See the title. The political entity must clearly consider itself the USA, and while some slight adjustments to borders can be made, the states that do remain should clearly be recognizable and generally not be carved up/reorganized/divided and overall made into new states.
A POD of no earlier than 1789, since having the Articles of Confederation stay, fail, and the states go their own way is too cliched and obvious and I'd like to see different ways this can be done. Otherwise, any ways of doing this -- secession, (re?)conquest of certain areas, externally-imposed vassal states, or a mix of any of these -- are allowed.
A POD of no earlier than 1789, since having the Articles of Confederation stay, fail, and the states go their own way is too cliched and obvious and I'd like to see different ways this can be done. Otherwise, any ways of doing this -- secession, (re?)conquest of certain areas, externally-imposed vassal states, or a mix of any of these -- are allowed.