...and I'd appreciate the board's help. The POD is that Oliver Ellsworth shows up at at the Convention of 1800, (which ended the Quasi-War with France) drunk. This causes the Quasi War to Escalate into a full blown Franco-American War. Here's the rest of the bare-bones of the timeline.
1796: XYZ affair escalates, and an undeclared naval war erupts between Franc and th US.
1800: (see above), Napoleon declares war on the US
1801: French soldiers land in the US, specifically around Portsmouth, Charleston, and Southern New Jersey. The attacks in New Jersey, and Charleston are repelled, however the invasion force in New England runs amok, burns down Portsmouth, and Boston
1802:The French army was intercepted by an American Army as they tried to cross the Connecticut river at Mount Tom, Massachusetts.
1803: America sends an invasion force to take New Orleans, however, they are repelled and American troops die of malaria in droves.
1804: The British invade northern Louisiana, but are stopped at the Arkansas River
1806: The US sues for peace with France, and withdraws all claims to Louisiana, and becomes part of the continental system. Britain begins to impress American sailors on ships bound for France.
1810: West Florida declares independence from Spain, and remains an independent republic
1812: The US declares war on Britain over impressment. War goes pretty as per OTL, until
1814: Hartford convention votes for the secession of New England, except for Vermont, whose delegates abstained. Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, fresh from the Peninsular Wars is sent to help defend the Protectorate of New England.
1815: Wellington is killed by a lucky shot at the battle of (Where?) Soon, American Troops overran, and took all of New England. The Hundred days go as it is IOTL, except that Napoleon wins at Waterloo, and is defeated a few miles down the coast by an Austro-Russian force instead of an Anglo-Dutch-Prussian force. The Kingdom of France exiles many Republicans, relatives and supporters of Napoleon to Louisiana.
1816: Treaty of Madrid ends the War of 1812.
1821: Mexico's war of Independence from Spain is over, inspired by the Mexican, French, and American revolutions, Louisiana declares it;s Independence
1828: Much worse nullification crisis leads to an independent South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi(Loosely confederated int the League of American States), and New England.
1832: due to no Nat Turner rebellion, a gradual abolition of slavery occurs in Virginia, and Maryland
1836: Michigan Territory declares independence, and becomes a British protectorate
1848: More successful Revolutions, including one in Britain, which forces the Royal family to flee to Canada
That's all I have so far. What to you guys think?
1796: XYZ affair escalates, and an undeclared naval war erupts between Franc and th US.
1800: (see above), Napoleon declares war on the US
1801: French soldiers land in the US, specifically around Portsmouth, Charleston, and Southern New Jersey. The attacks in New Jersey, and Charleston are repelled, however the invasion force in New England runs amok, burns down Portsmouth, and Boston
1802:The French army was intercepted by an American Army as they tried to cross the Connecticut river at Mount Tom, Massachusetts.
1803: America sends an invasion force to take New Orleans, however, they are repelled and American troops die of malaria in droves.
1804: The British invade northern Louisiana, but are stopped at the Arkansas River
1806: The US sues for peace with France, and withdraws all claims to Louisiana, and becomes part of the continental system. Britain begins to impress American sailors on ships bound for France.
1810: West Florida declares independence from Spain, and remains an independent republic
1812: The US declares war on Britain over impressment. War goes pretty as per OTL, until
1814: Hartford convention votes for the secession of New England, except for Vermont, whose delegates abstained. Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, fresh from the Peninsular Wars is sent to help defend the Protectorate of New England.
1815: Wellington is killed by a lucky shot at the battle of (Where?) Soon, American Troops overran, and took all of New England. The Hundred days go as it is IOTL, except that Napoleon wins at Waterloo, and is defeated a few miles down the coast by an Austro-Russian force instead of an Anglo-Dutch-Prussian force. The Kingdom of France exiles many Republicans, relatives and supporters of Napoleon to Louisiana.
1816: Treaty of Madrid ends the War of 1812.
1821: Mexico's war of Independence from Spain is over, inspired by the Mexican, French, and American revolutions, Louisiana declares it;s Independence
1828: Much worse nullification crisis leads to an independent South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi(Loosely confederated int the League of American States), and New England.
1832: due to no Nat Turner rebellion, a gradual abolition of slavery occurs in Virginia, and Maryland
1836: Michigan Territory declares independence, and becomes a British protectorate
1848: More successful Revolutions, including one in Britain, which forces the Royal family to flee to Canada
That's all I have so far. What to you guys think?