Timeline of The Domination of Draka, The United States and other nations(1651-2004)
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It also seems to me that unless the US and Paraguay are firm allies, war is pretty likely. Paraguay would want to expand its interest with its newfound power but its boxed in with the US in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific. And Brazil of course in the east. Controlling the Canal Zone would be in their best interest and although I think they would lose a war, with America's economic problems they could advance almost to Mexico before they were turned back. When Brazil joins the war against them, they would lose badly.
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Part 6: The victorian age and WWI
1863-Exhaustion keeps the warring factions in the southeastern US from more than sporadic local outbursts of violence. virginia remains under martial law due to continued unrest. More Mexican militia and Army units are brought in, and finally a semblance of law and order is established in the South. However, in late 1863 a large amount of land bonds once controlled by the emigrants are suddenly all dumped on the market (the Drakans wrote some interesting provisions into the contracts). And most of the funds not paid out in compensation are lost to an embezzler who flees to Sicily. These events cause a financial panic in the northern states, but the South is past caring. The only good news is the steady progress and completion of the two transcontinental railroads; the railroads have taken to promising the workers some of the railroad land as incentives. All told, the railroads will give out nearly all their extra land beyond the immediate right-of-way, just to keep workers and creditors happy.
-Development of central air-condition in draka and the tropical part of the USA.
-In Mexico Juarez is using the Peon and Freeman bureau to reshape Mexican society. Decidedly anti-Church he is using funds to buy up Church property in forced sales to redistribute to small farmers. Cleverly he is cloaking much of this in Jeffersonian rhetoric about 'yeoman farmers' as the backbone of the republic. Late in the Year he is elected Senator from Azlatan. He also effectively controls the political machine in most of what was Mexico.
-Brazil opens up immigration this leads the rest of south america to do so. The immigrants increase the amount of possible industry and make south america prosperous.
-Beginning of a formation of a new national myth of a new start. This causes a revival of fundamentalist protestantism in the drakan society.
-Central airconditioning and Solar-power units (glass circulating-water collectors, with underground pressurized-water heat sinks developed both in draka and the USA. By 1900 all areas that are high sunlight tropical or subtropical areas have both of those things.
1864-The US economy begins recovering with the migration of people to the west and the vastly easier trade between east and west. Full recovery in the former slave states will take a generation. The animosity between poor whites and freed slaves dissipates only when industrial expansion brings enough jobs, fairly allocated on the basis of ability, and the groups finally notice that neither is doing much better or worse at farming.
-the USA begins to rebuild becuase of the easier trade and settlement in the far north and Mexico. Beginning of population boom for hispanics which lasts into the 20th century.
-first autosteamer developed, The autosteamer is first used for personal transport by the wealthy. First steam “drags†(trucks) developed. The warcar quickly moves to be based on the autosteamer.
-Navassa Island (south of east end of Cuba), Johnston Atoll (south of Hawaii), Howland, Baker and Jarvis Islands (South Pacific) annexed as US possessions
-the USA militias,army and navy are integrated.
-Racial qualificatiosn for becoming a naturalized citizen are removed in the USA.
-A maxmimum size cap is set on the house of representatvies at 2000 total representatives.
1867-Construction of Panama Canal begins. Serrana Bank and Roncador Cay (north of Panama) claimed by North America. The panama canal is built by the government
-in order to provide grazing for animals and help restore depleted soil, Kudzu is introduced to the warmer parts of the
USA. By the 20th centruy kudzu becomes a problem in the carribean,wetter mexican states and the wetter sunbelt outhern states.
-the department of education is set up to do educational reform. The reforms are done on the new england model of eudcation which helps to boost literacy and tolerance in the south. The department of education leads to all of the USA gaining scandanavian literacy rates by 1900.
- Economically the US Steam Merchant Marine is rivaling Britian's as heavy federal investment is subsidizing production. Rail Road construction is lagging in the South and capital is flowing into Maratime industries. Tarriffs remain high as US industry grows at a very high rate. The Upper South is undergoing light industrialization, particulary in North Carolina were a strong Textile industry is being developed based on cheap Italian and Polish immigrant labor as well as black/mexican/phillipine labor from the USA itself.
1868-An invasion of Panama by Grande Columbia forces is repulsed, but both sides agree to return to the status quo after Britain and France threaten trade boycotts. The European powers are more interested in seeing the Panama Canal built. However, the message is given to the USA that further American expansion on the northern or southern continents will not be tolerated. Official acceptance of this, regardless of jingoistic "North America is ours" rhetoric, turns American attention to internal development, seizing Pacific islands and meddling in the Far East just like the Europeans. Midway Island (west of Hawaii) annexed as US possession.
-The Westward expansion continues and spending by the Federal Government remains at historically high levels (Freeman bureau and schools to mention just two quasi-permenent programs). Railroad and Steamship subsidies are particularly large (much of it finding its way into the pockets of the Republicans and not a few co-opted democrats). The Navy has seen far less demobilization, in fact the Wampanoog class has become a model for a new series (12) of raiders (these with metal not wooden gears). Western Railroad Act passed, authorizes of four more transcontinental routes.
1869-Beginning of industrial expansion on a large scale in the USA due to acess to internal emigrants from america's overseas terretories, the black population of the south/carribean and mexicans willing to move north along with immigrants from other natiosn.
1870s: Natural rubber production skyrockets after the tree is introduced from the Amazon jungle to Ceylon, Mexico , Cuba and Australia's Batavian islands(Indonesia,singapore,borneo and island malaya). The plantation system on Ceylon is more efficient, yet small private holdings persist elsewhere, as owners refuse to consolidate for fear of emulating the drakans in some ways. The plantation system slowly appears for rubber but usually in the form of local farmer coopertives.
-As a measure to increase the economy of the former mexican states and the drier parts of the USA and to make sure that starvation and famine become much less probelmes efforts of cultivating various desert crops begin with varying sucess.
1871- The Know Nothing party in the US finally breaks down with most members winding up in the Democratic party. Most Irish, Polish and Italian voters are now Republicans. Again now there aren't so many national parties, although some socialist party organizations are growing.
-Greater paraguay declared.
1872-Steam turbine perfected by Technological Institute of Archona.First rigid dirigibles. Archona and Philadelphia are first cities to have telephone networks and street lighting.
-Cordite or "smokeless powder" patented.
-a large group of former Mexican territory admitted as states ("estados" locally). Of these Sinaloa,Guanajuato,Jalisco, Veracruz, Zacatecas, Potosi, durango,nayarit and Meseta are admitted) lower antilles and trinidad also admitted. Most Mexican states are dominated by US citizens who moved in, English is emerging as a major language in the Old Mexican States, particularly in commerce, government and industry. The indian tribes, creoles and other groups in mexico slowly begin assimilating.
-Benito Juarez elected president.
-comstock laws not passed
1873- Long-brewing bitterness between American Indians and the westward-spreading white men erupts in a Sioux chief leading a growing force in a series of massacres of wagon trains and settlements. Several Army and militia units sent to stop them are wiped out or defeated.
-Luther Burbank begins a program of commerciaizling and domesticating the blue camas and wapato plants in the west.
- Juarez and the Republicans pass first national labor laws
1874–75: After the Indian revolts spread to a wide area and even settled tribes begin leaving the reservations, several territorial governors petition the Congress and President for authority to call out the militias and mobilize the Army. (Territorial governors, unlike state governors, cannot call out militia territory-wide unless the Army is active already.) The rallying cry becomes "the only good'un is a dead'un!" Several gun manufacturers compete for business by offering substantial discounts and even credit purchase plans to militia members. These are state-of-the-art repeating rifles and revolvers, using the new smokeless powder. Essentially the entire male population west of the Mississippi is issued the most advanced firearms and allowed to use them, no questions asked, against American Indians. Atrocities are widespread on both sides. This includes nearly wiping out several encampments of peaceful Indians, severely discrediting "peace chiefs" like Black Kettle of the Cheyenne.
- In Mexico heavy Anglo settlement continues. There is growing unrest in several states over the perceived (and actual) discrimination against Hispanics. However a sizable class of Mexican society is going Anglo both by culture and intermarriage.
-the supreme court rules that official ballots are unconstitutional because limiting the people who can get on the ballots violates the right to vote.
1874-Anthony Trollope visits Archona while researching his book "Prussia in the Antipodes".
-beginning of development boom in the carribean, central america and coastal mexican states. Florida, jerico and Napoleona also begin to benefit from it. It takes until the 20th century for the "sunbelt" states to achieve parity with the rest of the USA.
1875-It was during the Juarez Administration that the foundation of a true national peace was reinforced and became unalterable. The Agricultural and Freeman Bureaus became indispensible to Southern Farmers, white and black. While some degree of racial prejudice was impossible to erradicate, economic interest forced it to retreat. Further when social darwinism was expounded it found a very chilly reception in the South. Always religious (or at least evangelical) Southern fusionist preachers (black and white) preached sermon after sermon against the extension of darwinism either political or racial. The first southern black represenative to the House is elected. Deep South Congressmen walk out when he is seated (but after a quorum is called). juarez cleverly uses their absence to pass an extenstion of the Freeman and Peon Bureau.
- In foreign policy the US is developing a more favorable Latin American policy, in part no doubt influenced by the handful of Hispanic Represenatives and Senators. Relations with France and England are very strained over some Mexican debts, the US tarriff and the growing maritime competition.
- In Central America and mexico the Freedmen in Nicarauga and Taumalipas are slowly removing the Anglos and Hispanics who had dominated the government and economy. Economically the Anglos/Hispanics will remain dominant for another 25 years but politically they are eased out of power in the next 10 years.
-Ethiopia falls to draka in a brutal war.
1876- After a blast of carnage in which several American Indian tribes are completely wiped out, the remainder surrender to the Army (in preference to the more bloodthirsty civilians and militias) and meekly return to their reservations. The intervention of the federal government, particularly in the form of the Army, is instrumental in stopping the clashes between the tribes and territorial militias. The Indian Massacres — however you interpret the name — are over, but this horrific episode in American history, coming so soon after the anarchy in the slave states, colors the national psyche from then on. The United States basically turns inward in shock, to peacefully develop their frontiers and rebuild the former slave states. Decision made to reduce the size of all stars on the USA state flag so more can fit without changing the proportions of the bars; it will be seen with the next admittance of new states. "Century of Progress" exposition held in Saint Louis, Missouri;
first serious proposal to move USA national capital to Saint Louis or another more central location than District of Columbia.
- Lincoln is re-elected president of the United States. America retreats into isolationism. Juarez becomes hugely influenced by the writings of Joseph Bennick, Henry David Thoreau, and Philip Wong. Bennick's works The American Dream, Landscapes and Vistas, and American Naturalism argued for the establishment of huge national preserves modeled after the ones in Maine. He was a great proponent of Evolution and his writings make the teaching of Evolution popular throughout the nation. Thoreau, often called "America's Conscience", followed upon the works of Emerson arguing against organized religion and for personal enlightenment. His works Every Man a Prophet and Disciples of Humanity caused outrage in the Church but became popular with
the nation's poor and those that had witnessed war in the name of religion. The third great writer to influence the Juazr presidency was, Philip Hamilton Wong. He wrote only one book, American Industry. In it he called for good relations between Labor and Capital. He promoted labor owned industry and called upon the government to act as referee to ensure that Labor and Capital remained in balance.
-Vast public work projects such as rail lines, city parks, and nature preserves hold America's attention as they were constructed.
-Draka begins a program to create a sea in the Chott Melrhir part of Algeria by building a canal. The canal is finished by 1885. France also puts harsh controls on the local's agricultural practices. THe flooding of the depression and the controls lead a fertile greener algeria.
-Edison invents the Serger and a working twin-tub washing machine.
-A rather ridiculous book entitled "The Elders of the Seven Hills" is put out (in part by some rather determined anti-Catholic Agents of the English Secret Service). It purports to be a record of the meetings and plans of various Catholic leaders in their plot to take over the world and crush other religions.
1878- heavy immigration of jews and into the US follows pogroms and strife (1878-1898 over 3 million). This will result in the 2nd major US musical movement in the early 20th century (besides Jazz) and based on sort of Slavic-American-Jewish fusion called Dulcer.
-a new Senator from Nicarauga arrives - his name is Williams, he is not even slightly Hispanic (son of former Alabama slaves), and he's black as the ace of spades. The Senate votes not to seat him, citing Article I, Section 5, "Each House shall be the judge of the elections... and qualifications of its members." Nicarauga sues to have Williams seated under Article V, "no State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate."
-US enacts first peacetime federal income tax.
1879-britain decide to make india into a more willing market for goods and an industrial producer. The british authorities begin establishing mandatory education to get more of the indians to learn english
1880–89: Autosteamers achieve popularity as vehicles of the wealthy, especially in the Free Republic of Draka now that closed-cycle systems are perfected. Refrigeration, including central air conditioning and then smaller portable units, developed as a variant application of compressors. Solar power systems are developed for small-scale water heating and electric power generation. Single-barrel machine guns, flame-throwers, land mines, poison gas, and submarines are developed but not yet used in battle.
- Austro–German alliance with Ottoman Empire, construction ofBerlin–Baghdad railway. Motion pictures developed. Steam turbine introduced for railroad engines. Antiseptic surgery and development of anesthetics, after the numerous amputations and preventable deaths of the Anglo–Russian War. Panama Canal completed.
- The U.S. Congress passes the National Military Reform Act and the Military Education Act (similar to OTL Montgomery G.I. Bill).
-American Indians petition US federal government to have their reservations and Indian territories administered at the federal level, rather than considered parts of states. The Indians regard the federal government and Army as their protector, and the states and territories as the source of the militias that were their strongest foes. Only several small areas in states east of the Mississippi become "Federal Indian Territories", most of them are created in the western lands still not yet states. Hashing out the boundaries keeps remaining territories in the American West from statehood for several years. Many of the indian tribes began to learn and adopt white culture and tooking up farming, ranching, trading in buffalo products, and limited mining and industry. The population of the tribes begins to increase due to the end of the massacres.. Indian tribes are recognized as sovereign dependencies of the United States with all Indians having dual citizenship.
-Free population of FRD is growing more slowly than serf population, leading to several bloody attempted slave revolts and the imposition of the harshest measures yet for control. Settlement Directorate raises childbearing requirement for plantation Landholders to 4 new or pre-existing acknowledged free births in first 10 years. Provincial Assembly authorizes increasing Citizen stipend for each additional free child to encourage free marriages and population growth, as acceptable immigrants have decreased greatly. Rise in popularity of impaling (inspired by the Ottomans) and use of crude flame-throwers or poison gas on rioting serfs. Uprisings in Kongo Province lead to large-scale deportations to destructive labor camps in addition to the usual measures. Brotherhood of the Lash encourages educational opportunities commensurate only with increasing responsibilities of serfs, leading to mostly illiterate plantation field hands and industrial machine tenders. Backlash to widespread international condemnation of these measures is the genesis of the Militarist philosophy in the FRD. Nearby egyptian territories attract many escaping serfs. Several large water diversion and hydroelectric projects begun.
-The ottoman empire begins taking steps to eliminate bedouin and begins planting plants to try to make the deserts green. The USA begins following suit in the southwest with planting trees and plants in arious areas where they fit.
-Regular dirigible service on several continents. American autosteamer production surpasses Dominations' as the limited
market in the Domination is saturated by their high-quality goods, and American inventors and entrepreneurs have pulled down the cost of production to make less-sturdy products more affordable for their middle class. Continuing Drakan emphasis on an extensive military-industrial application yet. Semi-automatic pistols developed. Tolgren model 1890 "automatic" pistol issued in large numbers to Citizens as standard sidearm.
-In England a series of repressive measures for Ireland are passed. They are intentionally designed to drive the Irish Catholic Population out of the Island. In the Northern Counties they work well. Most of exodus winds up in US Northern Industrial Cities (where it is popularly called the Second Sorrows - the first being the Potato famine/immigration of the 1840s).
-A federal anti-lynching law is passed by the USA's government in response to race rioting in some southern states.
-Brazil begins to get more equal treatment from the great powers due to its industrialization and its size. Brazil continues industrializing.
-Hispanics, blacks and asians from the terretories in the phillipines begin moving onto the mainland USA. Industries and development also begin spreading into all parts of the USA.
1880-In America the results of the slaver exodus continue to spread throughout society. The militia system is abolished. The most dramatic immediate impact is the creation of a large standing army with an extensive reserve system. Conscription instituted in the USA. The US will eventually have a professional army of over 1 million with another 4 million in reserves. The Navy also will dramatically expand with the construction of larger battleships and cruisers. Interestingly the American Navy becomes enamoured with submarine technology and institutes a number of test bed sub platforms. This early most are deathtraps, with no range beyond coastal attacks. The increased naval and army spending means a larger US government, more taxes and more government intereference in the economy. Another interesting impact is the passage of the Federal Trade Union Commission. The US recognizes and regulates industrial unions that are operating in the US armaments industry. These eventually spread from their base in the Northeast to the Central and Western US.
-Australia's revolutioonaries begin building building popualr supports and revolutionaries take major cities
-Edison invents the Serger and a working twin-tub washing machine.
1882- Security Directorate given arrest powers for all but high-ranking politicians (Senatorial immunity) and Citizens currently serving the Republic outside the Police Zone (mostly War Directorate personnel in battle). Karl von Shrakenberg born.
-US railroads introduce railroad time, dividing the US into the Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones.
-In Europe a new type of anarchism (called Millism and in part based on John Stuart Mill's books) is gaining ground. Not at first overtly violent the Millist none the less are disruptive to society as they attempt to breakdown national governments (eventually by terror).
-Spanish declared a secondary official language of the USA, but the English version of any government document has precedence. This is provoked by an embarrassing incident in Chihuahua City when reading aloud a faulty translation of the Constitution on the occasion of statehood. The status of both languages leads to schools teaching spanish as the same level
-Guarana cultivation introduced into Cuba,mexico and in Australia's batavia province.
-russia establsihes a protectorate of ethiopia and somiland and combines it into russian axum
-The first Labor Party candidates are elected to the American House of Representatives from Ohio and Massachusetts.
-Drakon-French war as superior drakon troops march north and take all of french africa in a brutal offensive involving thousand dirigible raids. After losing africa the french redouble their settlement and assimilation programs for their other colonies
1883- In continuing efforts to include the Hispanics (commonly still called Mexicans) in the USA, and better reflect the westward movement of America, further serious proposals have been made since 1876 to move the national capital from New York city. to a more central location. Geographically, the center of the continental part of the nation is now in northern Texas or the Indian terretory. However, the best proposals are for somewhere along the Rio Grande, although not where the Mexicans were severely beaten; the best candidates are Laredo and El Paso, which both have "twin cities" across the river.
-the artifical fiber, Rayon is invented which will result in changes down the line in terms of fashion. Rayon will lead to cheaper clothes which means that the middle class can afford to change their wardrobe more.
-Women's suffrage is granted in the USA.
-beginning of a large wave of immigration from the ottoman empire/north africa to the USA/south america. The later results of this include the formation of arabs as another immigrant culture with its own parts of big cities with "little araby" along with "little italy" type communities in big cities. This causes the beginning of a slow backlash of anti-immigrant sentiment.
-the UK and draka split the sudan.
1884-beginning of equal rights movements for blacks in southern states. The movement unlike OTL's civil rights focuses more on economic equality first then social equality later. The results of this are earlier white acceptance of black social equality and the beginnings of intermarriage between blacks and whites. This equal rights movement also causes a greater acceptance of nonwhites as being americans.indio/mestizo equal rights movement to appear.
-Almost 360 years after the conquest of the Incas, the mountain retreat of Machu Picchu is found
-Shaka Zulu leads a revolt in the densely settled province of natalia that is only supressed after poison gas and machine guns are used. This quells reformist settlement in the drakan nation for a few decades.
-Catholic priests are allowed to preach to serfs, after careful selection and training by the Domination.
-Beginning of major triumps of civil rights movements as northern states remove anti-black laws, virginia, west virginia, tenesee, arkansas, cuba, coahuila and much of the upper south grant civil rights. The lower south takes until the 1890's to grant civil rights and voting rights.
-US Armies reorganizes into a general staff system. Geographical commands are abandoned in favor of more general ones, ex. "First Army".
1885-Beginning of renovations of the USA's capital district in manhatten.
1887-The Peon and Freeman Burea has been transformed into the Federal Education and Support Department. It has created a series (particularly in old Mexico and the West) of Schools that operate alongside the traditional state schools. With the South reforming from slavery the idea of state's rights seems to be dying.
1888: First transatlantic flight, by a french dirigible from Apollonaris (Dakar, Senegal) to Recife in Brazil.
-Kaiser Frederick III begins his reign without any problems, his son Wilhem dies of an autosteamer accident.
-Kimonos and shalwar suits begin to rise in populairty in the western nations due to easier making of them.
-In another landmark decision the Supreme Court declares that Corporations are artificial entities, not citizens. (the Opposite of our TL see - Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad). Heavy regulation of corporations soon follows.
-The US annexes Samoan islands. The powerful US Pacific Fleet convinces the competing Germans not to force the issue.
1889-slavery outlawed in Brazil. 100,000 slaveowners move to Draka.
-The USN continues to grow as the RN and USN compete to build battleships. Initially many are the sideturret type (a la USS Maine) but in a dramatic step the US builds the first multi-turrent ship (based on a cross of the more advanced monitor classes of the 1870s), the USS Jackson (henceforth the term Jackson will be interchangable with large modern battleship, like Dreadnought in our TL). The Americans also continue to experiment with submarines, but until a decent gas or deisel engine is developed subs are basically crippled. Still the US does pioneer some inovative techniques.
-the secret ballot and cross-endoresement adopted as further electoral reforms.
1890-US government calls the Western frontier closed, but it also says the Northern and southern frontiers are still open.1891-President Burnside(who had made his fortune in arms manufacturing and Rail Roads) opens talks with the UK about a new relationship. Heavy US investment in arms research, several quasi-industrial labs are established to develop new weapons.
-first immigration restrictions enacted as restrictions of irish, russians and arab immigration to the United States. The excluded immigrants go to greater paraguay.
-small single dwelling central air conditioners are developed.
1893-elements of the former Mexican flag are inserted in the blue bar of the USA state flag. The Mexican and former Spanish states call in enough favors to get the eagle and snake from the former Mexican Republic onto the US flag.
-At the US Socialist convention the Communist wing of the party is expelled in favor of the more moderate socialist. Many of the Communist are recent German and Russian immigrants. The move actually strenghtens the party as it is seen now as more American.
-radio first invented by an obscure american inventor.
-the Drakan government begins taking steps towards converting the serfs from being simply serfs to being more of the powerless majority. This marks the drakan transformation into more of a totalitarian society.
1894- Libyan oil fields discovered by British teams drilling for water. Automatic submachine gun developed by Technical Section of War Directorate; immediately issued to Security Directorate forces for riot control in the form of the Machine Pistol Mk. I.
-Cascadia (Washington),Michoacan, Dakota (North and South Dakota) and Bighorn (Montana) admitted as states, 3 more stars in white bar of USA state flag.
-Beginning of Andean war as Gran Colombia and Chile declare war on Greater paraguay.
-Col. Samuel Langley, Ordinance Department-US Army flies first heavier-than-air craft.
-The 1894 civil rights act is passed into law. The education reforms and the higher proportion of middle class freeblacks along with the large black population led to reforms being done. The land reform and better eudcation led to literacy tests and other disenfrancisement tricks failing. This law merely codifies in a national manner what was becoming the status quo in the USA.
1895-In England Millist are working for Women's rights with a growing Sufferage movement (roughly 10 years after the USA passed the Contitutional Amendment giving women the right to vote).
1897-Final surrender of chile and gran colombia and full annexation of those areas.
1899-Chinese–Japanese War; Japan annexes Korea and Formosa. Western powers agree to maintain Chinese mainland ports open to free trade, extracting concessions from the weakening Qing Dynasty.
1900-1914-Amid a growing appreciation by world leaders that the interlocking alliances have led to a delicate Balance of Power that could be disastrously upset, many people believe that this is a true "Golden Age" for mankind. Unfortunately, it ignores the direct exploitation of millions by the Drakans, and the indirect activities in India and China that subjugate even more for the benefit of distant lands. But the march of technology has led to better lives in much of Europe, North America, and the lands of the Drakans, for those who can afford it or were born to it. Greater paraguay, the USA and Draka begin influencing world affairs.
-Naval building race between the United States, United Kingdom and Germany continues.
1900- Renovations on the capital district in manhatten are completed. The capital district is built around a large six-sided Mall. Near it's center a large brass statue of George Wahington on his horse is set up. This becomes the Blackmoor Memorial. Farther down the mall the Liberty Wall is erected with the names of martyrs to the cause of liberty. The National Arch is built out of stone from all around the nation. At the other end of the Mall a large Asian Garden is placed and beyond that is the International Trade Pavilion (a large building built in the oriental style). The President's Residence is built as an octagon house in Italianate style. The Congressional Hall is a large building built in the Italinate style. Work also begins on Fulton Station, a large train station, and several blocks of brick townhouses.
-A map of Egypt shows in the Delta large areas where up to 65% of the place names are European type and some Hindi, and some names in Ancient Egyptian by scholarly people who treated it as the right language for the area. As OTL, Egypt has its own aircraft factory near Helwan - but the suburb round the factory is called Vimananagar and no name in the language of the religion of the Prophet; its borough limits signa are in the Roman alphabet and Devanagari and hieroglyphics but not Arabic. Helwan is still called Helwan, despite two attempts by some of its inhabitants to get rid of the apparent reference to Hell and rename the town Bletchley after the town or origin of the first white settlers in the area.
-Reform and modernization programs in China, in progress slowly over the past decade, are expanded to include a significantly enhanced education system based on western ideas, and a program of light industry and railway construction.
-Draka begins taking steps to make industry an important part of its economy. the measures taken including moving from an agricultual to industrial society by reminvg limits on mechanizing farms.
-Sweeping social, economic reforms in US. National Social Insurance Act establishes national pension, medical insurance scheme. Minimum Wage Act, Factory Safety Act, National Labor Act passed. Department of social welfare established. These are all part of president Bryan's populist influenced democrat party reforms.
-the state of jefferson in part of southern oregon and far northern california admitted.
-In the US the USN deploys a practical short range submarine. It is slow, can't dive very deep, is underpowered and plagued with technical difficulties, but it is 10 years ahead of any other nations technology.
-Anglo-American alliance treaty signed. The first application of this is in the first world war where American troops join in from day one.
1901- Citizen women declared liable for wartime conscription into combat positions in the Domination, but training is still segregated. Yucatan and Panama admitted as states. Guam, midway and Wake Island annexed as US possessions.
-the constitution amendmended to remove the requiorements for the militia service before voting in federal electiosn but the states are allowed to retain it for their elections.
-17th Amendment empowers Federal government to regulate industry.
-Child labor banned in the USA by federal law. This comes on the heels on the national closed shop and other labor reforms. A nationwide scheme of federal workshops to provide work for the unemployed is established. The department of social welfare is building public housing in every large city and is engaged in a major slum-clearance project. In rural areas, the Social Wefare Department has begun a program of distributing high-quality, but inexpensive, prefabricated housing units to replace shanties and other unsanitary dwellings.
-the indonesian revolt as millions of indonesians revolt in a 5 year rebellion ending with 5 million dead.
1903-Pope Innocent XI convenes a Vatican council. In a dramatic step he pushes for mass to be said in the venacular and several other reforms. Some small number of Catholics (Radical/Reactionary) split from the Church, but by and large the reforms are well received. Innocent also opens a dialog with various Jewish leaders and orders an Papal investigation of anti-semitism inside the Church.
-Bank of the USA established with branches in many states.
-Shalwar suits become popularized articles of clothing.
1905-Television first developed. It stays as a curiosity until about 1910 or so when the first regional TV network is developed in the USA. TV remains the preserve of the wealthy for several years.
-the supreme courts rules that primary elections and giving candidacy official status violated freedom of association.
-The Colorado floods the Salton Sink area. The new route is encouraged by settlers there (in spite of having to move the town of Jade to higher ground), and by 1909 the Widney Sea level stabilizes. The local climate ameliates somewhat, and agriculture begins to bloom in the area. Tourism also becomes a big money item at the resorts built on the Salton shores.
-18th Amendment guarantees workers right to organize in America. This is passed despite republican protest.
1907- For no particular reason, a Irish chemist accidently discovers LSD(it's psychoactive effects aren't discovered until WWI, however)
1908–09- Japan becomes bogged down in a war in Manchuria. Russian intervention is defeated, both on land and at sea. First battleships sunk by aerial bombardment. The abysmal performance of the Russian armed forces, combined with social unrest, leads to a revolution in Russia. A true constitutional monarchy is established under Tsar Alykzandr IV, and several noted Westernizers are established in top government positions. A Communist group in St. Petersburg incites an armed uprising a little too late, and is crushed and rooted out by loyal troops and the Tsar's secret police. Qing Dynasty continues in China, but with a council of military leaders (warlords) the real power behind the throne.
-beginning of british conquest of afghanistan. The war takes over 10 years but afghanistan is conquered with major resitatnace crushed. Poison gas used in afghanistan.
-Rumors of mass graves in ireland and later pictures of them begin to show up.
-The United States Army Air Corps becomes a large wing of the army devoted to using the current air technology. An american air force is establsihed. A Strong zepplin air merchant marine is attached to the navy.
1910-1914-technological advances in this era include Artificial rubber, Advanced antibiotics (needed against the subtropical environments the Drakon/American settlers met while consolidating their hold on the tropical parts of the lands they rule). Television (in addition to advanced monitoring techniques through two-way televised transmissions...),Fuel efficient internal combustion engines (lessening the need for petroleum so the military can use more with less need for rationing.)
-Britain begins industrializing india.
-Greater paraguy move up to the ranks of the first world nations. It is following brazil's lead in becoming moderanized.
-W.R. Hearst's media empire broken up with some taken over by the government. The parts nationalized become the American broadcasing service(ABS). Several newspapers are also taken over the government. the ABS is the first and so far only nationwide radio/TV broadcaster.
-the mesoamerican sport bodyball becomes popular in America as the cultural effects of mexicans and blacks moving north(and far south in the case of the blacks) in previous decades has shown.
-In China the Catholic missionaries have been very successful. They have also been rather casual about Church rites, allowing a type of ancestor worship to continue along with many other traditional practices. The bulk of the Urban population (less than 5% of total) is now Catholic and a significant number of the rural peoples are converting. In part this is also driven by a tax manumssion for any new convert.
-The USN has also begun a series of experiments with aircraft, carriers and long range submarines. The RN has also adopted aircraft and carriers but is little interested in subs.
-Russia begins an attempt to move population and industry to new lands east of the urals.
1911-the USA gets the south american countries to join it in an alliance. The alliance isn't a simple USA/(instert nation) alliance, it is an alliance of all of the nations concerned.
-Qat cultivation began in mexico after a defector from Draka explains the profitability of quat and its effects and brings some over. Qat reaches north of the rio grande in the 20's and most states ban it in some form.
1912-Theodore Roosevelt elected president.
-Germany adopts a more militarized national school system, a symptom of the rise of Prussian/Militarist influence in German government. Germany adops a program of "National training"(think a combo of boot camp and physical education)
1913-President Roosevelt has decided to fund a large scale investment in Rail lines (both light and heavy). The Interstate Rail line project also entails a massive investment in light rail lines inside cities. Heavy government subsidies are created for construction of industrial lines.
-beginning of development boom in the carribean and coastal mexican states
1914-1919-The eurpean war war as the grand alliance(France,russia, United States , britain and the ottoman empire) go against the central powers(germany,Draka italy and austria-hungary). By wars end it is the spectacular advances of the German Stormtroops and the more coordinated infantry assaults by the allies that become parts of standard military doctrine along with tank and airplane use.
-Expansion of the locks on the Panama Canal to accommodate larger ships begins, complicating worldwide shipping and naval movements. And as the USA is with the allies, but an agreement from 1868 forces them to allow British warships through as if they were American, things get rather tense on both coasts of the state of Panama. In the end, Royal Navy ships are allowed through after they unload all ammunition and move it by rail to the other end of the canal.
-In Ireland there is a continuing outflow of Irish, even as many in England call for an easing of the anti-Irish policy.
- The Exodus is Ireland is slowing as the Liberals and Labor manage to get some more moderate anti-Catholic/Irish laws passed. Still a deep sea of resentment and hatred has been created.
-The british moderate their policy in ireland instead of mass massacres the british begin a policy of merely destroying the culture.
-President Roosevelt has increased US spending on technology and education almost 2 fold. Roosevelt had been an engineer before entering politics and has several (mostly impractical) ideas he wants to see explored. While little will come of Roosevelt's ideas the funding will dramatically increase US technolical development.
-German bombing and strafing of several clearly-marked rear-area hospitals staffed with volunteer American doctors triggers American entry into the war on the side of the Allies, and American troops fight in Europe for the first time in late 1914. Due to being allied with America, the south american countries send troops to europe.
1915-greece falls to the ottoman empire after a blitzkrieg of armored attack vehicles.
-Santa Fe(new mexico), Chiapas and Gila(arizona) admitted as states. Again, negotiations with the Indians delayed admittance.
-a german corporal by the name of A. Shicklegruber Hitler dies in battle.
-beginning of a revolt in ireland by both protestants and catholics against the brits
-"Crazy" Mark Freeman buys land in the foothills/ mountains west of the Widney Sea - cheap (it's considered wasteland - too far from the shore for resorts, too lumpy for farms). He begins planting hundreds of hectares in trees, with plans to convert all his land into a forest (he likes forest. He's also terribly rich, being a major stockholder in S.F. Rwy). A decade later, much to everyone's surprise, he's got about 25 kilometers squared of short, but growing forest land. Freeman Woods continue to expand and are joined by several other private forests.
1916- first primitive cruise missile developed in Germany
-A Hindu pacifist movement arises in India, causing unrest with massive sit-down strikes and clashes between Muslims and Hindus. The movement is started due to britain using Indian conscripts.
-Unrest in indonesia and a major rebellion rocks australia. Millions of malay refugees flee to the USA.
1916-1919-In both America and Europe a underground drug culture emerges. LSD gains popularity among mystics, musicians, and writers. Adolf Hitler gets heavy into this new culture.
1917-In the US the Socialist nationalize many railroads and begin heavy subsidies to cargo and passenger rail lines. These nationalized railroads are soon joined by a national steam line and national air line (although private companies can and do compete against the national lines). In each of the nationalized industries strong Socialist Unions take root.
-The Japanese attempt to foment Chinese uprisings against the Western enclaves, but fail to do more than call attention to themselves.
-Bolshevik revolution in russia. Vladimir lenin takes power and declares the USSR. He begins a program of restructuring society to make a New Soviet man. Prohibition declared in the USSR: all intoxicans including tobacco, alcohol and caffiene banned.
1918- Virgin Islands annexed as a US possession.
-Germany adopts prohibition. This cuases austria-hungary and the netherlands to follow suit.
-Britain decides to simply cut its losses and leave Ireland. The British government recognizes the new irish governemnt and offers to open relations with it in a surprise move. The move is done after president Roosevelt expresses that he'll take america out of the war unless britain leaves ireland.
-The American absentee ballot process is formalized so you don't have women physically voting in place of their husbands, but the women continue their patriotic activities on the home front.
1919-end of the war with a status quo peace trety reached. The ottoman conqurest of greece is recognized in exhange for
germany retaining alsace-lorraine.
The entente nations default which takes out wall street in a sickening crunch. The destroyed banks and destroyed firms are nationalized by the federal government. Bank deposits retroactively insured up to $20K reliquifying the economy. This gives America a large state sector in its economy.
-the USA makes economic peace with the british empire. British and Empire investment in the Americas and the Antipodes largely transfered to US control. Much valuable art work and specie followed. Exports resumed as state to state trade, saving the Farm belt.
-A de facto peace with Draka is soon established, due predominantly to the inability of the exhausted Allies to mount any significant offensive against the Domination, and concern for the British still held hostage in Africa. The Domination refuses to recognize the Peace of Versailles (especially the provisions for returning territory to anyone), although it soon repatriates all remaining British citizens and makes payments to British and German firms for seized commercial properties.
-beginning of civil war in ottoman empire between the muslim radicals and the young turks. The ottoman sultan declares a jihad against the domination of draka. Muslim revolts occur all over the lands of the draka. Ottoman empire invaded by drakans. All Drakan conquests are annexed as "New Territories," and the Pacification Wars begin. Rest of the world outraged as the Domination publicly executes captured enemy leaders in Archona on "Victory Day", first in 1923 with over 4,000 Ottomans and Young Turks, and in 1924 with the Shah's Vizier and others. Widespread embargo against Domination begins due to continuing use of slaves, brutality in war, and flaunting of depravity by Citizens. The Domination enters an isolationist phase enforced from within and without, heavily fortifies the conquered areas, and gradually eases restrictions on free women in combat positions, with full integration in 1936.
1863-Exhaustion keeps the warring factions in the southeastern US from more than sporadic local outbursts of violence. virginia remains under martial law due to continued unrest. More Mexican militia and Army units are brought in, and finally a semblance of law and order is established in the South. However, in late 1863 a large amount of land bonds once controlled by the emigrants are suddenly all dumped on the market (the Drakans wrote some interesting provisions into the contracts). And most of the funds not paid out in compensation are lost to an embezzler who flees to Sicily. These events cause a financial panic in the northern states, but the South is past caring. The only good news is the steady progress and completion of the two transcontinental railroads; the railroads have taken to promising the workers some of the railroad land as incentives. All told, the railroads will give out nearly all their extra land beyond the immediate right-of-way, just to keep workers and creditors happy.
-Development of central air-condition in draka and the tropical part of the USA.
-In Mexico Juarez is using the Peon and Freeman bureau to reshape Mexican society. Decidedly anti-Church he is using funds to buy up Church property in forced sales to redistribute to small farmers. Cleverly he is cloaking much of this in Jeffersonian rhetoric about 'yeoman farmers' as the backbone of the republic. Late in the Year he is elected Senator from Azlatan. He also effectively controls the political machine in most of what was Mexico.
-Brazil opens up immigration this leads the rest of south america to do so. The immigrants increase the amount of possible industry and make south america prosperous.
-Beginning of a formation of a new national myth of a new start. This causes a revival of fundamentalist protestantism in the drakan society.
-Central airconditioning and Solar-power units (glass circulating-water collectors, with underground pressurized-water heat sinks developed both in draka and the USA. By 1900 all areas that are high sunlight tropical or subtropical areas have both of those things.
1864-The US economy begins recovering with the migration of people to the west and the vastly easier trade between east and west. Full recovery in the former slave states will take a generation. The animosity between poor whites and freed slaves dissipates only when industrial expansion brings enough jobs, fairly allocated on the basis of ability, and the groups finally notice that neither is doing much better or worse at farming.
-the USA begins to rebuild becuase of the easier trade and settlement in the far north and Mexico. Beginning of population boom for hispanics which lasts into the 20th century.
-first autosteamer developed, The autosteamer is first used for personal transport by the wealthy. First steam “drags†(trucks) developed. The warcar quickly moves to be based on the autosteamer.
-Navassa Island (south of east end of Cuba), Johnston Atoll (south of Hawaii), Howland, Baker and Jarvis Islands (South Pacific) annexed as US possessions
-the USA militias,army and navy are integrated.
-Racial qualificatiosn for becoming a naturalized citizen are removed in the USA.
-A maxmimum size cap is set on the house of representatvies at 2000 total representatives.
1867-Construction of Panama Canal begins. Serrana Bank and Roncador Cay (north of Panama) claimed by North America. The panama canal is built by the government
-in order to provide grazing for animals and help restore depleted soil, Kudzu is introduced to the warmer parts of the
USA. By the 20th centruy kudzu becomes a problem in the carribean,wetter mexican states and the wetter sunbelt outhern states.
-the department of education is set up to do educational reform. The reforms are done on the new england model of eudcation which helps to boost literacy and tolerance in the south. The department of education leads to all of the USA gaining scandanavian literacy rates by 1900.
- Economically the US Steam Merchant Marine is rivaling Britian's as heavy federal investment is subsidizing production. Rail Road construction is lagging in the South and capital is flowing into Maratime industries. Tarriffs remain high as US industry grows at a very high rate. The Upper South is undergoing light industrialization, particulary in North Carolina were a strong Textile industry is being developed based on cheap Italian and Polish immigrant labor as well as black/mexican/phillipine labor from the USA itself.
1868-An invasion of Panama by Grande Columbia forces is repulsed, but both sides agree to return to the status quo after Britain and France threaten trade boycotts. The European powers are more interested in seeing the Panama Canal built. However, the message is given to the USA that further American expansion on the northern or southern continents will not be tolerated. Official acceptance of this, regardless of jingoistic "North America is ours" rhetoric, turns American attention to internal development, seizing Pacific islands and meddling in the Far East just like the Europeans. Midway Island (west of Hawaii) annexed as US possession.
-The Westward expansion continues and spending by the Federal Government remains at historically high levels (Freeman bureau and schools to mention just two quasi-permenent programs). Railroad and Steamship subsidies are particularly large (much of it finding its way into the pockets of the Republicans and not a few co-opted democrats). The Navy has seen far less demobilization, in fact the Wampanoog class has become a model for a new series (12) of raiders (these with metal not wooden gears). Western Railroad Act passed, authorizes of four more transcontinental routes.
1869-Beginning of industrial expansion on a large scale in the USA due to acess to internal emigrants from america's overseas terretories, the black population of the south/carribean and mexicans willing to move north along with immigrants from other natiosn.
1870s: Natural rubber production skyrockets after the tree is introduced from the Amazon jungle to Ceylon, Mexico , Cuba and Australia's Batavian islands(Indonesia,singapore,borneo and island malaya). The plantation system on Ceylon is more efficient, yet small private holdings persist elsewhere, as owners refuse to consolidate for fear of emulating the drakans in some ways. The plantation system slowly appears for rubber but usually in the form of local farmer coopertives.
-As a measure to increase the economy of the former mexican states and the drier parts of the USA and to make sure that starvation and famine become much less probelmes efforts of cultivating various desert crops begin with varying sucess.
1871- The Know Nothing party in the US finally breaks down with most members winding up in the Democratic party. Most Irish, Polish and Italian voters are now Republicans. Again now there aren't so many national parties, although some socialist party organizations are growing.
-Greater paraguay declared.
1872-Steam turbine perfected by Technological Institute of Archona.First rigid dirigibles. Archona and Philadelphia are first cities to have telephone networks and street lighting.
-Cordite or "smokeless powder" patented.
-a large group of former Mexican territory admitted as states ("estados" locally). Of these Sinaloa,Guanajuato,Jalisco, Veracruz, Zacatecas, Potosi, durango,nayarit and Meseta are admitted) lower antilles and trinidad also admitted. Most Mexican states are dominated by US citizens who moved in, English is emerging as a major language in the Old Mexican States, particularly in commerce, government and industry. The indian tribes, creoles and other groups in mexico slowly begin assimilating.
-Benito Juarez elected president.
-comstock laws not passed
1873- Long-brewing bitterness between American Indians and the westward-spreading white men erupts in a Sioux chief leading a growing force in a series of massacres of wagon trains and settlements. Several Army and militia units sent to stop them are wiped out or defeated.
-Luther Burbank begins a program of commerciaizling and domesticating the blue camas and wapato plants in the west.
- Juarez and the Republicans pass first national labor laws
1874–75: After the Indian revolts spread to a wide area and even settled tribes begin leaving the reservations, several territorial governors petition the Congress and President for authority to call out the militias and mobilize the Army. (Territorial governors, unlike state governors, cannot call out militia territory-wide unless the Army is active already.) The rallying cry becomes "the only good'un is a dead'un!" Several gun manufacturers compete for business by offering substantial discounts and even credit purchase plans to militia members. These are state-of-the-art repeating rifles and revolvers, using the new smokeless powder. Essentially the entire male population west of the Mississippi is issued the most advanced firearms and allowed to use them, no questions asked, against American Indians. Atrocities are widespread on both sides. This includes nearly wiping out several encampments of peaceful Indians, severely discrediting "peace chiefs" like Black Kettle of the Cheyenne.
- In Mexico heavy Anglo settlement continues. There is growing unrest in several states over the perceived (and actual) discrimination against Hispanics. However a sizable class of Mexican society is going Anglo both by culture and intermarriage.
-the supreme court rules that official ballots are unconstitutional because limiting the people who can get on the ballots violates the right to vote.
1874-Anthony Trollope visits Archona while researching his book "Prussia in the Antipodes".
-beginning of development boom in the carribean, central america and coastal mexican states. Florida, jerico and Napoleona also begin to benefit from it. It takes until the 20th century for the "sunbelt" states to achieve parity with the rest of the USA.
1875-It was during the Juarez Administration that the foundation of a true national peace was reinforced and became unalterable. The Agricultural and Freeman Bureaus became indispensible to Southern Farmers, white and black. While some degree of racial prejudice was impossible to erradicate, economic interest forced it to retreat. Further when social darwinism was expounded it found a very chilly reception in the South. Always religious (or at least evangelical) Southern fusionist preachers (black and white) preached sermon after sermon against the extension of darwinism either political or racial. The first southern black represenative to the House is elected. Deep South Congressmen walk out when he is seated (but after a quorum is called). juarez cleverly uses their absence to pass an extenstion of the Freeman and Peon Bureau.
- In foreign policy the US is developing a more favorable Latin American policy, in part no doubt influenced by the handful of Hispanic Represenatives and Senators. Relations with France and England are very strained over some Mexican debts, the US tarriff and the growing maritime competition.
- In Central America and mexico the Freedmen in Nicarauga and Taumalipas are slowly removing the Anglos and Hispanics who had dominated the government and economy. Economically the Anglos/Hispanics will remain dominant for another 25 years but politically they are eased out of power in the next 10 years.
-Ethiopia falls to draka in a brutal war.
1876- After a blast of carnage in which several American Indian tribes are completely wiped out, the remainder surrender to the Army (in preference to the more bloodthirsty civilians and militias) and meekly return to their reservations. The intervention of the federal government, particularly in the form of the Army, is instrumental in stopping the clashes between the tribes and territorial militias. The Indian Massacres — however you interpret the name — are over, but this horrific episode in American history, coming so soon after the anarchy in the slave states, colors the national psyche from then on. The United States basically turns inward in shock, to peacefully develop their frontiers and rebuild the former slave states. Decision made to reduce the size of all stars on the USA state flag so more can fit without changing the proportions of the bars; it will be seen with the next admittance of new states. "Century of Progress" exposition held in Saint Louis, Missouri;
first serious proposal to move USA national capital to Saint Louis or another more central location than District of Columbia.
- Lincoln is re-elected president of the United States. America retreats into isolationism. Juarez becomes hugely influenced by the writings of Joseph Bennick, Henry David Thoreau, and Philip Wong. Bennick's works The American Dream, Landscapes and Vistas, and American Naturalism argued for the establishment of huge national preserves modeled after the ones in Maine. He was a great proponent of Evolution and his writings make the teaching of Evolution popular throughout the nation. Thoreau, often called "America's Conscience", followed upon the works of Emerson arguing against organized religion and for personal enlightenment. His works Every Man a Prophet and Disciples of Humanity caused outrage in the Church but became popular with
the nation's poor and those that had witnessed war in the name of religion. The third great writer to influence the Juazr presidency was, Philip Hamilton Wong. He wrote only one book, American Industry. In it he called for good relations between Labor and Capital. He promoted labor owned industry and called upon the government to act as referee to ensure that Labor and Capital remained in balance.
-Vast public work projects such as rail lines, city parks, and nature preserves hold America's attention as they were constructed.
-Draka begins a program to create a sea in the Chott Melrhir part of Algeria by building a canal. The canal is finished by 1885. France also puts harsh controls on the local's agricultural practices. THe flooding of the depression and the controls lead a fertile greener algeria.
-Edison invents the Serger and a working twin-tub washing machine.
-A rather ridiculous book entitled "The Elders of the Seven Hills" is put out (in part by some rather determined anti-Catholic Agents of the English Secret Service). It purports to be a record of the meetings and plans of various Catholic leaders in their plot to take over the world and crush other religions.
1878- heavy immigration of jews and into the US follows pogroms and strife (1878-1898 over 3 million). This will result in the 2nd major US musical movement in the early 20th century (besides Jazz) and based on sort of Slavic-American-Jewish fusion called Dulcer.
-a new Senator from Nicarauga arrives - his name is Williams, he is not even slightly Hispanic (son of former Alabama slaves), and he's black as the ace of spades. The Senate votes not to seat him, citing Article I, Section 5, "Each House shall be the judge of the elections... and qualifications of its members." Nicarauga sues to have Williams seated under Article V, "no State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate."
-US enacts first peacetime federal income tax.
1879-britain decide to make india into a more willing market for goods and an industrial producer. The british authorities begin establishing mandatory education to get more of the indians to learn english
1880–89: Autosteamers achieve popularity as vehicles of the wealthy, especially in the Free Republic of Draka now that closed-cycle systems are perfected. Refrigeration, including central air conditioning and then smaller portable units, developed as a variant application of compressors. Solar power systems are developed for small-scale water heating and electric power generation. Single-barrel machine guns, flame-throwers, land mines, poison gas, and submarines are developed but not yet used in battle.
- Austro–German alliance with Ottoman Empire, construction ofBerlin–Baghdad railway. Motion pictures developed. Steam turbine introduced for railroad engines. Antiseptic surgery and development of anesthetics, after the numerous amputations and preventable deaths of the Anglo–Russian War. Panama Canal completed.
- The U.S. Congress passes the National Military Reform Act and the Military Education Act (similar to OTL Montgomery G.I. Bill).
-American Indians petition US federal government to have their reservations and Indian territories administered at the federal level, rather than considered parts of states. The Indians regard the federal government and Army as their protector, and the states and territories as the source of the militias that were their strongest foes. Only several small areas in states east of the Mississippi become "Federal Indian Territories", most of them are created in the western lands still not yet states. Hashing out the boundaries keeps remaining territories in the American West from statehood for several years. Many of the indian tribes began to learn and adopt white culture and tooking up farming, ranching, trading in buffalo products, and limited mining and industry. The population of the tribes begins to increase due to the end of the massacres.. Indian tribes are recognized as sovereign dependencies of the United States with all Indians having dual citizenship.
-Free population of FRD is growing more slowly than serf population, leading to several bloody attempted slave revolts and the imposition of the harshest measures yet for control. Settlement Directorate raises childbearing requirement for plantation Landholders to 4 new or pre-existing acknowledged free births in first 10 years. Provincial Assembly authorizes increasing Citizen stipend for each additional free child to encourage free marriages and population growth, as acceptable immigrants have decreased greatly. Rise in popularity of impaling (inspired by the Ottomans) and use of crude flame-throwers or poison gas on rioting serfs. Uprisings in Kongo Province lead to large-scale deportations to destructive labor camps in addition to the usual measures. Brotherhood of the Lash encourages educational opportunities commensurate only with increasing responsibilities of serfs, leading to mostly illiterate plantation field hands and industrial machine tenders. Backlash to widespread international condemnation of these measures is the genesis of the Militarist philosophy in the FRD. Nearby egyptian territories attract many escaping serfs. Several large water diversion and hydroelectric projects begun.
-The ottoman empire begins taking steps to eliminate bedouin and begins planting plants to try to make the deserts green. The USA begins following suit in the southwest with planting trees and plants in arious areas where they fit.
-Regular dirigible service on several continents. American autosteamer production surpasses Dominations' as the limited
market in the Domination is saturated by their high-quality goods, and American inventors and entrepreneurs have pulled down the cost of production to make less-sturdy products more affordable for their middle class. Continuing Drakan emphasis on an extensive military-industrial application yet. Semi-automatic pistols developed. Tolgren model 1890 "automatic" pistol issued in large numbers to Citizens as standard sidearm.
-In England a series of repressive measures for Ireland are passed. They are intentionally designed to drive the Irish Catholic Population out of the Island. In the Northern Counties they work well. Most of exodus winds up in US Northern Industrial Cities (where it is popularly called the Second Sorrows - the first being the Potato famine/immigration of the 1840s).
-A federal anti-lynching law is passed by the USA's government in response to race rioting in some southern states.
-Brazil begins to get more equal treatment from the great powers due to its industrialization and its size. Brazil continues industrializing.
-Hispanics, blacks and asians from the terretories in the phillipines begin moving onto the mainland USA. Industries and development also begin spreading into all parts of the USA.
1880-In America the results of the slaver exodus continue to spread throughout society. The militia system is abolished. The most dramatic immediate impact is the creation of a large standing army with an extensive reserve system. Conscription instituted in the USA. The US will eventually have a professional army of over 1 million with another 4 million in reserves. The Navy also will dramatically expand with the construction of larger battleships and cruisers. Interestingly the American Navy becomes enamoured with submarine technology and institutes a number of test bed sub platforms. This early most are deathtraps, with no range beyond coastal attacks. The increased naval and army spending means a larger US government, more taxes and more government intereference in the economy. Another interesting impact is the passage of the Federal Trade Union Commission. The US recognizes and regulates industrial unions that are operating in the US armaments industry. These eventually spread from their base in the Northeast to the Central and Western US.
-Australia's revolutioonaries begin building building popualr supports and revolutionaries take major cities
-Edison invents the Serger and a working twin-tub washing machine.
1882- Security Directorate given arrest powers for all but high-ranking politicians (Senatorial immunity) and Citizens currently serving the Republic outside the Police Zone (mostly War Directorate personnel in battle). Karl von Shrakenberg born.
-US railroads introduce railroad time, dividing the US into the Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones.
-In Europe a new type of anarchism (called Millism and in part based on John Stuart Mill's books) is gaining ground. Not at first overtly violent the Millist none the less are disruptive to society as they attempt to breakdown national governments (eventually by terror).
-Spanish declared a secondary official language of the USA, but the English version of any government document has precedence. This is provoked by an embarrassing incident in Chihuahua City when reading aloud a faulty translation of the Constitution on the occasion of statehood. The status of both languages leads to schools teaching spanish as the same level
-Guarana cultivation introduced into Cuba,mexico and in Australia's batavia province.
-russia establsihes a protectorate of ethiopia and somiland and combines it into russian axum
-The first Labor Party candidates are elected to the American House of Representatives from Ohio and Massachusetts.
-Drakon-French war as superior drakon troops march north and take all of french africa in a brutal offensive involving thousand dirigible raids. After losing africa the french redouble their settlement and assimilation programs for their other colonies
1883- In continuing efforts to include the Hispanics (commonly still called Mexicans) in the USA, and better reflect the westward movement of America, further serious proposals have been made since 1876 to move the national capital from New York city. to a more central location. Geographically, the center of the continental part of the nation is now in northern Texas or the Indian terretory. However, the best proposals are for somewhere along the Rio Grande, although not where the Mexicans were severely beaten; the best candidates are Laredo and El Paso, which both have "twin cities" across the river.
-the artifical fiber, Rayon is invented which will result in changes down the line in terms of fashion. Rayon will lead to cheaper clothes which means that the middle class can afford to change their wardrobe more.
-Women's suffrage is granted in the USA.
-beginning of a large wave of immigration from the ottoman empire/north africa to the USA/south america. The later results of this include the formation of arabs as another immigrant culture with its own parts of big cities with "little araby" along with "little italy" type communities in big cities. This causes the beginning of a slow backlash of anti-immigrant sentiment.
-the UK and draka split the sudan.
1884-beginning of equal rights movements for blacks in southern states. The movement unlike OTL's civil rights focuses more on economic equality first then social equality later. The results of this are earlier white acceptance of black social equality and the beginnings of intermarriage between blacks and whites. This equal rights movement also causes a greater acceptance of nonwhites as being americans.indio/mestizo equal rights movement to appear.
-Almost 360 years after the conquest of the Incas, the mountain retreat of Machu Picchu is found
-Shaka Zulu leads a revolt in the densely settled province of natalia that is only supressed after poison gas and machine guns are used. This quells reformist settlement in the drakan nation for a few decades.
-Catholic priests are allowed to preach to serfs, after careful selection and training by the Domination.
-Beginning of major triumps of civil rights movements as northern states remove anti-black laws, virginia, west virginia, tenesee, arkansas, cuba, coahuila and much of the upper south grant civil rights. The lower south takes until the 1890's to grant civil rights and voting rights.
-US Armies reorganizes into a general staff system. Geographical commands are abandoned in favor of more general ones, ex. "First Army".
1885-Beginning of renovations of the USA's capital district in manhatten.
1887-The Peon and Freeman Burea has been transformed into the Federal Education and Support Department. It has created a series (particularly in old Mexico and the West) of Schools that operate alongside the traditional state schools. With the South reforming from slavery the idea of state's rights seems to be dying.
1888: First transatlantic flight, by a french dirigible from Apollonaris (Dakar, Senegal) to Recife in Brazil.
-Kaiser Frederick III begins his reign without any problems, his son Wilhem dies of an autosteamer accident.
-Kimonos and shalwar suits begin to rise in populairty in the western nations due to easier making of them.
-In another landmark decision the Supreme Court declares that Corporations are artificial entities, not citizens. (the Opposite of our TL see - Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad). Heavy regulation of corporations soon follows.
-The US annexes Samoan islands. The powerful US Pacific Fleet convinces the competing Germans not to force the issue.
1889-slavery outlawed in Brazil. 100,000 slaveowners move to Draka.
-The USN continues to grow as the RN and USN compete to build battleships. Initially many are the sideturret type (a la USS Maine) but in a dramatic step the US builds the first multi-turrent ship (based on a cross of the more advanced monitor classes of the 1870s), the USS Jackson (henceforth the term Jackson will be interchangable with large modern battleship, like Dreadnought in our TL). The Americans also continue to experiment with submarines, but until a decent gas or deisel engine is developed subs are basically crippled. Still the US does pioneer some inovative techniques.
-the secret ballot and cross-endoresement adopted as further electoral reforms.
1890-US government calls the Western frontier closed, but it also says the Northern and southern frontiers are still open.1891-President Burnside(who had made his fortune in arms manufacturing and Rail Roads) opens talks with the UK about a new relationship. Heavy US investment in arms research, several quasi-industrial labs are established to develop new weapons.
-first immigration restrictions enacted as restrictions of irish, russians and arab immigration to the United States. The excluded immigrants go to greater paraguay.
-small single dwelling central air conditioners are developed.
1893-elements of the former Mexican flag are inserted in the blue bar of the USA state flag. The Mexican and former Spanish states call in enough favors to get the eagle and snake from the former Mexican Republic onto the US flag.
-At the US Socialist convention the Communist wing of the party is expelled in favor of the more moderate socialist. Many of the Communist are recent German and Russian immigrants. The move actually strenghtens the party as it is seen now as more American.
-radio first invented by an obscure american inventor.
-the Drakan government begins taking steps towards converting the serfs from being simply serfs to being more of the powerless majority. This marks the drakan transformation into more of a totalitarian society.
1894- Libyan oil fields discovered by British teams drilling for water. Automatic submachine gun developed by Technical Section of War Directorate; immediately issued to Security Directorate forces for riot control in the form of the Machine Pistol Mk. I.
-Cascadia (Washington),Michoacan, Dakota (North and South Dakota) and Bighorn (Montana) admitted as states, 3 more stars in white bar of USA state flag.
-Beginning of Andean war as Gran Colombia and Chile declare war on Greater paraguay.
-Col. Samuel Langley, Ordinance Department-US Army flies first heavier-than-air craft.
-The 1894 civil rights act is passed into law. The education reforms and the higher proportion of middle class freeblacks along with the large black population led to reforms being done. The land reform and better eudcation led to literacy tests and other disenfrancisement tricks failing. This law merely codifies in a national manner what was becoming the status quo in the USA.
1895-In England Millist are working for Women's rights with a growing Sufferage movement (roughly 10 years after the USA passed the Contitutional Amendment giving women the right to vote).
1897-Final surrender of chile and gran colombia and full annexation of those areas.
1899-Chinese–Japanese War; Japan annexes Korea and Formosa. Western powers agree to maintain Chinese mainland ports open to free trade, extracting concessions from the weakening Qing Dynasty.
1900-1914-Amid a growing appreciation by world leaders that the interlocking alliances have led to a delicate Balance of Power that could be disastrously upset, many people believe that this is a true "Golden Age" for mankind. Unfortunately, it ignores the direct exploitation of millions by the Drakans, and the indirect activities in India and China that subjugate even more for the benefit of distant lands. But the march of technology has led to better lives in much of Europe, North America, and the lands of the Drakans, for those who can afford it or were born to it. Greater paraguay, the USA and Draka begin influencing world affairs.
-Naval building race between the United States, United Kingdom and Germany continues.
1900- Renovations on the capital district in manhatten are completed. The capital district is built around a large six-sided Mall. Near it's center a large brass statue of George Wahington on his horse is set up. This becomes the Blackmoor Memorial. Farther down the mall the Liberty Wall is erected with the names of martyrs to the cause of liberty. The National Arch is built out of stone from all around the nation. At the other end of the Mall a large Asian Garden is placed and beyond that is the International Trade Pavilion (a large building built in the oriental style). The President's Residence is built as an octagon house in Italianate style. The Congressional Hall is a large building built in the Italinate style. Work also begins on Fulton Station, a large train station, and several blocks of brick townhouses.
-A map of Egypt shows in the Delta large areas where up to 65% of the place names are European type and some Hindi, and some names in Ancient Egyptian by scholarly people who treated it as the right language for the area. As OTL, Egypt has its own aircraft factory near Helwan - but the suburb round the factory is called Vimananagar and no name in the language of the religion of the Prophet; its borough limits signa are in the Roman alphabet and Devanagari and hieroglyphics but not Arabic. Helwan is still called Helwan, despite two attempts by some of its inhabitants to get rid of the apparent reference to Hell and rename the town Bletchley after the town or origin of the first white settlers in the area.
-Reform and modernization programs in China, in progress slowly over the past decade, are expanded to include a significantly enhanced education system based on western ideas, and a program of light industry and railway construction.
-Draka begins taking steps to make industry an important part of its economy. the measures taken including moving from an agricultual to industrial society by reminvg limits on mechanizing farms.
-Sweeping social, economic reforms in US. National Social Insurance Act establishes national pension, medical insurance scheme. Minimum Wage Act, Factory Safety Act, National Labor Act passed. Department of social welfare established. These are all part of president Bryan's populist influenced democrat party reforms.
-the state of jefferson in part of southern oregon and far northern california admitted.
-In the US the USN deploys a practical short range submarine. It is slow, can't dive very deep, is underpowered and plagued with technical difficulties, but it is 10 years ahead of any other nations technology.
-Anglo-American alliance treaty signed. The first application of this is in the first world war where American troops join in from day one.
1901- Citizen women declared liable for wartime conscription into combat positions in the Domination, but training is still segregated. Yucatan and Panama admitted as states. Guam, midway and Wake Island annexed as US possessions.
-the constitution amendmended to remove the requiorements for the militia service before voting in federal electiosn but the states are allowed to retain it for their elections.
-17th Amendment empowers Federal government to regulate industry.
-Child labor banned in the USA by federal law. This comes on the heels on the national closed shop and other labor reforms. A nationwide scheme of federal workshops to provide work for the unemployed is established. The department of social welfare is building public housing in every large city and is engaged in a major slum-clearance project. In rural areas, the Social Wefare Department has begun a program of distributing high-quality, but inexpensive, prefabricated housing units to replace shanties and other unsanitary dwellings.
-the indonesian revolt as millions of indonesians revolt in a 5 year rebellion ending with 5 million dead.
1903-Pope Innocent XI convenes a Vatican council. In a dramatic step he pushes for mass to be said in the venacular and several other reforms. Some small number of Catholics (Radical/Reactionary) split from the Church, but by and large the reforms are well received. Innocent also opens a dialog with various Jewish leaders and orders an Papal investigation of anti-semitism inside the Church.
-Bank of the USA established with branches in many states.
-Shalwar suits become popularized articles of clothing.
1905-Television first developed. It stays as a curiosity until about 1910 or so when the first regional TV network is developed in the USA. TV remains the preserve of the wealthy for several years.
-the supreme courts rules that primary elections and giving candidacy official status violated freedom of association.
-The Colorado floods the Salton Sink area. The new route is encouraged by settlers there (in spite of having to move the town of Jade to higher ground), and by 1909 the Widney Sea level stabilizes. The local climate ameliates somewhat, and agriculture begins to bloom in the area. Tourism also becomes a big money item at the resorts built on the Salton shores.
-18th Amendment guarantees workers right to organize in America. This is passed despite republican protest.
1907- For no particular reason, a Irish chemist accidently discovers LSD(it's psychoactive effects aren't discovered until WWI, however)
1908–09- Japan becomes bogged down in a war in Manchuria. Russian intervention is defeated, both on land and at sea. First battleships sunk by aerial bombardment. The abysmal performance of the Russian armed forces, combined with social unrest, leads to a revolution in Russia. A true constitutional monarchy is established under Tsar Alykzandr IV, and several noted Westernizers are established in top government positions. A Communist group in St. Petersburg incites an armed uprising a little too late, and is crushed and rooted out by loyal troops and the Tsar's secret police. Qing Dynasty continues in China, but with a council of military leaders (warlords) the real power behind the throne.
-beginning of british conquest of afghanistan. The war takes over 10 years but afghanistan is conquered with major resitatnace crushed. Poison gas used in afghanistan.
-Rumors of mass graves in ireland and later pictures of them begin to show up.
-The United States Army Air Corps becomes a large wing of the army devoted to using the current air technology. An american air force is establsihed. A Strong zepplin air merchant marine is attached to the navy.
1910-1914-technological advances in this era include Artificial rubber, Advanced antibiotics (needed against the subtropical environments the Drakon/American settlers met while consolidating their hold on the tropical parts of the lands they rule). Television (in addition to advanced monitoring techniques through two-way televised transmissions...),Fuel efficient internal combustion engines (lessening the need for petroleum so the military can use more with less need for rationing.)
-Britain begins industrializing india.
-Greater paraguy move up to the ranks of the first world nations. It is following brazil's lead in becoming moderanized.
-W.R. Hearst's media empire broken up with some taken over by the government. The parts nationalized become the American broadcasing service(ABS). Several newspapers are also taken over the government. the ABS is the first and so far only nationwide radio/TV broadcaster.
-the mesoamerican sport bodyball becomes popular in America as the cultural effects of mexicans and blacks moving north(and far south in the case of the blacks) in previous decades has shown.
-In China the Catholic missionaries have been very successful. They have also been rather casual about Church rites, allowing a type of ancestor worship to continue along with many other traditional practices. The bulk of the Urban population (less than 5% of total) is now Catholic and a significant number of the rural peoples are converting. In part this is also driven by a tax manumssion for any new convert.
-The USN has also begun a series of experiments with aircraft, carriers and long range submarines. The RN has also adopted aircraft and carriers but is little interested in subs.
-Russia begins an attempt to move population and industry to new lands east of the urals.
1911-the USA gets the south american countries to join it in an alliance. The alliance isn't a simple USA/(instert nation) alliance, it is an alliance of all of the nations concerned.
-Qat cultivation began in mexico after a defector from Draka explains the profitability of quat and its effects and brings some over. Qat reaches north of the rio grande in the 20's and most states ban it in some form.
1912-Theodore Roosevelt elected president.
-Germany adopts a more militarized national school system, a symptom of the rise of Prussian/Militarist influence in German government. Germany adops a program of "National training"(think a combo of boot camp and physical education)
1913-President Roosevelt has decided to fund a large scale investment in Rail lines (both light and heavy). The Interstate Rail line project also entails a massive investment in light rail lines inside cities. Heavy government subsidies are created for construction of industrial lines.
-beginning of development boom in the carribean and coastal mexican states
1914-1919-The eurpean war war as the grand alliance(France,russia, United States , britain and the ottoman empire) go against the central powers(germany,Draka italy and austria-hungary). By wars end it is the spectacular advances of the German Stormtroops and the more coordinated infantry assaults by the allies that become parts of standard military doctrine along with tank and airplane use.
-Expansion of the locks on the Panama Canal to accommodate larger ships begins, complicating worldwide shipping and naval movements. And as the USA is with the allies, but an agreement from 1868 forces them to allow British warships through as if they were American, things get rather tense on both coasts of the state of Panama. In the end, Royal Navy ships are allowed through after they unload all ammunition and move it by rail to the other end of the canal.
-In Ireland there is a continuing outflow of Irish, even as many in England call for an easing of the anti-Irish policy.
- The Exodus is Ireland is slowing as the Liberals and Labor manage to get some more moderate anti-Catholic/Irish laws passed. Still a deep sea of resentment and hatred has been created.
-The british moderate their policy in ireland instead of mass massacres the british begin a policy of merely destroying the culture.
-President Roosevelt has increased US spending on technology and education almost 2 fold. Roosevelt had been an engineer before entering politics and has several (mostly impractical) ideas he wants to see explored. While little will come of Roosevelt's ideas the funding will dramatically increase US technolical development.
-German bombing and strafing of several clearly-marked rear-area hospitals staffed with volunteer American doctors triggers American entry into the war on the side of the Allies, and American troops fight in Europe for the first time in late 1914. Due to being allied with America, the south american countries send troops to europe.
1915-greece falls to the ottoman empire after a blitzkrieg of armored attack vehicles.
-Santa Fe(new mexico), Chiapas and Gila(arizona) admitted as states. Again, negotiations with the Indians delayed admittance.
-a german corporal by the name of A. Shicklegruber Hitler dies in battle.
-beginning of a revolt in ireland by both protestants and catholics against the brits
-"Crazy" Mark Freeman buys land in the foothills/ mountains west of the Widney Sea - cheap (it's considered wasteland - too far from the shore for resorts, too lumpy for farms). He begins planting hundreds of hectares in trees, with plans to convert all his land into a forest (he likes forest. He's also terribly rich, being a major stockholder in S.F. Rwy). A decade later, much to everyone's surprise, he's got about 25 kilometers squared of short, but growing forest land. Freeman Woods continue to expand and are joined by several other private forests.
1916- first primitive cruise missile developed in Germany
-A Hindu pacifist movement arises in India, causing unrest with massive sit-down strikes and clashes between Muslims and Hindus. The movement is started due to britain using Indian conscripts.
-Unrest in indonesia and a major rebellion rocks australia. Millions of malay refugees flee to the USA.
1916-1919-In both America and Europe a underground drug culture emerges. LSD gains popularity among mystics, musicians, and writers. Adolf Hitler gets heavy into this new culture.
1917-In the US the Socialist nationalize many railroads and begin heavy subsidies to cargo and passenger rail lines. These nationalized railroads are soon joined by a national steam line and national air line (although private companies can and do compete against the national lines). In each of the nationalized industries strong Socialist Unions take root.
-The Japanese attempt to foment Chinese uprisings against the Western enclaves, but fail to do more than call attention to themselves.
-Bolshevik revolution in russia. Vladimir lenin takes power and declares the USSR. He begins a program of restructuring society to make a New Soviet man. Prohibition declared in the USSR: all intoxicans including tobacco, alcohol and caffiene banned.
1918- Virgin Islands annexed as a US possession.
-Germany adopts prohibition. This cuases austria-hungary and the netherlands to follow suit.
-Britain decides to simply cut its losses and leave Ireland. The British government recognizes the new irish governemnt and offers to open relations with it in a surprise move. The move is done after president Roosevelt expresses that he'll take america out of the war unless britain leaves ireland.
-The American absentee ballot process is formalized so you don't have women physically voting in place of their husbands, but the women continue their patriotic activities on the home front.
1919-end of the war with a status quo peace trety reached. The ottoman conqurest of greece is recognized in exhange for
germany retaining alsace-lorraine.
The entente nations default which takes out wall street in a sickening crunch. The destroyed banks and destroyed firms are nationalized by the federal government. Bank deposits retroactively insured up to $20K reliquifying the economy. This gives America a large state sector in its economy.
-the USA makes economic peace with the british empire. British and Empire investment in the Americas and the Antipodes largely transfered to US control. Much valuable art work and specie followed. Exports resumed as state to state trade, saving the Farm belt.
-A de facto peace with Draka is soon established, due predominantly to the inability of the exhausted Allies to mount any significant offensive against the Domination, and concern for the British still held hostage in Africa. The Domination refuses to recognize the Peace of Versailles (especially the provisions for returning territory to anyone), although it soon repatriates all remaining British citizens and makes payments to British and German firms for seized commercial properties.
-beginning of civil war in ottoman empire between the muslim radicals and the young turks. The ottoman sultan declares a jihad against the domination of draka. Muslim revolts occur all over the lands of the draka. Ottoman empire invaded by drakans. All Drakan conquests are annexed as "New Territories," and the Pacification Wars begin. Rest of the world outraged as the Domination publicly executes captured enemy leaders in Archona on "Victory Day", first in 1923 with over 4,000 Ottomans and Young Turks, and in 1924 with the Shah's Vizier and others. Widespread embargo against Domination begins due to continuing use of slaves, brutality in war, and flaunting of depravity by Citizens. The Domination enters an isolationist phase enforced from within and without, heavily fortifies the conquered areas, and gradually eases restrictions on free women in combat positions, with full integration in 1936.
Interesting coincidence that, with a PoD in 1651, the First World War occurs just at the same time (maybe lasts a bit longer) as OTL. I have an issue (stemming from my belief in the Butterfly Effect) with you keeping altergangers so long. It might have been better if you had said things like "John Masterson, whose political philosophy was similar to OTL Teddy Roosevelt". Still, I have debated my views on the Butterfly Effect till it was no longer fun, so I will not do so again. I look forward to the next installment!
Raymann
Banned
uh 2000 reps? Isn't that a bit much? Also can you explain what the Draken's want with all those slaves, I mean they outnumber whites 10 to one and still they want more. Even if they did all the agricultural and industrial work wouldn't there still be more that they simply don't need? Finally, why is Draka a leading industrial power? If they use all that slave power then other then for weapons of war, mechanized farm and industrial equipment would not be needed as much.