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Turn New York City into the Empire of New York, with an Emperor and a position in the modern world similar to that of Rome in the ancient. More kudos will be given the closer the POD is to the present.
American states aren't united. Simple as that...Turn New York City into the Empire of New York, with an Emperor and a position in the modern world similar to that of Rome in the ancient. More kudos will be given the closer the POD is to the present.
1783 - Cornwallis surrenders to the Army of the United States. Meanwhile after capturing Richmond, Benedict Arnold does not surrender but declares to his men that, like many of them, his interest is neither in preserving English dominion nor in forming a United States. He announces his intention of declaring himself King of New York City. His will, he says, be a constitutional monarchy, once New York has a chance to write a constitution and that New York will be a kingdom in which merit, not position will prevail.Turn New York City into the Empire of New York, with an Emperor and a position in the modern world similar to that of Rome in the ancient. More kudos will be given the closer the POD is to the present.
Similar to Rockingham's general premise, but with my own spin...
Washington is assassinated during the Constitutional Convention, and it spirals downhill from there, collapsing.
The Confederation crumbles, each state forming separate petty alliances, warring amongst each other.
Hamilton leads an coup in New York City, declaring himself King and taking control of the state of New York, as well as New Jersey and north-east Pennsylvania. He fosters a strong alliance with Britain, and his Kingdom of New York becomes fabulously wealthy through trade with the British.
As time goes on, the other states, weakened and battered, fall in line as client states of New York. Alexander I is installed as Chairman of the American League, a loose confederation of the American states dominated economically by the Kingdom of New York and the Kingdom of Virginia. King Thomas I of Virginia strengthens relations with Alexander I and his kingdom, when he weds his eldest daughter, Princess Martha, to Crown Prince Philip of New York, in 1800. The pairing is seen by many as odd, not only because Martha is some eight years Philip's senior, but also due to Virginia being an elective monarchy, and the succession of Martha is not certain.
Alexander makes serious gains after assuring New Yorker and American nominal neutrality in the Napoleonic War. In truth, his forces support Britain. As a result, New York and Britain partition the Louisiana Territory, Britain taking the valuable fur-rich lands of the north, and the trade-worthy lands of the south becoming a joint dominion of the American League. Both nations fund expeditions to explore these newly-claimed lands and beyond.
In 1824, Alexander I dies, leaving his entire state to his son, Philip. Two years later, his wife, Martha, is elected by the Virginian Senate to the throne, defeating James Madison, upon the death of Thomas I. Their son, John, is already 20 years old. Philip and Martha reign jointly in their realms very briefly. In 1832, Martha dies of pneumonia. Philip kills himself after a year-long depression. Twenty-seven years old, John takes the stage as King of New York and Virginia, and Chairman of the American League. However, he soon introduces despotic measures to bind all the states under his control. He appoints General Andrew Jackson, of the Republic of South Carolina, as Generalissimo of America.
Jackson's expertise and skill is utilized by John I to suppress dissent and to destroy the native Indian tribes, in full defiance of League laws preventing the Chairman from using the League Armed Forces against the Americans themselves. The brutality lasts until 1839, when Jackson is assassinated by a local rebel in Mississippi. The League's joint army mutinies and turns against John I. Soon, the entirety of the people in Virginia and New York revolt. The King attempts to flee New York City, but is caught by rebels and is drowned in New York Harbour in 1840.
The ageing John Quincy Adams, a well-respected politician and former State-President of Massachusetts, is elected King of New York and Virginia. He becomes Quincy I, because 'John' was made taboo by the despot-king. He implements a series series of referendums unite nearby republics Ohio and Pennsylvania with the crown of New York, and helps to promulgate a new Federal Charter of the American League, which binds it stronger, with a central General Assembly, each state sending a population-proportional delegates elected by the state legislatures.
Quincy appoints the also-aged William Henry Harrison as his leading General, and Harrison is widely seen as the true power behind the thrones over time. In 1845, Gen. Harrison is murdered in his sleep by thieves who had broken into his house to ransack it. He is replaced by the younger Zachary Taylor as Field Marshal and Minister of War. Taylor was an accomplished military leader, and had been part of the initial army mutiny against King John in 1839. But, he, like Harrison, was ageing. His close lieutenant, Lt. Col. Jefferson Davis, who had also served in the Mutiny and Revolution, was expected to succeed him soon. Davis is soon chosen to lead the army in the War of Texan Assurance, a brutal two-year conflict waged between American-support Texas and Mexico.
In 1848, Quincy I dies, and his son, Charles Francis, became King. Charles Francis I dismissed Taylor and replaced him with Davis, who was also chosen to be Prime Minister. Increasingly, the position of PM was more and more powerful, with the King delegating more and more duties to the Ministers. In 1860, Davis decides to stake his bid for the monarchy and make his absolute authority legitimate. He declares the King overthrown and his government in control, as the temporary Interim Republic of New York.
A civil war began, which rent the nation in twain for several years. Charles Francis was assassinated in 1863, but it did not stop the civil war, because the Legitimist faction still had many leaders. The civil war ended in 1866, and the Davisist Faction took control. Jefferson Davis dissolved the interim Republic, and re-configured the entire country in the aftermath. He declared himself Jefferson I, ever-august Constitutional Emperor of New York, King of Virginia, President and General-Secretary of the American Confederation, Leader of the National American Revolution.
And, thus was born, from the fires of an old kingdom and a broken republic, the Empire of New York...
Similar to Rockingham's general premise, but with my own spin...
Washington is assassinated during the Constitutional Convention, and it spirals downhill from there, collapsing.
The Confederation crumbles, each state forming separate petty alliances, warring amongst each other.
Hamilton leads an coup in New York City, declaring himself King and taking control of the state of New York, as well as New Jersey and north-east Pennsylvania. He fosters a strong alliance with Britain, and his Kingdom of New York becomes fabulously wealthy through trade with the British.
As time goes on, the other states, weakened and battered, fall in line as client states of New York. Alexander I is installed as Chairman of the American League, a loose confederation of the American states dominated economically by the Kingdom of New York and the Kingdom of Virginia. King Thomas I of Virginia strengthens relations with Alexander I and his kingdom, when he weds his eldest daughter, Princess Martha, to Crown Prince Philip of New York, in 1800. The pairing is seen by many as odd, not only because Martha is some eight years Philip's senior, but also due to Virginia being an elective monarchy, and the succession of Martha is not certain.
Alexander makes serious gains after assuring New Yorker and American nominal neutrality in the Napoleonic War. In truth, his forces support Britain. As a result, New York and Britain partition the Louisiana Territory, Britain taking the valuable fur-rich lands of the north, and the trade-worthy lands of the south becoming a joint dominion of the American League. Both nations fund expeditions to explore these newly-claimed lands and beyond.
In 1824, Alexander I dies, leaving his entire state to his son, Philip. Two years later, his wife, Martha, is elected by the Virginian Senate to the throne, defeating James Madison, upon the death of Thomas I. Their son, John, is already 20 years old. Philip and Martha reign jointly in their realms very briefly. In 1832, Martha dies of pneumonia. Philip kills himself after a year-long depression. Twenty-seven years old, John takes the stage as King of New York and Virginia, and Chairman of the American League. However, he soon introduces despotic measures to bind all the states under his control. He appoints General Andrew Jackson, of the Republic of South Carolina, as Generalissimo of America.
Jackson's expertise and skill is utilized by John I to suppress dissent and to destroy the native Indian tribes, in full defiance of League laws preventing the Chairman from using the League Armed Forces against the Americans themselves. The brutality lasts until 1839, when Jackson is assassinated by a local rebel in Mississippi. The League's joint army mutinies and turns against John I. Soon, the entirety of the people in Virginia and New York revolt. The King attempts to flee New York City, but is caught by rebels and is drowned in New York Harbour in 1840.
The ageing John Quincy Adams, a well-respected politician and former State-President of Massachusetts, is elected King of New York and Virginia. He becomes Quincy I, because 'John' was made taboo by the despot-king. He implements a series series of referendums unite nearby republics Ohio and Pennsylvania with the crown of New York, and helps to promulgate a new Federal Charter of the American League, which binds it stronger, with a central General Assembly, each state sending a population-proportional delegates elected by the state legislatures.
Quincy appoints the also-aged William Henry Harrison as his leading General, and Harrison is widely seen as the true power behind the thrones over time. In 1845, Gen. Harrison is murdered in his sleep by thieves who had broken into his house to ransack it. He is replaced by the younger Zachary Taylor as Field Marshal and Minister of War. Taylor was an accomplished military leader, and had been part of the initial army mutiny against King John in 1839. But, he, like Harrison, was ageing. His close lieutenant, Lt. Col. Jefferson Davis, who had also served in the Mutiny and Revolution, was expected to succeed him soon. Davis is soon chosen to lead the army in the War of Texan Assurance, a brutal two-year conflict waged between American-support Texas and Mexico.
In 1848, Quincy I dies, and his son, Charles Francis, became King. Charles Francis I dismissed Taylor and replaced him with Davis, who was also chosen to be Prime Minister. Increasingly, the position of PM was more and more powerful, with the King delegating more and more duties to the Ministers. In 1860, Davis decides to stake his bid for the monarchy and make his absolute authority legitimate. He declares the King overthrown and his government in control, as the temporary Interim Republic of New York.
A civil war began, which rent the nation in twain for several years. Charles Francis was assassinated in 1863, but it did not stop the civil war, because the Legitimist faction still had many leaders. The civil war ended in 1866, and the Davisist Faction took control. Jefferson Davis dissolved the interim Republic, and re-configured the entire country in the aftermath. He declared himself Jefferson I, ever-august Constitutional Emperor of New York, King of Virginia, President and General-Secretary of the American Confederation, Leader of the National American Revolution.
And, thus was born, from the fires of an old kingdom and a broken republic, the Empire of New York...
here, jersey just sucks. there, jersey is a war zone.How is that any different from OTL?![]()
War with Mexico was the War of Texan Assurance. Texas didn't join the Union.Continue this TL please. Also Here's a question did we fight a war with Mexico and how was immigration affected?