 year old son, Alexander, who would be crowned Tsar Alexander II. Alexander’s older sister Catherine however had eyes for the throne herself, but would have to wait for the right moment.
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#534
August 24th, 2012, 02:10 PM
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A coup in Russia, I like it!
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August 24th, 2012, 04:01 PM
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August 24th, 2012, 10:43 PM
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The United States in 1845. The uppermost territory is the new Indian Territory.
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#537
August 24th, 2012, 10:45 PM
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The United States in 1845. The uppermost territory is the new Indian Territory.
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August 24th, 2012, 11:04 PM
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August 26th, 2012, 03:52 AM
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Until then, enjoy this. Chapter XLVI: Election of 1846 The Presidency of David Crockett had been marked by two major events; the Third Barbary War, and the creation of the new Indian Territory. These actions angered him with both parties, and by 1846 both parties were ready to kick him out. In the summer of 1846 both parties would hold their conventions. The Federalist Party would hold their convention in Albany, New York. Former Secretary of the Treasury and Vice Presidential Candidate Alexander Hamilton Jr. would be nominated for the Presidency. The party would then choose the House Minority Leader Thomas Forsythe to be the Vice Presidential Candidate. The Liberty Party would hold their convention in Baltimore, Maryland. President Crockett would be challenged for the party nomination by former Vice President Samuel Houston. This battle would nearly tear the party apart. After several days of ballots a compromise was made. David Crockett would drop his name from the list of candidates in exchange for supporting his Vice President Joseph McKinney’s nomination for the Presidency. McKinney of Virginia would be the compromise candidate between the Crockett’s and Houston’s. The Liberty Party would select former Massachusetts governor Levi Lincoln for the Vice Presidency. Joseph McKinney was born in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1790. Like many politicians of his generation he served in the Spanish-American War. He would be first elected to the Senate in 1833, and re-elected in 1839. In 1842 he was picked to be Crockett’s Vice President. McKinney was supportive of Crockett’s plan for a new Indian Territory, but he tried to advise President Crockett to wait until his second term to get it passed in congress. McKinney was against any expansion of slavery, and on a personal level favored its gradual emancipation. He also favored ending the Second Banks monopoly on currency. The election would be close, but Alexander Hamilton Jr. would win by a narrow margin, becoming the 10th US President. The Federalists would maintain control of the Senate, with the Liberty maintaining control of the house.
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