ACH WI: The New England Region As One, Single State

The challenge is to make the New England region, specifically what is now the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine, into one single American state. How will this effect the U.S. later in time?
 
Ahem. Granted I'm not sure what that means for the colonies down the road, but perhaps greater consolidation of funds/resources up north means less reliance on southern loans for financing the war for independence (assuming it still happens)?

Also, I for one would love to see a *USA that has its regions coalesced into mega-states/regional entities with their own powers and authority, a la the Confederation of North America from Sobel's book; inclusive, of course, of a unified New England.
 
Maybe if William III's government decided to keep the Dominion of New England together - or most of it anyway.

Even OTL, Maine and Plymouth did not regain separate governments, but were left under MA, so it's not ASB that other colonies might have met the same fate..
 
The challenge is to make the New England region, specifically what is now the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine, into one single American state. How will this effect the U.S. later in time?
??? The one time it was tried (admittedly including New York), it was a disaster. And that didn't dissolve the individual colonies, just created a confederation.

Merging the states into one would cause rebellion, I'm sure. After the US Constitution is passed, it would require consent by both the individual states and Congress, and I really don't see that happening.
 
Maps of the colonial period show the British Empire lumped them as one in mind, anyway.

I think having the Dominion broken, but keeping New England proper as one colony once that's done (everything is put under Massachusetts rule and not just New Plymouth and Maine, basically), is your best bet. Heck, makes me wonder if you couldn't toss New Jersey under New York at that rate and keep Delaware under Pennsylvania.
 
Maybe if William III's government decided to keep the Dominion of New England together - or most of it anyway.

Even OTL, Maine and Plymouth did not regain separate governments, but were left under MA, so it's not ASB that other colonies might have met the same fate..
Not ASB, but it would require a much greater willingness to overpower colonial opposition. The Dominion was so wildly unpopular in the colonies that it was overthrown by popular riots as soon as they heard of the Glorious Revolution; with King William eager to get British money for his continental wars, he quickly ratified its demise. Keeping the Dominion, I think, would require either a much, much, much more politic governor; or a far different King William.
 
I think, would require either a much, much, much more politic governor; or a far different King William.

How about Thomas Dongan, the governor of New York. He did a pretty good job there. Maybe he could have kept the dominion together. I'm not sure how the puritans would react to this Catholicism.
 
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The challenge is to make the New England region, specifically what is now the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine, into one single American state. How will this effect the U.S. later in time?

You'd probably need a radically different U.S.; how about something similar to the C.N.A. from For Want of a Nail?
 
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