WI: Virginia and New York had went to war

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If the Constitutional Convention(and the Confederacy/Union) collapsed in 1787, and Virginia and New York went to war over the Northwestern borders, who would have won?

While I believe it would have been Virginia, how would the other states respond to such a massive power?
 
Virginia would've won. But New York wouldn't have risked war over it. They would've done what such colonial states always do. Make a tentative claim. Then, when one of them becomes unhappy about the border, reenter negotiations. Neither of them had a strong enough claim on the territory to really want war over it. Any "war" will just be settlers hacking at each other, a pretty common occurrence in the states. Ultimately, the border will be shifted to better reflect the actual situation.

See this thread for my interpretation of how the border would more or less turn out.
 
If the Constitutional Convention(and the Confederacy/Union) collapsed in 1787, and Virginia and New York went to war over the Northwestern borders, who would have won?

While I believe it would have been Virginia, how would the other states respond to such a massive power?

New York gets his ask kicked, Penn grabs his Gun, Maryland craps itself, and North Carolina sneaks around back, preparing for a Bloody guerilla war.
 
New York gets his ask kicked, Penn grabs his Gun, Maryland craps itself, and North Carolina sneaks around back, preparing for a Bloody guerilla war.

Not really. Virginia has all of 0% chance of reaching New York. It either has to march through Maryland and Pennsylvania (and do you think Penn will like that?), or go by sea. And how big of a navy do you think Virginia would've had in 1787? Skirmishes in the midwest would go Virginia's way, but New York would hardly get its "ask kicked." Neither state would feel it much at all in their home territories.
 
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