Our Great America: A TL

You know, technology, entertainment, that sort of thing.

Anyway, good update so far. Just don't go ASB on us.
 
You know, technology, entertainment, that sort of thing.

Anyway, good update so far. Just don't go ASB on us.

Ah, yes. Without ruining the future, let's just say I have plans for the future of flight. Entertainment is kind of hard to branch off of a TL like this, but I'll try. As for the other ones, we'll see. However, I made a solemn promise to never go ASB. NEVER AGAIN.
 
If you need any help, PM Brainbin or Stolengood or TheMann.

Anyway, this has the makings of a good TL.

There will probably be a Civil War, but it will be different.

Keep it up!!!
 
That's right! It's back! After quite a while, I've decided to revive this, so enjoy this short chapter I whipped up to commemorate the restart!

Chapter Four

“The California Gold Rush and Controversy in the West”

A TL

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American prospectors joined their Southern brethren in the west, hoping to find gold and land in the so called "land of prosperity".

“America is a soon to be prosperous nation...it has gained lands now rightfully ours...and will not hesitate to protect them.” – A quote from the President Lewis Cass after asked whether native Mexicans will respond bitterly towards the surge of settlers.

With a pro-Manifest Destiny President elected, the greatly encouraged white settlers would peak the population of California in 1849 to a record high since the past year. Many men claimed lands and staked areas where they predicted would hold the most gold. Many from the East, and more importantly, the South, continued to leave towards the West, with relatives mailing them tales of adventures and luck in the new territory. President Lewis Cass greatly approved of this, as it also helped improve his support base as well. The only people who did not prosper in this time were the native Californios and other Mexican peoples within the territories who had survived both the Mexican-American War and its subsequent rebellions. Those who remained were the constant target of racism and hostility, and due to the law passed by Polk in 1848, many more were forced off their lands. White settlers, many coming from a South laced with racism, continued to use this to an advantage not only land-wise but when the time came to elect leaders to their respective areas, this law was forced against them in the rare occasion that a Mexican citizen ran for office. These actions decreased the already slim amount of Mexicans in the American owned territory, and let Red Rose membership soar as bitterness against the Americans grew as well, however, this did not worry the Americans for now, which could come back to bite them in the butt later as the Mexican public continues focusing its attention on the atrocities that Americans have committed against native Mexicans. But this attention would not be noticed by the Mexican President Joseph Hidalgo, as mentioned before, he had been busy with the increasing debs of Mexico to European powers. Meanwhile, South California and its southern territories, finding itself settled more and more by slave-owning Southern aristocrats than Northern yanks, expanded its pro-slavery roots, putting it at odds with an anti-slavery North California.

A problem many people throughout focused on, though, was the problem of slave state power expansion into the west. With two slave states already admitted, Northern power in government was weakened. Although some free states were admitted as well, it still did not change the fact that many Yanks were afraid for their power against the growing tumor that was slavery. So when the issues of the conflict between abolitionists and advocates for slavery in Kansas arose, the nation unknowingly had showered it in attention. It was there that pro-slavery settlers hoped to create yet another slave state to keep pushing political power in their favor, while anti-slavery settlers secretly supported by the Free Soil Party moved from the Northeast to stem the flow of slavery that was pouring into the western territories. Skirmishes and battles between the two were commonplace (but weren't open hostilities yet), and in the event that an election was attempted to see whether Kansas would be admitted as a free or slave state in the Union always ended with fraudulent votes plaguing the polls. It created underlying tensions between the South and North as well, because of the reasons for the "Battle for Kansas", as one man described it. Cass's reaction to it was surprisingly less dramatic then expected, however, he did order that the settlers on both sides discontinue these hostilities and stay peaceful in the territory of Kansas. But these skirmishes would continue until the Civil War, an event in which it was the main cause for, but still remains a secret no one would dare speak of in public.


“We must stay together as an American collective peoples...with one ideal...to expand into the vast territories...not to fight one another over a simple issue.” – Senator McGuffey from Virginia on the Kansas Question.
 
Admission of "Mexican" States...

You've got Chihuahua getting statehood at the same time as California, but California had seen significant English speaking migration, and no indication as to any similar immigration in Chihuahua. 90%+ of the state of Taylor are non-english speaking former Mexicans with no interest in owning Slaves *or* voting for members of Congress who will support it.

So at *best* you've got a thin skin of Americans (Miners???) who although Slavery may be legal certainly aren't going to be owning slaves, ruling over a large number of born Mexicans (unable to vote?)

Also, unless "South California" stretches all the way up north of Los Angeles, it isn't going to have enough population for statehood for at least 40 years...
 
I'll admit I thought someone randomly bumped this when I saw it on the first page, but to find out it's back was a nice surprise. Sorry I don't have much to say about the update, but I did enjoy it.
 
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