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Before the outbreak of hostilities, America under President James K. Polk offer Mexico a deal. Sending John Slidell (Funnily a future Confederate) as an envoy to Mexico, he had instructions to offer Mexico around $5 Million for the territory of Nuevo Mexico and around $25 million dollars for...

While working on a test for my students, I had a loose idea for a fun way to tell a story, this is the end result of that stray idea. Enjoy the test my students might have taken in another world. I shall make no claims of plausibility and mainly chose ideas that seemed fun. If people think this...

In 1859 the California legislature voted to pass the Pico Act which would have divided the state by taking the southern portion of the state, and making it a new territory with the name "Colorado." It made it to the US senate but was ignored because of the tensions between the slave and free...

(Based off two things, 1) This thread I made, 2) A post I made in this thread. This is an idea where America collapse during the civil war, and the PODS) What if, through 1861 to 1865, there were multiply uprisings in both the Union and the Confederacy? The Uprisings in the North are sponsored...

Hello everyone! I've had an idea in my mind for some time now. I want to write a medium sized story. And in my vision, the story will be set in 1960s North West America, primarily in New Alki (Seattle), capital city of Autonomous Region of Washington, which is a part of Republic of Oregon, which...

As it is today, Mormons only make up 1.9 percent of California. This is in spite of the Mormon's impact on the state's history. The Mormon mission Brooklyn Saint's, upon arrival tripled the population of Yerba Buena, later known as San Francisco, and one of the members of this mission would...

What if instead of the Spanish, the English colonized California, at least the norther half? Edit: That was the base idea, but I welded it into it's own timeline.

"Greater Cascadia," with way more territory than any real Cascadia would realistically be able to acquire. Especially SF.

Otl, the american continent has almost as complicated a balance of power as european empires do. Naturally such a balance means there are some Great Powers like the US, Brazil, California, and La Plata. Not to mention the secondary powers like the United Kingdom of the Caribbean, Colombia, and...

Emperor Joshua Norton I, Self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States", and "Protector of Mexico" was the most popular man in San Francisco. He never had any real imperial power. What if, with a POD either earlier or later in his life, Joshua Norton tries his hand in politics. Although he was...

Triumphant: A Davy Crockett Presidency A man of the people, David “Davy” Crockett began his career in politics in 1821 as a member of the Tennessee General Assembly before becoming a member of the United States House of Representatives in 1827. Crockett became known for fighting for the fair...

So in OTL California became part of the US in 1848 after beforehand claiming independence from Mexico because of, from what I understand, a steady influx of US migrants. So a few possibilities spring to mind. 1) Could California have remained independent, being squeezed between Mexico, US and...

I was just wondering if there was no California Republic in the world, that California became just a generic state in the US rather then a major regional power. Any ideas what a world like that would be?

Ive been on this board for a while now and have been thinking of an idea i got from a map on deviant art and the idea of the ottomans purchasing the Louisianan territory due to a few pods Such as a less powerful janissary corps a earlier military modernization a stronger hold on ottoman...