DBWI: New England does not secede from the USA in 1912

[glenn67]

July 4, 2012 will mark the 236th birthday of the United States of America. It will also mark the 100th anniversary that Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine announced it was leaving the union and declared the birth of the Republic of New England with Boston as its capital city.

New England has gone through so much in its century as a nation. From the infrastructure projects pushed by former Massachusetts Governor John F. Fitzgerald (President of New England, 1923-1931), the shipbuilding industry championed by Prescott Bush (President, 1939-1951), the admittance of Newfoundland as the 7th and New Brunswick as the 8th states of New England on July 4, 1947, and the 8 World Series titles won by the Boston Red Sox (1918, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1967, 1987, 2001, 2004), New England stands as a proud beacon of light on this North American continent.

Is there any way that New England could have stayed in the USA instead of declaring its independence, or is it just ASB? And in a New England that did not secede, would Newfoundland have been a viable province of Canada? And would the Fitzgerald and Kennedy families have more difficulties as Roman Catholics running for political office in the USA?

[freivolk]

Originally Posted by glenn67

July 4, 2012 will mark the 236th birthday of the United States of America. It will also mark the 100th anniversary that Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine announced it was leaving the union and declared the birth of the Republic of New England with Boston as its capital city.

New England has gone through so much in its century as a nation. From the infrastructure projects pushed by former Massachusetts Governor John F. Fitzgerald (President of New England, 1923-1931), the shipbuilding industry championed by Prescott Bush (President, 1939-1951), the admittance of Newfoundland as the 7th and New Brunswick as the 8th states of New England on July 4, 1947, and the 8 World Series titles won by the Boston Red Sox (1918, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1967, 1987, 2001, 2004), New England stands as a proud beacon of light on this North American continent.

Is there any way that New England could have stayed in the USA instead of declaring its independence, or is it just ASB? And in a New England that did not secede, would Newfoundland have been a viable province of Canada? And would the Fitzgerald and Kennedy families have more difficulties as Roman Catholics running for political office in the USA?

OOC: I assume a peacefull sezession of New England in 1912 would demand a POD before 1900.

[Simreeve]

Originally Posted by freivolk

OOC: I assume a peacefull sezession of New England in 1912 would demand a POD before 1900.

OOC: Wasn't there a US Supreme Court ruling on the illegality of secession shortly after the ACW?

[TheKinkster]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_v._White

There you go.

[glenn67]

OOC: I revised my DBWI which you can read in this link

http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...37#post6110537

[Dan1988]

Originally Posted by Simreeve

OOC: Wasn't there a US Supreme Court ruling on the illegality of secession shortly after the ACW?

OOC: Unilateral, IIRC. Multilateral/peaceful, IIARC, is okay.