California Deutsche

Teleology

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This is from the "Just For Fun" version (kind of like Zorro's version of California that has waaay too many people for being still Don ruled), but the Kalifornien border should be correct (you can ignore the other geographic entities on the map if you wish, starting with SoCal including Baja):


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Oh, and here is an excerpt about the literary New Western genre from this alternate world (again, while the reference to the mythical literary version of the place and period helps alleviate some problems, even the factual background at the beginning is 'just for fun' and will probably offend your senses'. Zollverein wank, early Canal, etc.):




The Neu-Westen genre reflects a deep nostalgia for a poetic version of the Ruée Pour Le Monde period in which the world powers competed in China, Africa, and the Americas during a time when the United States was suffering two devastating civil wars within a little more than twenty years of each other. A time when the Zollverein encompassed all of those European nations in competition with Britain and France (save for Spain, the rump state of Austria which lost its empire in the process, and Sweden which could not be kept under the same roof as Denmark at this time; and even including the Ottoman Empire) and leveraged itself towards world empire. Out of the powers Britain, France, and the Zollverein were surely the frontrunners; as emblemified in each controlling a third of the Nicaragua Canal; with the Swedish-Russian alliance and Japan more interested in fighting each other over Korea while the main three recieved the best concessions in China proper.

With the Nicaragua Canal in place and the US recovering from its first civil war, the Kalifornien Purchase by Prussia in 1843 was a timely endeavor indeed. At the time they thought they had only a brief while before the States became prominent again and reached the West Coast; but fortunatly a financial panic delayed the Yankees and then, as if by a cruel joke, their second civil war broke out. This freed the Western statelets (Deutsch-Kalifornien, the Southern California Bear Flag Republic, Oregon Country, and Texas) from the pressure of the United States' supposed Manifest Destiny and gave the European Powers a revived interest in meddling all throughout the Americas.

Of course the New West genre tends to blend the most exciting crises and events of the West into a single nebulous point when in fact we are talking about decades. In the historical romances, the advanced state of later Kalifornien coincides with the existence of all of the pre-California-War statelets, even though in reality by that time some of them had disappeared. No, in those novels the Royalist Mexicans are always locked in conflict with Juarez, the Bear Flag Republic is always building an army to take the North, Oregon is always a corporate fiefdom of the Hudson Bay Company (which was taken over by shareholders local to the region, who switched to timber and other materials in a timely manner when the bottom dropped out of the fur market). Similarly, the Colorado Territory is always full of Mormons and Apaches and deeply contested by all of the statelets and colonial powers; and the precise ownership of Baja is never clear either.

But who are the characters occupying this exciting world? Of course, ironic for what was technically a Prussian colony, the single most famous semi-historical man of Kalifornien was a smallholder, an independent farmer and outspoken member of the Grange, from a Bavarian family. But that great literary (and historical) figure needs no introduction. Instead let us examine another seminal character, more often a supporting cast member than the leading man, and also not a Prussian. Here is what the professor of history and literature Henry Vorbeck has to say on the subject:

"While the Elect Families had been formed from Eastern kingdom Junkers and the newly entitled early German families of Old San Francisco, who had arrived with the Russian-American Company in 1813, the bourgeoisie families they invited into the wine country with them to serve as advisers and companions came from liberal society (to be ministers and tutors) and hearty Volga German stock (to be instructors in horsemanship and to serve as cavalrymen under the command of the young men of the Elect Families). As a whole the Elect Families and their upper class attendants became known as Vinokrats, after the wonderful vineyards in the counties around the Deutsch-Kalifornien capitol of Friedrichsgarten.

Winkus Updyke, son of a Dutch liberal appointed to be a Kalifornien financial administrator, is presented in the tales as the iconic representation of the young male Vinokrat; a cocky horseman and dashing figure within the adventurous coterie of Georg von Plotzkau (a real figure, the wild second son of the Plotzkau, one of the Elect Families farther from the Governorship than some)."
 
I Read the Source...and you're right, but was not the price... was something unexplained who make the prussia abandon the Talks about the Purchase(a very interesting POD by the way).. the Price of 6 millons Dollars for the whole of California(OTL, California, Nevada, West Utah and Arizona) who is in fact very cheap(like lousiana).. but better for the timeline... the OTL california(that little north is very small and rump.. and the south will have some economic part like the fishing and pearls...) but again it his your timeline

I see all your 'just for fun' updates... thje idea of neu-westen was awesome(and have more sense than 'old west' by the way:cool:) and by the way... I WANT TO SEE A German 'El Zorro'(or i should say Das Fuchs?)(You will surpass the awesomes if a link to a major junker name.. like Lettow-Vorbeck. Hindenburg,etc) and i think the main inmigration to California will be Catholic German(Rhenish, Bavarian and even austrians) but again, the prussian will send junker to make a counter-weight..

Again i want to see the Geopolitical Effects of the Colony(like Aliance with Mexico or USA) and the Political Effects(1848 is so close and a lot of forty-eighters will go either USA or the Colony) and what will happen when the Kaiserreich born(become a State or Land?)

Well, waiting for more updates... the just for fun was awesome but i want to see the gold rush and the wine industry

Att
Nivek von Beldo
 
This POD is ridiculous on several levels. 1843 is just way, way too late to have the Prussians try to establish a colony in the Americas. It's 20 years after the Monroe Doctrine, so US Congress will declare war. And the USA will absolutely whip Prussia's tiny butt. The USA's population is about 17 million to Prussia's 15 million, and guess who doesn't have to cross any oceans to get their troops to California?

And I really don't see John Sutter as being an asset for the Prussians. First off, Sutter is a Mexican citizen. In general, it's extremely rare for American or Mexican immigrants to commit treason or even espionage against their adopted nation. In OTL, Sutter didn't even support the USA's takeover. Why would he support Prussia's? Second, Sutter is about as far removed from Prussia as you can get. He was born in Baden, but he grew up in Neuchatel, and identified as Swiss-French. When the secessionist turmoil started in Alta California, Sutter's two big contributions were to name his settlement New Switzerland and threaten to raise the French flag. Maybe you could get Sutter to support the French invasion of Mexico in the 1860s, but certainly not to support the hated Prussians.
 

Teleology

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I'm well aware of Sutter's francophilia and fear of US assimilation, which is why I consider him to be an asset. You think you are being acerbic and clever, but those interesting points about history (the french flag raising thing is a good one) have been taken into account.

This scenario is interesting because I didn't decide that I wanted this or that, I've simply taken various factors from history that I had never known about before and let them mesh together.
 

Teleology

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Realizing how insane a 1830's Canal project is, I've revised my "for fun" version of the timeline, with a loose view of history to support a literary genre of New Western fiction (primarily for use in short stories and roleplaying here in reality; with the idea of playing within a unrealistic literary genre created in a realistic alternate world).

Essentially right now I'm focusing on the fun and the basic concepts, any sort of textbook history appropo to the normal AH.com timeline experience is going to have to wait, I'm having too much of a good time.



A Quick Primer

1832: Outbreak of Nullification War in United States

1835: French investment in Panama Rail, formation of the Republic of Texas

1836: End of the Nullification War

1837: British investment in Texas, Gulf-Pacific Rail

1838-1841: Zollverein buys in significant shares in both Panama and Gulf-Pacific Rails.

1843: Kalifornien Purchase

1848: Beginning of Kalifornien Gold Rush

1849: Kalifornien Grange set up by Sutter Family, the Prussian Colonial Office, and the Zollverein Customs Office in order to more thoroughly and systematically counter-settle against gold prospectors.

1853: 48er War; Kavallerie defeat Squatters' Association in several skirmishes. Kavallerie given land grants and help the increasing number of Grange families form the beginnings of the Selbstschutz.

1857: Beginning of American Civil War. Schutztruppe Kalifornien established, Kavallerie disbanded but continue active participation in Grange life. Zollverein, Kapitalists, and a few foreign investors begin Deutsch-Amerikan Rail from Von Charnisso to Californian border; hoping to link up with Texas Rail through Anglo-French backed Mexican line. Pressure put on California Republic.

1861: California War. With rail between Canada and B.C. completed and US involved in a Civil War, the Hudson Bay Company feel it is time for Oregon to expand and agree on a joint-invasion of Kalifornien with the beleaguered California Republic and the Russian-American Company in Aleyeska.

1863: End of American Civil War

1864: As a result of the post-Kalifornien War status quo, the three rail lines (as all have significant investments from more than one Great Power) combine and complete a route from the ports of Texas to Von Charnisso Bay. This new jointly owned rail company, the International, will be at the crux of of Ruée Pour Le Monde intrigue in the New West; but at the time seems necessary in order to facilitate the trade and immigration required to forestall US annexation in the future.


The Deutsch-Kalifornien of the Neu-Westen is one divided between three factions:
-The Vinokrats: the pocket aristocracy created by Prussia and removed to the counties surrounding Von Charnisso (San Francisco after the Prussification), where elaborate estates and grand vineyards were established around the fairy-tale-like capitol compound of Friedrichsgarten. Those powers divested to the Elect Families of the Vinokrats, one of whom always holds the Governorship of the colony, are essentially exercised by the Prussian Colonial Office and the Zollverein Customs Office, both of which are also located in the capitol compound.

- The Kapitalists: the established maritime merchants of various nationalities who were the ruling party of San Francisco before the Purchase, granted powers over coastal industry and commerce (these powers being tied to the Mayorship of Von Charnisso, which they always hold through political corruption) in exchange for their help in preventing new arrivals to the colony from rising up against the colonial government.

- The Grange: established by the Sutter Family, the one Elect Family that chooses not to dwell in the wine country, they were granted dominion over most of the land of the colony after their brilliant system of land grants settled the area and prevented Yankee prospectors (the 48'ers) from dominating.


Kalifornien Purchase (1843)
Mexico offers California to Prussia for 6 million dollars US, the Prussians purchase Northern California for a reduced sum.

48er War (1853)
Grange and mounted police (Kavallerie, hired mounties from across Europe) defeated the Squatters' Association of gold prospectors.

California War (1861)
Landsknecht defeated by Oregon Militia, retreated to Friedrichsgarten where the Schutztruppe ground to Oregonians to dust; Selbstschutz holds against Bear Flag militia at the Moretti Line; word of Zollverein naval victory against the Aleyeskans prevents the Von Charnisso riot that almost broke out from outrage over the government troops only protecting the capitol at Friedrichsgarten; Gus Bayer leads Selbstschutz out of the Moretti Line, entrap the SoCalifornians with hope for a counterattack against the Republic - word of Mexican intervention in the Republic dashes this hope but the BF militia is captured. Franco-Brits in Mexico deport these captives back to East to be conscripted in American Civil War; reaffirmation of status quo between Zollverein and France/Britain in North America.


THE CALIFORNIA WAR

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Well... the Chicle Limit have over pass the the nine thousand(What Nine Thousand...

But again,, your just for fun are awesome.. but keep the original(and more serious) timeline by the way.. the 'just for fun' scenario can come later... in that way we gonna see better how the timeline developmt(But some details are revealed)

Att
nivek von Beldo
 

tjvuse

Banned
This time line is so way out never would of thought of the Prussians California strangly enough the idea seems to work well enough to me.
Maybe a few more updates needed to explane time line.
Every thing i have seen is great so far through.:D
 

Teleology

Banned
NOTE: This version here is pretty much as realistic as I'm going to get, with further diatribes into the literary genre of the Neu-Westen later. Of course with more details added over time, as has already occurred, this will get better explained and there will be revisions as I examine certain aspects, while keeping the general intent (for instance how I replaced a super-early canal with rail-road-wankery).


A Revised and Expanded Gentleman's Primer To the History of the New West


Timeline

1832: Outbreak of Nullification War in United States
1835: French investment in Panama Rail, formation of the Republic of Texas
1836: End of the Nullification War
1837: British investment in Texas, Gulf-Pacific Rail
1838-1841: Zollverein buys in significant shares in both Panama and Gulf-Pacific Rails.
1843: Kalifornien Purchase
1846: Bear Flag Revolt in Southern California, formation of the California Republic
1848: Beginning of Kalifornien Gold Rush
1849: Kalifornien Grange set up by Sutter Family, the Prussian Colonial Office, and the Zollverein Customs Office in order to more thoroughly and systematically counter-settle against gold prospectors.
1851: Gold strike in Aleyeska; the Russian government invests heavily (men, ships, equipment) in the colony to keep it isolated from foreign prospectors (without rail or proper ports this isn't as difficult as it would be for other regions).
1853: 48er War; Kavallerie defeat Squatters' Association in several skirmishes. Kavallerie given land grants and help the increasing number of Grange families form the beginnings of the Selbstschutz.
1857: Beginning of American Civil War. Schutztruppe Kalifornien established, Kavallerie disbanded but continue active participation in Grange life. Zollverein, Kapitalists, and a few foreign investors begin Deutsch-Amerikan Rail from Von Charnisso to Californian border; hoping to link up with Texas Rail through Anglo-French backed Mexican line. Pressure put on California Republic.
1861: California War. With rail between Canada and B.C. completed and US involved in a Civil War, the Hudson Bay Company feel it is time for Oregon to expand and agree on a joint-invasion of Kalifornien with the beleaguered California Republic and the Russian-American Company in Aleyeska.
1863: End of American Civil War
1864: As a result of the post-Kalifornien War status quo, the three rail lines (as all have significant investments from more than one Great Power) combine and complete a route from the ports of Texas to Von Charnisso Bay. This new jointly owned rail company, the International, will be at the crux of of Ruée Pour Le Monde intrigue in the New West; but at the time seems necessary in order to facilitate the trade and immigration required to forestall US annexation in the future.


The New West at the Time of the California War

Mexico: French backed conservative oligarchy that came into power after dictator Santa Anna's defeat at the hands of the Texans
Republic of Texas: British backed republic that seceded from Mexico, causing the crisis in Mexican leadership that would result in the French Intervention

California Republic: Anglo settler and Mexican serf revolt against the Peninsulare and Criollo dons of Southern California resulted in this breakaway republic, which absorbed most of the 48er prospectors that were rebuked from Kalifornien.

Deutsch-Kalifornien: A Prussian colony founded in an area sparsely settled by Mexicans, Anglos, and Indians; whose most important city is controlled by foreign merchants; whose economy is ran by the Zollverein (Customs Union of anti-French/British European nations); which becomes settled by Europeans of all stripes as well as additional Mexicans (convenient for the businessmen buying up Mexican land) to help counterbalance the influx of Yankees.

Oregon Country: By accomodation between the British and the United States has to vote by referendum for independence, a process delayed by the States' internal problems; allowing the Hudson Bay Company (with the foreign investors kicked out and replaced with local oligarchs who switch to timber befor the bottom falls out of the fur industry) to become a de facto government.

British Columbia: A British colony recently connected to the rest of British North America by rail but unwilling as of yet to join the Canadian Confederation.

Aleyeska: A Russian colony administrated by the Russian-American Company, which has had a upswing in funds and manpower with the discovery of gold; bringing an expansionist minded Russian noble into picture.


Notable Places in Kalifornien


Von Charnisso: Formerly San Francisco, renamed after an early Prussian-educated visitor to the bay. Symbolized by the yellow poppy Von Charnisso found so appealing about the area.

Friedrichsgarten: The capitol complex of Kalifornien, a decorative castle constructed with Central and Eastern European labor. Symbolized by the Governor's official coat of arms, which incorporates grapes on the vine (associated with the Elect Families and their upper class companions, who form the official colonial government and reside in grand estates surrounded by vineyards). Located in the wine country.

New Heveltia: Home of the Grange Hall and the Sutter family estate. A small town but home to the annual Grange meeting. Symbolized by a Prussified version of the California Lone Star flag that once flew above Fort Sutter (from which the town grew).


Political Factions of Kalifornien

The Vinokrats: the pocket aristocracy created by Prussia and removed to the counties surrounding Von Charnisso (San Francisco after the Prussification), where elaborate estates and grand vineyards were established around the fairy-tale-like capitol compound of Friedrichsgarten. Those powers divested to the Elect Families of the Vinokrats, one of whom always holds the Governorship of the colony, are essentially exercised by the Prussian Colonial Office and the Zollverein Customs Office, both of which are also located in the capitol compound.

The Kapitalists: the established maritime merchants of various nationalities who were the ruling party of San Francisco before the Purchase, granted powers over coastal industry and commerce (these powers being tied to the Mayorship of Von Charnisso, which they always hold through political corruption) in exchange for their help in preventing new arrivals to the colony from rising up against the colonial government.

The Grange: established by the Sutter Family, the one Elect Family that chooses not to dwell in the wine country, they were granted dominion over most of the land of the colony after their brilliant system of land grants settled the area and prevented Yankee prospectors (the 48'ers) from dominating.


Military Units of Kalifornien

Kavallerie: Mounted police, recruited from police and riders across Europe to accomodate an immediate need for security as quickly and cheaply as possible after the Kalifornien Purchase. Engaged with the Squatter's Association militia of Yankee prospectors in the 48er War, awarded for their success with land-grants. Later officially disbanded but integral in the formation of the early Selbstschutz militia among the Kalifornien Grangers.

Selbstchutz: Militia of farmers, tenants, and migrant workers organized to protect the Grangelands of Kalifornien during th California War. Famous for holding the Bear Flag Militia (of the California Republic) at the Moretti Line and for the trap (masterminded by militia seargent and farmer, Gus Bayer) that resulted in the capture of a sizablee force of the Republican invaders.
Schutztruppe: Official colonial garrison of Kalifornien, small but made up of hardened Prussian regulars and local recruits under their training.

Landsknecht: Short-lived local auxilliary funded by the Mayor and businessmen of Von Charnisso city. Hastily assembled sailors, craftsmen, dock and warehouse workers, and industrial laborers; led by mercenary officers and a separate volunteer cavalry of wealthy young Vinokrats hungry for adventure and glory.


Wars of Kalifornien

48er War (1853): Grange and mounted police (Kavallerie, hired mounties from across Europe) defeated the Squatters' Association of gold prospectors. This resulted in the strange political structure of Kalifornien, as a deal left the foreign Kapitalists in control of the Mayorship of Von Charnisso and devolved land grant powers to the Sutter Family (which had formed the Grange); with the remaining powers and official authority resting in the Vinokrats (whose administrators in practice worked for the Prussian Colonial Office and the Zollverein Customs Office).

California War (1861): Landsknecht defeated by Oregon Militia, retreated to Friedrichsgarten where the Schutztruppe ground to Oregonians to dust; Selbstschutz holds against Bear Flag militia at the Moretti Line; word of Zollverein naval victory against the Aleyeskans prevents the Von Charnisso riot that almost broke out from outrage over the government troops only protecting the capitol at Friedrichsgarten; Gus Bayer leads Selbstschutz out of the Moretti Line, entrap the SoCalifornians with hope for a counterattack against the Republic - word of Mexican intervention in the Republic dashes this hope but the BF militia is captured. Franco-Brits in Mexico deport these captives back to East to be conscripted in American Civil War; reaffirmation of status quo between Zollverein and France/Britain in North America.


Notable People of Kalifornien

John Sutter: Baden-born Swiss settler who was the majority landholder of Northern California at the time of the Purchase. A Francophile and believer in an agrarian utopia, he would hesitantly cooperate with the city fathers of Von Charnisso and the colonial authorities to keep the land from being taken over by prospectors. Considered the father of the Grange, his family were given authority over most of the farmland in Kalifornien to distribute and administrate; becoming famous for their light hand and allowing the smallholders to govern themselves through the annual Grange meetings.

Gus Bayer: Hero of the Kalifornien War. While the most successful defenders of the colony were the Schutztruppe, their percieved disdain for the populous city of Von Charnisso in favor of defending the colonial masters at Friedrichsgarten made them greatly unpopular; while the story of the great victory had by the simple farmers of the Selbstchutz in the defense of their lands was told and retold until it became popular legend. The central figure of the story by all rights would have been the Italian engineer, Anton Moretti, who constructed the defenses that allowed the farmers to endure. However the fickleness of fate propelled Bayer, possessed of only a small plot of land and son of Bavarian peasants, into fame throughout the colony.
 

Teleology

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1819: The Baden Compromise - the Zollverein (Customs Union) will neither be a step towards Prussian empire nor organized under the German Confederation as some of the other Germanies would prefer; instead proposals leading to an eventual European trade union are established, which in turn leads to a system of economic and military partnership (primarily exercised in extra-European ventures) beginning with a colonial bank which the Netherlands and Portugal invest in. The headquarters of the Zollverein is determined Prussia, but the gradual inclusion of non-German powers competing economically and politically with France and Britain prevents much of the social unrest and military conflict of the German States (with perceived counterbalances to Prussia in place via the inclusion of other nations). By the late 1850's the primary exceptions to Zollverein membership in Western and Central Europe (aside the obvious, Britain and France) include Spain, Sweden, and a rump Austrian state (with the Zollverein having had supported splinter states like Hungary). Within a decade of that time a momentous event would occur, the acceptance of the Ottoman Empire into the economic union.
 

Teleology

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Timeline

1819: The Baden Compromise - the Zollverein (Customs Union) will neither be a step towards Prussian empire nor organized under the German Confederation as some of the other Germanies would prefer; instead proposals leading to an eventual European trade union are established, which in turn leads to a system of economic and military partnership (primarily exercised in extra-European ventures) beginning with a colonial bank which the Netherlands and Portugal invest in. The headquarters of the Zollverein is determined Prussia, but the gradual inclusion of non-German powers competing economically and politically with France and Britain prevents much of the social unrest and military conflict of the German States (with perceived counterbalances to Prussia in place via the inclusion of other nations). By the late 1850's the primary exceptions to Zollverein membership in Western and Central Europe (aside the obvious, Britain and France) include Spain, Sweden, and a rump Austrian state (with the Zollverein having had supported splinter states like Hungary). Within a decade of that time a momentous event would occur, the acceptance of the Ottoman Empire into the economic union.

1825: Frederick William Beechey discovers a Northwest Passage that is opened each spring, easing Atlantic-Pacific trade and making the coastal Pacific Northwest of North America valuable real-estate.

1832
: Outbreak of Nullification War in United States

1835: French investment in Panama Rail, formation of the Republic of Texas

1836
: End of the Nullification War

1837: British investment in Texas, Gulf-Pacific Rail

1838-1841: Zollverein buys in significant shares in both Panama and Gulf-Pacific Rails.

1843: Kalifornien Purchase by Prussia of Northern California, from Mexico

1846: Bear Flag Revolt in Southern California, formation of the California Republic

1848: Beginning of Kalifornien Gold Rush

1849: Kalifornien Grange set up by Sutter Family, the Prussian Colonial Office, and the Zollverein Customs Office in order to more thoroughly and systematically counter-settle against gold prospectors.

1851: Gold strike in Aleyeska; the Russian government invests heavily (men, ships, equipment) in the colony to keep it isolated from foreign prospectors (without rail or proper ports this isn't as difficult as it would be for other regions).

1853: 48er War; Kavallerie defeat Squatters' Association in several skirmishes. Kavallerie given land grants and help the increasing number of Grange families form the beginnings of the Selbstschutz.

1857
: Beginning of American Civil War. Schutztruppe Kalifornien established, Kavallerie disbanded but continue active participation in Grange life. Zollverein, Kapitalists, and a few foreign investors begin Deutsch-Amerikan Rail from Von Charnisso to Californian border; hoping to link up with Texas Rail through Anglo-French backed Mexican line. Pressure put on California Republic.

1861: California War. With rail between Canada and B.C. completed and US involved in a Civil War, the Hudson Bay Company feel it is time for Oregon to expand and agree on a joint-invasion of Kalifornien with the beleaguered California Republic and the Russian-American Company in Aleyeska.

1862: Outbreak of riots as workers clash with businesses over the Chinese immigrants that were allowed into Kalifornien in droves during the California War in order to maintain rate of wartime production while a large number of the working men were enlisted in one of the fighting groups. Dubbed the "Yellow Riot" by slanted journalists targeting the growing Chinese community of Von Charnisso.

1863: End of American Civil War

1864: As a result of the post-Kalifornien War status quo, the three rail lines (as all have significant investments from more than one Great Power) combine and complete a route from the ports of Texas to Von Charnisso Bay. This new jointly owned rail company, the International, will be at the crux of of Ruée Pour Le Monde intrigue in the New West; but at the time seems necessary in order to facilitate the trade and immigration required to forestall US annexation in the future.

1865: Nativist clubs, sprouting up all over coastal Kalifornien due to a poor import season in the port cities, protest at police stations and courthouses while the largest such gang, in Von Charnisso, marches into Chinatown and begins lynching men. The rural Selbstschutz has to be called in to restore order, fortunately before the unpopular Prussian garrison (Schutztruppe). The Mayor Von Charnisso, and by definition then the lead Kapitalist and one of the most powerful men in the colony, Joshua Norton blames the riot primarily on the large Irish community that came during the '50's. However, not convinced by this scapegoat (and satirizing the article from the first Yellow Riot that blamed the Chinese themsleves), a young journalist named Samuel Clemens writes a scathing column dubbing this the "White Riot". It is believed that taking morbid pride in this accusation is what led the nativist clubs to take the name of the Weiss Army.

1868: With pressure from Kapitalists (wanting cheap labor and strikebreakers to crush the budding union movement) and the Governor (in fact the Colonial Office wanting more of the European-descent Kaliforniens to move from the coast inland to further settle and expand into the region beyond the Sierra range (which is rapidly filling up with Yankees under the flag of Texas), the Mayor of Von Charnisso had been forced to permit continued entrance to Chinese and other Asian immigrants. By 1868 this reached the point that the nativist Weiss Army has become a powerful paramilitary in metropolitan Kalifornien. A drought, subsequent poor harvest, and stream of Chinese forced by the Weiss out of the coastal cities and into the rural Grangelands to seek work combines to spread the Weiss Army organization and nativist sympathies deeper inland than ever before. A climate of revolution is in the air, as the Governor (and thus the Colonial/Custums Offices) mismanages the crop failure, coastal tarriffs, and the forced implementation of a new paper currency. These conditions combined spark a different sort of movement in the Grangelands as well, which benefits from much better leadership. Gus Bayer, President of the Grange and hero of the California War, stands in front of the Grange Hall and gives the now famous Helvetia Delcaration; in which he calls for Kalifornien independence from Prussia (motivated more by the Colonial Office and Zollverein Customs policy than by the actions of the German Confederation itself, which at this point has recognized the Prussian Kaiser as head of state but with less power outside of Prussia). Bayer and his compatriots raise the Grange Flag they flew during the California War and begin plans of how to deal with the Colonial government, the decadent Vinokrats, and (most importantly) the Schutztruppe garrison.

1869: Against a reinforced Schutztruppe garrison, loyalist gangs (primarily motivated by not wanting to lose the new territory of the colony to Texas or the United States), and mercenaries hired by the Kapitalists, the split resistance of the Weiss Army and the Selbstchutz is not going well. Attempts to march on Friedrichsgarten and attack the Vinokrats in their estates have been devastatingly rebuked by expert Prussian soldiers, and Von Charnisso is occupied by "Yankee scum" (various American filibusterers). In a meeting between the Weiss and the Grange, a deal is struck to combine forces until independence is obtained. Thus the United Front is born. Meanwhile, the Kalifornien Chinese, Loyalists, and various fresh waves of immigrants coming in from Texas or a port in the former California Republic have/are trekking into the Colorado Territory (a portion of which is theoretically Kalifornien). Strangely, these Asians and Europeans are forced to work together against Texan backed US immigrants, who have flooded into the territory and are intent on taking it all for Texas (and subsequently the US). Partnering with the isolationist Mormons, this "Deutsch Army" is only able to survive thanks to French and British recognition of the Kalifornien zone of the Colorado Territory.
 
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