American Theocracy TL

Okay, so here's the next update. This will be the "Republican Revolution," which will completely reorganize the Union of Nova Angalia in a harsh backlash to the theocratic government in Providence.
This is just a 5 year span, but theres a lot as this Revolution will, at least militarily, involve most of North America, and sets the timeline up, at least for this continent, for the direction of the next 70 plus years.

More to come soon. Would love some critiques and feedback. I've spent a decent amount of time on this timeline and the story and I'd like to be able to tweak it and make it as good as possible.

1860: On January 5th, General Prescott made an announcement to the soldiers and the general public in Maxwell’s Ferry: He was refusing the orders given by Chancellor Birch because he believed that Birch’s government was illigitimet, and that his soldiers would not leave Maxwell’s Ferry until new elections occurred. He also leaked what his orders from Birch were (moving his troops through Tejas to attack California), which makes the tension between Tejas and the UNA explode. The Tejan government demands that all Angalian troops be recalled from the country, and threatens to close the borders. There’s talk in Tejas’ capital that the country might ally with California. Leaders of the British Republic also cry foul when they learn of Birch’s orders, and call on all sides to agree to a cease fire and meet in London to reach a settlement. Secretly, Britain starts taking steps towards offering aid to California.
On February 1st, The Union Police is ordered to arrest Prescott on charges of treason, and orders are also given for new military officers to be put in charge of Prescott’s forces. When the UP officers arrive in Maxwell’s Ferry, troops loyal to Prescott open fire. At this point, Prescott call’s on soldiers in the army to mutiny against Birch and his government, and just under half of the Angalian Army will do so by the end of the year. By March, it begins to settle in to people’s mind that Civil War is breaking out in Angalia. Tejan forces begin to attempt to evict Angalian troops in late March. Some go peacefully, while other’s open fire. On April 3rd, Tejas declares war on Angalia. In late April, the State of Whittaker declares that it no longer recognizes the authority of the government in Providence, and until a new election is held, will ally itself with General Prescott and his forces in Mississippia.
In May, both Illinois and Louisiana declare for Prescott. Prescott convinces/coerces Mississippia to do the same at the end of the month. By the end of the summer, Cherokee, Huron, Florida, Marysland, and Nova Scotia have all declared for Prescott, and New England, King’s Island, Prince Matthew’s Island, West Acadia, West Virginia, and Choctaw have all issued declaration’s calling for new elections without taking the final step of refusing to recognize Birch’s government. The Army is split nearly 50/50, and the Navy mostly stays loyal to Birch. Revolts and skirmishes break out throughout the western territories as those loyal to the Unionists become cut off from the East coast. In October, delecates meet in Maxwell’s Ferry, most of whom are either hardcore Reformists or more left-leaning Regionalists, and they draft up a formal declaration making a formal break from Providence. This document, the Declaration of Liberty, is signed on October 27th, and on that day the Republic of Angalia is declared. Civil War is now official.
The California fronts are collapsing. In Oregonia, soldiers loyal to the UNA retreat into Angalian Oregonia and regroup, while those loyal to Prescott “surrender” to Californio soldiers with plans to be sent to the RA if at all possible. The troops sent to attack Zion City retreat back to the New Iberia territory to help support the pro-unionist government, although some 3,000 troops mutiny and march towards Zion City to regroup and possibly plan a counter attack on Unionist Forces. Tejan’s narrowly vote to not recognize the new Republic formally, but they do vote to continue the war on Angalia. The British Republic suspends all trade with table. France, eager to possibly regain territory lost earlier in the century, begins sending troops to Canada, and starts to put pressure on the Canadian parliament to get involved. At the end of the year, Birch orders the Navy recalled from California to help put down the rebellion at home.

1861: In February, Choctaw, West Virginia, and Ohio declare their loyalty to the new Republic, and Republican forces prepare for an invasion of New Devon and Michigan. Also that month, New Wales, Avalon, and West Acadia issue declarations calling for new elections. There is discussions going on in New England, Kings Island, and Prince Matthew’s Island about joining the Republic, but there is much fear that they would not be able to fight off the Unionists, being cut off from Prescott’s forces in the West.
In mid-March, Prescott’s government announces that they are claiming all of the western territories as part of the Republic, and that statehood will be immediately granted to West Illinois and Manasseh territories. Asher, New Iberia, and Napthtalia all declare loyalty to the Unionists, sparking skirmishes throughout the territories
In July, delegates from the Dominion of Canada arrive in Maxwell’s Ferry, and make an offer to Prescott: Agree to give up some lands in the Northwest, including part of the State of Michigan, and the Dominion and France would send aid to the new Republic. Prescott will accept the offer on August 1st. In mid August, the “Army of Zion”, augmented of Angalian expatriates and mutineers from the Angalian Army, launch an invasion into New Iberia in the name of California, hoping to retake Danielston.
New Devon, Avalon, western Eire and southern Michigan are under Republican control by October.

1862: New England, Prince Matthew’s Island, New Wales, and the Acadia’s all declare loyalty to the Republic in February. In March, the Californian Army marches into New Providence, and the Oregonia Free State falls apart. By May, Oregonia is fully under Californio rule, with about a third of the Angalian settlers fleeing back to a country in turmoil.
Britain, worried about French influence over the new Republic, officially recognizes Prescott’s Republican faction as the “legitimate Angalia” in June, and sends the British Navy to blockade Unionist ports. Several major battles are fought between the Angalian and British navies that summer, resulting in British domination of the Unionist coast. In September, Nova Albion, New Bristol, Kings Island, and Eire vote to join the Republic. Michigan is under Republican and French occupation, and Republican forces are pouring through Virginia. On September 21st, Danielston falls to the Army of Zion. On October 5th, Prescott issues surrender terms to the Unionists, which are rejected. Birch and the Archbishop and the other core Unionists vow to fight to the last man.

1863: In late February, the siege of Providence begins, with most of Virginia and Annesland now under Republican control. On March 15th, General Prescott marches into the now ruined city, and accepts the surrender of the Archbishop and other key Unionists. Birch died at his own hand the night before. That afternoon, in a speech on the steps of the damagaed capitol building, Prescott declares victory “for all Angalians,” and says that the period of civil war is now over. By the end of April, all Unionist forces have surrendered. A truce is negotiated quickly with California, saying that all lands held at that time by California could be held by California until a formal treaty could be hammered out to regnogtiate more permanent boundaries. As for Canada, the Dominion’s government promises to wait until after a new government for the new Republic can be formally established before promised territory in the Northwest is given over to the Dominion. On May 1st, Prescott and his senior staff and supporters, who’d all been leading the defacto government of the Republic, announced that Providence would no longer serve as the capital of Angalia, and that the capital would move to Maxwell’s Ferry, to be renames “New Rome.” (Themes from the Roman Republic had been growing in the imagination of the Republican leaders and this fasination would become evident in the language and names used after the end of the war. A constitutional convention was called by Prescott and his supporters, and this convention met in New Rome starting on September 1st. The convention goes on until early November, when the Constitution of the Republic of Angalia was approved on the 12th , and sent to the states for ratification. The document separated church and state, guaranteed full freedom of speech and religion, and separated the Executive and Legislative branches. The HoC/HoB were abolished, and replaced with the unicameral Senate which would consist of 20 Senators from each state. Separate from the legislature was the new office of President of the Republic, which would be popularly elected by the people. It was established that once a 2/3rd majority of the states (18) ratified the document it would become law. By the end of the year, core Reformist states had already ratified the constitution.

1864: With 18 of the original 27 states ratifying the constitution by of February 17th, elections were set for the new Senate and Presidency On June 1st. By the end of May, 25 of the original 27 states had ratified the new constitution and would be participating in the June election. New Sussex refused to ratify, in protest for the destruction of Providence, and Michigan also refused, siting the promise to Canada to give up some of Michigan to the dominion. In addition. The two western states of West Illinois and Manasseh also ratified the constitution and would participate in the election.
The Unionist Party had been disbanded in most states and would not gain any seats in the first Senate. Reformists gained control of the Senate, and to no-one’s surprise, General Prescott was elected in a landslide. Worrying to some, but ignored or supported by most, Prescott kept his position as a general in the army, being referred to as President-General.
In August, representatives from Angalia, California, Tejas, and the Dominion of Canada met in London at the invitation of the British Republic to hammer out the new post-war boundaries. Angalia, eager to put the conflicts of the recent past behind it, willingly gave away land to California and the Canadians, and agreed to turn over all border forts in Tejas to the locals. Oregonia was now fully handed over to the Californians. The Treaty of London was signed on September 22nd, finalizing the “new order” in North America.
Angalia until Birch and his government agree to a cease fire and to meet at the negotiating
 
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Here's the next installment, roughly the first decade after the Republican Revolution, and concludes with the dissolution of the Church of North America.

1865: California sets up the “Republic of Zion,” with the New Iberia territory taken from Angalia, along with territory settled by the Davidites in the fringes of eastern California. It would be under the military protection of the Californians, but would be free to govern their own internal affairs.
Also that year, the Senate voted on and approved the Northwestern Territorial Boundary Act, which reorganized the Republic’s territories to match the new post-war reality. The Senate also approved of a law threatening the “territories” of Michigan and New Sussex with having their territory carved up if they did not approve of the constitution by the next election in 1869.
The Canadians also reorganize the territory they’d taken from Angalia into existing territories, along with setting up new territories.
In July, the chief counselors of the Native Reserve territory arrived in New Rome to petition the new government for independence. General Prescott refuses to grant independence to the Native Reserve, however he does suggest having negotiations to possibly organize the territory as a state. At the end of the year, plans are put in place to make the territory the state of Gadohi the following year.
Three days before Christmas, Michigan ratifies the constitution.

1866: Gadohi ratifies the constitution in March, becoming the 29th state.
1867: Remnants of the Unionist party and others who do not align with Reformists or Regionalists come together and establish the Traditionalist Faction.
In New Rome, plans are unveiled in March for the new capitol building, with ground being broken in September.

1868: After much debate, New Sussex finally ratifies the constitution, becoming the 30th state of the new Republic.

1869: Second election of the new republic. General Prescott wins, but by a slightly smaller margin. The new Traditionalist Faction has gained a few seats but is still largely a fringe party.

1870: Rio Rojo gains statehood.

1871: The Church of North America holds it’s first Bishops Council since the founding of the Republic, under the watchful eye of the Republic’s Army. Some tried to convince President-General Prescott to stop the meeting in providence but he refused, saying he wouldn’t interfere with people’s freedom of religion.

1872: The British Vice President visits New Rome, the first high level visit by a British official to the Angalian Republic, but only the first of many.

1873: Massive celebrations are held in New Rome and many other major cities marking the 10 year anniversary of the end of the Civil War. The key celebration is the grand opening of the Great Hall of the Republic, the new capitol building.

1874: Third elections of the Republic. General-Prescott is reelected to a third term at age 75, still vital and healthy and hugely popular. The Reformists still retain the control of the Senate, though the regionalists have gained slightly.

1875: France grants full dominion status to India, much in the way it had to Canada earlier in the century, but with closer ties than Canada (which was now nearly independent of France).

1876: President-General Prescott is assassinated by radical Traditionalists who have close ties to CNA, using a hand thrown bomb tossed into Prescott’s open-air carriage in New Rome, on May 21. Deputy President-General Kyle Wilkinson, a man who had been Prescott’s right-hand man during the war, is sworn in as the new President, and the nation is in deep mourning. By the end of the year, chief members of the CNA have been arrested, and in November, the Senate votes to ban the national organization of the Church of North America, dissolving the position of Archbishop and forcing the church to splinter into regional organizations. In December, the Traditionalist Faction is forced to dissolve under political pressure after several key members are implicated in the assassination and subsequently arrested.
 
So I have more to this timeline written out. I've hit a writer's block at some point before the present and would love to have some fresh eyes/opinions.

Any interest? I have things worked out actually to the early-mid 20th century...1940s at least.
 
Just something I noticed in the first line:

In 1681, the Bishop of Boston is declared, at a colonial church council, as the Archbishop of Boston, leader of the Anglican Communion-in-exile.

The Anglican Church would have NEVER fled to Boston, and Boston would never have accepted them. The people of Massachusetts were Puritans, who hated any other kind of religion, especially Anglicans. Perhaps they would have still fled to America, but certainly not to Boston.

You're gonna want to change that, for plausibility's sake. The idea is still good, but that is a glaring detail that makes zero sense.
 
Just something I noticed in the first line:



The Anglican Church would have NEVER fled to Boston, and Boston would never have accepted them. The people of Massachusetts were Puritans, who hated any other kind of religion, especially Anglicans. Perhaps they would have still fled to America, but certainly not to Boston.

You're gonna want to change that, for plausibility's sake. The idea is still good, but that is a glaring detail that makes zero sense.

So when you mentioned that, I thought to myself....I think I changed that.
And I did. This issue that you mentioned was discussed. So I went back and redid things. Check out this post, from the second page.

Basically we have a completely different colonization pattern. In fact I think Boston doesn't exist ITTL....though I'd have to double check.
 
So when you mentioned that, I thought to myself....I think I changed that.
And I did. This issue that you mentioned was discussed. So I went back and redid things. Check out this post, from the second page.

Basically we have a completely different colonization pattern. In fact I think Boston doesn't exist ITTL....though I'd have to double check.

Oh, great. I'll keep reading, then:D.
 
Okay, here's the next installment. Goes from 1876 to 1900.

1879: President-General Wilkinson announces in January that he does not plan to run for the Presidency. There is no strong leader for the Regionalists, and so the Reformists, the largest party in the country in the wake of the Traditionalist dissolution, finally place their leader, Michael Dorner, into the Presidency, as well as maintaining a firm control of the Senate.

1880: President Dorner makes the first ever state visit by an Angalian leader to the British Republic. He is met by adoring crowds in London and is received by the British President and senior cabinet at Westminster.

1881: The Dominion of Canada proposes that the Angalians and Californians meet with the Canadians to discuss what should be done with the so-called “Vacant Northwest Coast,” the territory north of Oregonia. Agreements are made for a meeting to take place in 1882 in Canadaville.
Also that year, the territory of Naphtalia gains statehood, raising the number of states to 32.

1882: After much debate, the Treaty of Canadaville is signed in September, dividing up the unclaimed Upper Northwest all the way to the border with the Russian-claimed Alayeksa. Part of the Canadian “Territory of the West” was given to the Angalians, and control of the Pacific coast was given to the Californians. Some in Angalia grumbled, but since the loss of any claim to Oregonia, a Pacific coast territory for Angalia was nothing more than a pipe dream.
In July, the territory of Asher gained statehood.

1883: 20 year anniversary of the Revolution is marked throughout the Republic.

1884: In the elections, President Dorner is reelected with about as much support as in 1879, and the Reformists again retain control of the senate.

1885: Foundation of the Militarist Faction, wanting to see a more militarized government and stronger armed forces, and a return to the “purer example” set by Prescott, who had retained his military command while also serving as the Republic’s first President.

1886: Prescott Territory votes to divide, the lower two thirds remaining the Territory of Prescott, the upper third becoming the Territory of Dorner.

1887: Prescott becomes a state.

1888: President Dorner dies in office, and his Deputy, William Thompson, takes office.

1889: In the election, President Thompson wins a narrow reelection. The Reformists retain control over the senate, but their control has slipped.

1890: The Territory of Oregonia submits, for the first time, a petition to the California Senate for equal integration into California proper. Up till now, California has been very centrally operated. Despite a large territory, most of the population remains in the old Californio heartland, and so everything has been pretty much administered in the capital. Oregonia posses a problem since it has it’s own territorial government. For the time being, the issue is tabled.

1891: Prussian Foreign Minister Maxamillian Adler arrives in New Rome to discuss strengthening ties with the Republic. There is growing tension between the Catholic and Protestant states in Europe, and there is a fear that war could break out in the not-to-distant future. Especially tense is the border Prussia shares with Austro-Bavaria Hungary.

1892:

1893: President Thompson suffers a minor heart attack. He lives, but announces he will not seek reelection. The Republic marks the 30th anniversary of the revolution. Central New Rome, where all the government construction projects had sought to create a “modern day rebirth of Ancient Rome,” were mostly complete. Dominating the center part of the city is the Great Hall, home to the Senate and the Office of the President.

1894: President Thompson’s Deputy, Caleb Rupert, wins the election with nearly 60% of the vote. The Reformists again retain control of the senate, but the Militarists have gained 100 members for the first time.

1895: In response to the growing popularity of the Militarists and the staleness of the Regionalists, a new faction forms, the Centralists. They advocate for a much stronger central government (the most radical members advocate for an outright abolishment of state governments), and a ban from military members serving in elected office (a direct attack at the Militarists).

1896: First dirigible flight takes off in Prussia.

1897:

1898: Foundation of the International Athletic Council, which is formed in order to coordinate friendly international athletic competition. It is announced that the first Global Games, as the primary competition will be called, will be held in Paris in the summer of 1900, and that the Games will be held every five years in a different member nation. The British Repubic, Ireland, the Prussian Confederation, Austro-Bavaria Hungary, France, the Russian Empire, the Dominion of Canada, the Republic of Angalia, California, Tejas, Mexico, the Federated States of Brazil, Spain, Portugal, the Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilys are all signatory members of the IAC.

1899: President Rupert wins reelection, and the Reformists maintain narrow control over the senate, with the regionalists struggling to remain as the number two party with growing popularity for the Militarists and the Centralists.

After decades of back and forth debate, the British Australian colonies were granted full independence as the United States of Australia, with provision that Tasmania remain a British colony and military outpost in the Pacific.

1900: Montana gains statehood. In California, the Oregonia integration issue has become a major political issue that will spill over into the Presidential and Congressional elections the following year. NRP leader and sitting president Juan Orlando is against a federalization of the state. The newly established and rapidly growing Pacific Federalist Party is campaigning hard on federalization.
The First Global Games kicks off in Paris on July 15th. Prussia leads with the most gold medals, followed closely by Britain and then Angalia, with the host French in 4th place. It is announced at the end of the 2-week event that the next Games will be held in Berlin in 1905.
 
I know there hasn't been much interest in this but I still wanted to post a new update.
As always, I love feed back, critiques, etc.
Keep in mind also that this is still pretty unedited at this point, and I know there are areas that will need polishing and to be rewritten to keep up continuity and things like that. I've tried to keep a lid on things going to far from what is plausible, but this thing also spans from 1600 to very close to the present so there are plenty of places where things can get derailed.

1901-1920 (World War I)
1901: PFP candidate Marcus Sanders is elected President of California, and the PFP form a plurality with the Liberista Party. Sanders promises by the end of his term, devolution and federalization will occur, allowing Oregonia to enter California proper on equal footing.

1902: Eduardo Hamlin, a senior member of the PFP and leader in the Californian Congress, is picked to head a commission to break up California proper into different provinces to help start the devolution and federalization process championed by President Sanders and the PFP

1903: The Angalian Republic celebrates the 40th anniversary of the revolution. The Prussian Foreign Minister, the British Vice President, and the Californian Vice President are in attendance.

1904: In Angalian elections, President Rupert is again able to pull out a victory, but the narrowest ever in the Republic’s history. For the first time since the revolution, no one party has a majority. The Reformists must form a coalition with the regionalists to remain in control.
At the beginning of the year, prior to the mid-term Congressional elections in September, the Hamlin Commission delivers its report and proposal for the breaking up of California proper into several provinces. This proposal is adopted by the still-PFP dominated Congress in November after the elections.

1905: Oregonia votes on a divison of the territory as part of the larger plan of devolution and federalization. At the end of the year, legislation passed that amended the constitution in several ways. 1st, the Republic of California would become the United Provinces of the Pacific on January 1st, 1906. 2nd, the provinces would each be granted control over certain local affairs previously handled by the central government (police, education, transportation chief among them). 3rd, each province would have 20 representatives in Congress, and each territory would have 5. On January 2nd, the 3 Oregonian provinces and 2 territories would assend to full membership in the UPP. Amergiova, the newer territory north of Oregonia, would be treated like the 2 Oregonian territories. The Republic of Zion, a protectorate of the UPP, would also have 5 representatives in Congress for the first time, but they would collectively be allowed only one vote, since all internal affairs were still handled in Zion City.
The Second Global Games is held the final two weeks of July in Berlin, capital of the Prussian Confederation. Prussia again is in first place, then Angalia, Britain, and Italy. It is announced that the next Games will be held in Vienna in 1910.

1906: California officially reimages itself as the United Provinces of the Pacific. In Europe, the long feared war finally arrives. Tensions between Prussia and B-AH finally boil over, citing border disputes and claims by both sides that the other was persecuting minority faiths. France is drawn into the conflict in May, Britain in September, and it looks like the conflict will spread across the Atlantic. President Rupert resists calls from the Militarists and Regionalists to begin a preemptive draft to strengthen the military along with other military reforms to prepare for possible conflict.

1907: The Dominion of Canada formally announces a declaration of war against Prussia and the British Republic. During the Easter holiday, the Pope calls for a holy war, that all Catholic countries across the western world should stand in solidarity and attack the splintered protestant and secular realms. Spain allies with France and B-AH in July. Due to increased harrasment by French and Canadian navy vessels in the Atlantic and on the Eastern board, President Rupert finally concedes to mounting political pressure and declares war on the Dominion of Canada, and at the end of the year the Senate passes a resolution extending that declaration to all members of the new Catholic Unity League. The UPP declares neutrality, as does Tejas, though fears run high in that country that Mexico, which looks likely to join the CUL, will target Tejan territory in the west.
Despite early rhetoric, there is not much immediate action between Canada and Angalia, other than minor skirmishes along the immense border, and a few minor scuff-ups at sea.

1908: The Canadians pour over the border in early April into the state of Huron, overwhelming the Angalians who’d been expecting an attack farther east and were still trying to build up their military to proper levels. By mid summer, most of Huron is occupied, and troops have crossed over into Illinois. On September 2nd, the nation is again shocked when the Canadian and French Navies pull off a surprise attack on Havensport, Nova Albion, sinking many Angalian Navy vessels along with the merchant ships in port, and causing a fire that will burn nearly half the city to the ground. By the end of the year, the Angalian army has finally been able to stop the advancing Canadians in central Illinois. It is now apparent that in addition to trying to retake Huron and Illinois that the Canadians are aiming at New Rome.

In the spring, Mexico formally declares for the CUL, and declares war on Tejas, with plans to retake the whole country. Minimal help arrives from the Spanish Navy to help start a semi-successful blockade of Tejan ports.

1909: Thanks to the horrible way the war has gone up through 1908, the militarists are able to oust President Rupert in the election and gain control of the Senate. General Marcus Hayworth becomes President, and with strong control of the Senate quickly enacts sweeping wartime measures that enable him to essentially rule by decree and take direct command of the war effort. The economy will be state-run within the year, and all industry turned towards the war. Conscription is widened, and a new push is planned for 1910 to break the stalemate on the Illinois front, which has barely moved since mid-1908.
In September, the Bavarians take Frankfurt, a major blow to the Prussians. However, the British are able to make a foothold in Normandy, pulling French forces from the Bavarian Front.
It is announced by the IAC that due to the ongoing conflict, the 1910 Global Games were cancelled, and would be rescheduled for 1915.

1910: In May, a major breakthrough occurs on the Illinois Front at the Battle of Lafayette’s Creek. By the end of the summer, the Front has moved back into Huron, where it stabilizes, much to the frustration of President-General Hayworth. In July, the Canadians make an all out assault in the Northeast, crossing into Nova Albion, New Wales, and into the Acadias. This puts new strain on the Angalian army, and is why their push in Huron haulted.
The British have pushed within 50 miles of Paris, but the fronts have stalled just like in Bavaria. Frankfurt is still on the frontlines and in B-AH hands.

1911: Most of the fronts have stalled with little movement by either side, to the frustration of military planners on both sides of the Atlantic. The Tejans are able to push the Mexican army out of Tejas by September, with the help of the UPP, which declared war on the Mexicans in the spring.

1912: The Huron Front is still in a stalemate, but the Angalians are able to bust the Canadian/French blockade of the East Coast, and in October, the Angalians drive the Canadians over the border out of Nova Albion and into Canada Province for the first time.
In Europe, the Prussians are able to retake Frankfurt and the Bavarian front shifts further south for the first time. The British are still unable to take Paris. The Mexican front is still fluctuating, with most of the fighting remaining in Mexican territory.

1913: With fighting going nowhere in Huron and having stalled in the Northeast, the Canadians propose a ceasefire with the Angalians, which is accepted on May 1st. The British make a last drive and occupy Paris and capture the French Crown Prince on September 9th. The French sue for peace, signing a cease fire on September 18th. The Bavarians were able to retake Frankfurt early in the year, but the front has since remained stalled.
The celebrations marking the 50th Anniversary of the revolution do take place but are very subdued and filled with war-time rhetoric.
Mexico, Tejas and the UPP all agree to a ceasefire in October.

1914: The Prussians and Bavarians agree to a ceasefire on January 11th. Fighting of the First Great War has ended world-wide. The Angalians and Canadians agree to meet in New Marseilles starting in March to formalize the end to the war and draw up new boundaries.
In Europe, a “Pan-European Congress” is scheduled to be held in Marseilles in April.
Mexico, Tejas, and the UPP agree to meet in Vera Cruz, which remained in British hands during the war.

In the Angalian elections, President-General Hayworth and the Militarists still maintain their hold on the govnerment. This also marks the last time the Regionalists will have a Presidential candidate, and the next-to-last time they will win any seats in the Senate.
On November 9th, the Treaty of New Marseilles is signed, and will be approved of by the Senate in early 1915, but only barely. It’s not popular and is only approved after Canadian delegates let it be known that hostilities might be reengaged if the treaty wasn’t signed. The Angalians do take some territory from Canada in the area south of the St. Lawrence River, but the big upset is Canada’s insistence that over a third of the state of Huron be surrendered. It was territory the Canadians had held since the start of the war and sill occupied at war’s end, but never the less this part of the treaty is a sore spot for most Angalians. President-General Hayworth blames the treaty on members of the Regionalist and Reformist factions, since several of the major negotiators came from those two factions. In the south, Mexico cedes territory to both California and Tejas.
In Europe, the Treaty of Old Marseilles, as it becomes known, is signed on December 12th. It is just as unpopular as the Treaty of New Marseilles. The Prussians and Bavarians agree that the post-war border will be based essentially where the war fronts were when the cease fire was signed. Frankfurt remains in Bavarian hands, much to the chagrin of Prussian leaders. Britain agrees to withdraw all troops from France and release the French Crown Prince in exchange for Belgium, a French protectorate, being turned over to the British. The French also agree to work out a plan to eventually sever most ties between France and Canada.

1915: In January, the Angalian Senate passes measures to help start post-war recovery. The war-time powers granted to the President are continued through 1916, said to be a necessary measure to help recovery. The nationalization of the railroads is formalized and made permanent. Peacetime draft is continued and the armed forces are deployed to help in rebuilding projects. New construction is also started on road, rail and canal networks to help improve the nation’s economy. The government announces plans to start expanding the national electric network, with President-General Hayworth stating that, by 1930, all of Angalia would be electrified.
In the west, new land grants to soldiers sees the start of a boom in new settlement, and the remaining unorganized territory is divided up into Thompson, Libertacia, and East Amerigova Territories. In August, Dorner is admitted as a state.
As a sign of the new peace, the Third Global Games are held in Vienna during the first two weeks of August. Compared to the celebrations and overall spirit of the 1900 and 1905 games, the 1915 games are very subdued, with the fighting having ended barely a year before. It is announced that the next Games will be held in London in 1920.

1916: Despite protest from Regionalists and Reformists, the Militarist controlled Senate extends the “extra-constitutional powers” first granted in 1909 through the election of 1919. There are grumblings of a military dictatorship coming to fruition, but the President-General and other Militarists assure the public that the Angalian democracy is still perfectly intact.

1917: President-General Hayworth announces plans to try and win the nomination for the Fifth Global Games in 1925, with vast new building projects in New Rome.

1918: Members of several regional churches gather in Havensport and draft a Petition of Establishment to give to the government in New Rome, requesting that the laws that dissolved the national Church be revoked and that the Church of North America be allowed to reform for the first time in over 40 years. President-General Hayworth rejects the document. Centralists pick up on this issue and begin to campaign for action.

In accordance with the Treaty of Old Marseille, it is announced that the second son of the French King, Prince Christophe would become King of Canada, and that all legal ties linking the two countries would be severed. This would go into affect on January 1, 1920, when Prince Christophe and his wife Marie would be enthroned in Canadaville.

1919: In the Angalian elections, President-General Hayworth again wins in a landslide. The Regionalists do not field a candidate for the first time, showing how much their faction is in decline. This election is the last election the faction will win seats in the Senate. Militarists retain a majority control of the Senate, but the Centralists have made major gains and are now the number 2 faction, followed by the Reformists.
In November, there is some debate in the Senate about the possibility of continuing the “extra-constitutional powers” for the President, but the majority of Militarists, along with all members of the Centralists and Reformists, refuse to back such a measure. However, some powers, mostly concerning military action and control of the national police, are conferred back to the President permanently.

1920: The Kingdom of Canada is born on January 1st, when Prince Christophe is enthroned as King Christophe I of Canada, and his wife as Queen Marie of Canada. There are minor protests in Canadian Huron, which resents being made part of Canada after the Great War.
To great fanfare, London hosts the Fourth Global Games during the last week of July and first week of August. Britain manages to be first in gold medals, followed by Prussia, Angalia, and France. The British government had spared no expense to make this the most lavish Games up to that point, and at the centerpiece of the new construction in the city was the London Tower, a metal tower that gracefully stood over the city at nearly 1,000 feet tall, making it the tallest man-made structure in the world. It is announced by the IAC at the close of the Games that the next Games will be held in New Rome in 1925. President-General Hayworth is in London for the Games. After the games, Hayworth travels to Berlin to meet with Prussian leaders before returning to Angalia.
In October, President-General Hayworth dies of a heart attack. His deputy, General Julius Leyland, takes office as President.
 
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