AH Challenge- The Great Attempt

In OTL, U.S.A stands for United States of America. The "Americans" uniting the whole of the Americas is probably ASB, but could they seriously (as in, they actually are trying to do so and think they can suceed) try to unite the lands their name claims?

(Bonus points the closer it gets to sucess)
 
I meant the United States trying to take over the Americas, not them suceeding. Anyway, I didn't know about any other tries at this WI.
 
Seriously, no. The early history of the US is closely tied with the powerful slave-owning oligarchy of the southern states. There's no way the US of those times would accept the racial mix (black, native, spanish) of latin america as citizens. And without it, they can never hold the land.

Even if you start out earlier, make British North America larger and the white and at least Germanic-language speaking part of America larger (more Dutch and Swedish settlements, for example) you will still have large populations of mixed descent.
 
I guess the problem is changing Manifest Destiny to include North and South - as understood generally it was from East coast to West, and once that was achieved it seemed that more or less the job was done

More COULD have been taken at various times - if the US was willing to fight a war purely for territorial aggrandisement. But wars fought are always going to be harder if fought earlier - eg if going up against Spain in the 1870s for Cuba, Puerto Rico (to annex them both) they risk getting their tails whopped

Perhaps the Mexican War could have included larger gains, but this is going South of the anticipated territories and takes a different mindset. The further South you annex, the more Mexicans you find !

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
 
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