The South
The South: Riot, War, and the Finding of Common Ground.
While the Northern states faced trial and tribulation in the early 1790’s the south was not left untouched. The fall out during the Potomac War had led the southern states to break away from the United States Congress. That said this did not mean that they were going to fall in behind Virginia. All the southern states had their own minds when it came to what they thought the future should be.
In Virginia of course the nationalist believed that it was their destiny to become the dominant state of the South at least and most likely the dominate state in middle states too. That part of the dream was crushed by the creation of the Federal Republic of America in the winter of 1794, it also awoke fears that Hamilton’s new republic would swooped though Maryland and across the Potomac or the Ohio. These fears would deepen after the Ohio incursion by the Great Lakes confederacy in the fall of 1794.
Fort Washington in addition to being the largest fortress in the Kentucky Region and the nearby town of Washington was the largest, in the area. Fort Washington was first constructed in 1784 in order to secure Virginia control of the juncture of the Ohio and Mississippi. The action had immediately cause conflict with the local Chickasaw Indians however by the time of the Potomac War the area was pacified.
Fort Washington in 1794
However by the fall of 1794 the Native Americans now had a recognized nation state on the north bank of the Ohio River, many in the Kentucky region of Virginia felt an attack was imminent as soon as they learned of the Treaty of York. This lead to the local militia steeping up its drills from one week a month to every other weekend; and Richmond sending a Regiment 1500 men strong of the Old Dominion guards with 6 field artillery pieces for support to reinforce the Fort Washington garrison of 1000 men and 24 field guns; these reinforcements were due to arrive on October 9, 1794. However on September 28, 1794 a band of Warriors about 2600 strong from the great lakes confederacy crossed the Ohio with the intention of seizing the fort. The battle would begin a dawn on September 30, 1794 The Natives attacked from the east with the morning sun at their backs. The forts look out barely noticed them until they were 200 yards away from the forts walls and he fired off a shot that sounded the alarm. The Garrison was able to hang on for an entire day despite being out numbered. This allowed militia unites to come to the aid of Fort Washington. The attack was repelled as dusk fell most of the natives that survived the battle were captured. They would be returned to the British at Fort George III at the juncture of the Ohio and the Mississippi (OTL Cairo Il), with a message to respect Virginia’s territory. This battle would cause many Virginians to view the Great Lakes Confederacy as a pawn of Britain’s ambition to reclaim her old Colonies. This would play out in Virginia’s election that November as The Henry Lee III and the Virginia First Party would lose the presidency and the House of Delegates to James Madison and the Commonwealth Party. He along with South Carolinian Charles C. Pinckney would begin work on the creation of a union of the southern republic that would offer an alternative to Hamilton’s Federal Republic of America.
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British Fort George III located on the southern border of Great Lakes Confederacy
North Carolina had followed Virginia in leaving the United States and the Congress but it was less certain of its own destiny. In June 1792 part of North Carolina’s western section tried to break away from the new republic. It took the North Carolina Militia three months to crush the rebellion, and Ironically North Carolina decided that something needed to be done since this was the second such rebellion with in ten years(the first one was in 1784 which was also crushed). So on October 10, 1794 the North Carolina Legislature voted to create a second lower house to be known as the Tennessee Assembly after the river that dominated most of western North Carolina. This Assembly would convene in the city of Kingston and would sometimes be called the Kingston Assembly. North Carolina always at odds with their richer cousins to their south refused a South Carolinian offer to form a Carolina Confederacy in the spring of 1794 which would lead many North Carolinians to believe that South Carolina had its hands in the Second Franklin Rebellion. This would lead to the creation of the Albemarle Defense Pack with Virginia and Maryland on August 7, 1794. This pack guaranteed that all member would come to the aid of each other in times of war or uncontrolled rebellion. South Carolina was the richest of the southern republics only Virginia came close to matching South Carolina’s economy. South Carolina also had the largest port in the south at Charleston. However they were on of the smallest republics above only Georgia (in population only) and Rhode Island (in every respect). South Carolina felt it was to align with its northern cousins in order to protect itself; they suggested that they united into a Carolina Confederacy. However North Carolinians distrusted South Carolina, this brought on by a border dispute that was as old as the two states themselves. Regardless on March 7, 1794 Charles C. Pinckney did go to Raleigh NC to deliver the Charter for the Carolina Confederation; he got an icy reception and left a month later empty handed.
South Carolina would then turn to a plan to get Virginia to join them in the creation of a union of the southern republics that could counter Hamilton’s Federal Republic of America or any country in Europe. To this end Charles C. Pinckney was sent to Richmond to meet with President James Madison who had authored the Virginia Plan back in 1787 in the hopes that though him they could advance their agenda. Madison was intrigued and asks his friend Thomas Jefferson who is currently acting as the President of his new University of Virginia in Charlottesville Va, to host a small conference on the subject of uniting the Southern Republics into a single nation. would then turn to a plan to get Virginia to join them in the creation of a union of the southern republics that could counter Hamilton’s Federal Republic of America or any country in Europe. To this end Charles C. Pinckney was sent to Richmond to meet with President James Madison who had authored the Virginia Plan back in 1787 in the hopes that though him they could advance their agenda. Madison was intrigued and asks his friend Thomas Jefferson who is currently acting as the President of his new University of Virginia in Charlottesville Va, to host a small conference on the subject of uniting the Southern Republics into a single nation.
Georgia would find itself in major trouble in the winter of 1792. Spain had disputed the southern border of Georgia or the Northern border of Florida since the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Following Georgia leaving the United States and the Congress in 1791 Spain started making plans to take what they felt belonged to them, between the spring of 1791 and the fall of 1792 Spain shipped 35,000 men to West Florida in addition to Governor Arturo O’Neil of West Florida’s own 5,000 men. Governor O’Neil sent President Edward Telfair a letter demanding the land up to the 32 degree 28 minutes north between the Chattahoochee and Mississippi rivers. With Virginia and North Carolina dealing with the Natives of the Great Lakes Confederacy and rebellions Georgia could find little help however both promised to send what aid they could if Spain attacked Georgia, as did South Carolina. However in the end President Telfair chose not to fight, with such a large adversary and signed the Treaty of Pensacola which had a slightly lower border with west Florida but still gave up a good portion of Western Georgia. This would lead to his losing his bid for reelection in November 1793 to Thomas Blair who ran on a platform to regain Georgian territory no matter what the cost. Who would send his good friend Robert McKinna to the Monticello Convention in early 1795 with orders that if joining a new union would advance the cause of regaining Georgia’s lost lands then it was to be perused at all cost.
While the Northern states faced trial and tribulation in the early 1790’s the south was not left untouched. The fall out during the Potomac War had led the southern states to break away from the United States Congress. That said this did not mean that they were going to fall in behind Virginia. All the southern states had their own minds when it came to what they thought the future should be.
In Virginia of course the nationalist believed that it was their destiny to become the dominant state of the South at least and most likely the dominate state in middle states too. That part of the dream was crushed by the creation of the Federal Republic of America in the winter of 1794, it also awoke fears that Hamilton’s new republic would swooped though Maryland and across the Potomac or the Ohio. These fears would deepen after the Ohio incursion by the Great Lakes confederacy in the fall of 1794.
Fort Washington in addition to being the largest fortress in the Kentucky Region and the nearby town of Washington was the largest, in the area. Fort Washington was first constructed in 1784 in order to secure Virginia control of the juncture of the Ohio and Mississippi. The action had immediately cause conflict with the local Chickasaw Indians however by the time of the Potomac War the area was pacified.
Fort Washington in 1794
However by the fall of 1794 the Native Americans now had a recognized nation state on the north bank of the Ohio River, many in the Kentucky region of Virginia felt an attack was imminent as soon as they learned of the Treaty of York. This lead to the local militia steeping up its drills from one week a month to every other weekend; and Richmond sending a Regiment 1500 men strong of the Old Dominion guards with 6 field artillery pieces for support to reinforce the Fort Washington garrison of 1000 men and 24 field guns; these reinforcements were due to arrive on October 9, 1794. However on September 28, 1794 a band of Warriors about 2600 strong from the great lakes confederacy crossed the Ohio with the intention of seizing the fort. The battle would begin a dawn on September 30, 1794 The Natives attacked from the east with the morning sun at their backs. The forts look out barely noticed them until they were 200 yards away from the forts walls and he fired off a shot that sounded the alarm. The Garrison was able to hang on for an entire day despite being out numbered. This allowed militia unites to come to the aid of Fort Washington. The attack was repelled as dusk fell most of the natives that survived the battle were captured. They would be returned to the British at Fort George III at the juncture of the Ohio and the Mississippi (OTL Cairo Il), with a message to respect Virginia’s territory. This battle would cause many Virginians to view the Great Lakes Confederacy as a pawn of Britain’s ambition to reclaim her old Colonies. This would play out in Virginia’s election that November as The Henry Lee III and the Virginia First Party would lose the presidency and the House of Delegates to James Madison and the Commonwealth Party. He along with South Carolinian Charles C. Pinckney would begin work on the creation of a union of the southern republic that would offer an alternative to Hamilton’s Federal Republic of America.
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British Fort George III located on the southern border of Great Lakes Confederacy
North Carolina had followed Virginia in leaving the United States and the Congress but it was less certain of its own destiny. In June 1792 part of North Carolina’s western section tried to break away from the new republic. It took the North Carolina Militia three months to crush the rebellion, and Ironically North Carolina decided that something needed to be done since this was the second such rebellion with in ten years(the first one was in 1784 which was also crushed). So on October 10, 1794 the North Carolina Legislature voted to create a second lower house to be known as the Tennessee Assembly after the river that dominated most of western North Carolina. This Assembly would convene in the city of Kingston and would sometimes be called the Kingston Assembly. North Carolina always at odds with their richer cousins to their south refused a South Carolinian offer to form a Carolina Confederacy in the spring of 1794 which would lead many North Carolinians to believe that South Carolina had its hands in the Second Franklin Rebellion. This would lead to the creation of the Albemarle Defense Pack with Virginia and Maryland on August 7, 1794. This pack guaranteed that all member would come to the aid of each other in times of war or uncontrolled rebellion. South Carolina was the richest of the southern republics only Virginia came close to matching South Carolina’s economy. South Carolina also had the largest port in the south at Charleston. However they were on of the smallest republics above only Georgia (in population only) and Rhode Island (in every respect). South Carolina felt it was to align with its northern cousins in order to protect itself; they suggested that they united into a Carolina Confederacy. However North Carolinians distrusted South Carolina, this brought on by a border dispute that was as old as the two states themselves. Regardless on March 7, 1794 Charles C. Pinckney did go to Raleigh NC to deliver the Charter for the Carolina Confederation; he got an icy reception and left a month later empty handed.
South Carolina would then turn to a plan to get Virginia to join them in the creation of a union of the southern republics that could counter Hamilton’s Federal Republic of America or any country in Europe. To this end Charles C. Pinckney was sent to Richmond to meet with President James Madison who had authored the Virginia Plan back in 1787 in the hopes that though him they could advance their agenda. Madison was intrigued and asks his friend Thomas Jefferson who is currently acting as the President of his new University of Virginia in Charlottesville Va, to host a small conference on the subject of uniting the Southern Republics into a single nation. would then turn to a plan to get Virginia to join them in the creation of a union of the southern republics that could counter Hamilton’s Federal Republic of America or any country in Europe. To this end Charles C. Pinckney was sent to Richmond to meet with President James Madison who had authored the Virginia Plan back in 1787 in the hopes that though him they could advance their agenda. Madison was intrigued and asks his friend Thomas Jefferson who is currently acting as the President of his new University of Virginia in Charlottesville Va, to host a small conference on the subject of uniting the Southern Republics into a single nation.
Georgia would find itself in major trouble in the winter of 1792. Spain had disputed the southern border of Georgia or the Northern border of Florida since the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Following Georgia leaving the United States and the Congress in 1791 Spain started making plans to take what they felt belonged to them, between the spring of 1791 and the fall of 1792 Spain shipped 35,000 men to West Florida in addition to Governor Arturo O’Neil of West Florida’s own 5,000 men. Governor O’Neil sent President Edward Telfair a letter demanding the land up to the 32 degree 28 minutes north between the Chattahoochee and Mississippi rivers. With Virginia and North Carolina dealing with the Natives of the Great Lakes Confederacy and rebellions Georgia could find little help however both promised to send what aid they could if Spain attacked Georgia, as did South Carolina. However in the end President Telfair chose not to fight, with such a large adversary and signed the Treaty of Pensacola which had a slightly lower border with west Florida but still gave up a good portion of Western Georgia. This would lead to his losing his bid for reelection in November 1793 to Thomas Blair who ran on a platform to regain Georgian territory no matter what the cost. Who would send his good friend Robert McKinna to the Monticello Convention in early 1795 with orders that if joining a new union would advance the cause of regaining Georgia’s lost lands then it was to be perused at all cost.
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form my story. Really don't know where it came from it was just there when the board came back up Monday.
