AHC: Violent Christain Theocratic State in America

Challenge: Around 1830s to 1850s, create a violent, theocratic state in America, that is founded by Christians, such as a Baptists.

And keyword, VIOLENT, so unless you want to make Mormons violent, then Deseret does not count.
 

Albert.Nik

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Not much possible that late. Violent movements have been there but such a state is close to impossible in the 19th century.
 
Perhaps earlier American Civil War where USA is dissolved and some groups in South founds violent Christian nation. I think that this is only way do that. But even such nation hardly would last very long but OP didin't state that it has survive even to 20th century.
 
There were Mormon raiders/brigands, but I don't think the government of Deseret actively supported them, more like turned a blind eye to their antics.
 
Well.....can't say there's a lot of options here, but I can say that it wouldn't have been too hard to turn the Confederacy into such a state, in a scenario where it survives the Civil War; Southern religiousity of that time period, especially amongst good portions of the elite, often has been underestimated by many on here, based on my past observations at least.....and even IOTL, religion was not rarely connected to defenses of slavery in particular down there, just as religiousity was often tied to abolitionist sentiments up in the Northern states.

About the only major thing missing here, would be someone who could tie both fervent pro-slavery rhetoric and proto-Fundamentalist rhetoric together, though just who that might be could make for some very interesting debate.

That said, though, I don't think such a state, in this case, would emerge until after 1850, though the earlier the POD, the less challenging it would become.....
 
Challenge: Around 1830s to 1850s, create a violent, theocratic state in America, that is founded by Christians, such as a Baptists.

And keyword, VIOLENT, so unless you want to make Mormons violent, then Deseret does not count.
How are you defining violent? Internal repression? State sponsored international terrorism? Actually invading other countries?
 
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