Assuming that the Union of the American states fails and the 13 states become independent countries: What are the obvious enmities between them? For example, the southern states from Maryland and Deleware to georgia seem to have had little or no overlapping territorial claims as reason for conflict, but were there other bones of contention?
Farther north, Conn. had a conflict with Penn., Mass. with NY, NY with NH (and Va.) - and these are just territorial problems. Surely, there were other conflicts over finance, trade and many additional topics.
Can anything be said about plausible alliances between states? Would New Jersey tend to ally with New York or Pennsylvania, Connecticut with Massachusetts or New York? I guess that a simplistic set of geographical blocs (New England, Mid Atlantic, The South) is what would not happen.
Farther north, Conn. had a conflict with Penn., Mass. with NY, NY with NH (and Va.) - and these are just territorial problems. Surely, there were other conflicts over finance, trade and many additional topics.
Can anything be said about plausible alliances between states? Would New Jersey tend to ally with New York or Pennsylvania, Connecticut with Massachusetts or New York? I guess that a simplistic set of geographical blocs (New England, Mid Atlantic, The South) is what would not happen.