WI Zachary Taylor Lived?

Well, as was mentioned earlier, it is likely because many southern states preferred the Articles of Confederation.

However, I think it would be quite interesting to hear another name

Any chance that the CSA's constitution would be based more on the Articles, in such a case? Or would it still be a copy-paste with a few changes?
 
You're sort of assuming they get around to a constitution. Personally, I think TTL's "Confederacy" never amounts to much more than a bunch of loosely-affiliated state rebellions what get squashed quick.
 
You're sort of assuming they get around to a constitution. Personally, I think TTL's "Confederacy" never amounts to much more than a bunch of loosely-affiliated state rebellions what get squashed quick.

truth. this will likely be seen more as a rebellion than a civil war.

how long do y'all think it would last? a year? two?

and i'm curious what are the exact reasons why virginia would secede? i still do not understand why they would?
 
Virginina secedes for the same reason as OTL. They perceive secession as a right which they don't initially care to exercise. Once the Union Army is called up, the central government is using force to crush people's legitimate rights (the views of 19th century Virginians, not my own). Time to rebel.

The Constitution would get written, much as OTL; Toombs basically wrote it around 1835 and has kept it in his desk drawer waiting for the right time. The perception that secession was some sort of spontaneous reaction to the events of the day is flatly untrue; after the nullification crisis of 1833, the smarter southern firebrands understood that that was their warning shot - the next time, it would be war. They have been preparing for it for 27 years OTL, 17 years TTL.

I can imagine some prominent failures to ratify it, though. Texas leaps immediately to mind.
 
true, but by that logic, kentucky and missouri would secede, and OTL they did not. having a fellow southerner in the White House will probably count for something among politicians as well as the common southern man.

i wonder if Texas would simply reaffirm the Republic of Texas.
 
Virginina secedes for the same reason as OTL. They perceive secession as a right which they don't initially care to exercise. Once the Union Army is called up, the central government is using force to crush people's legitimate rights (the views of 19th century Virginians, not my own). Time to rebel.

There is no "Virginia," as such. There are only a bunch of Virginians, most of whom were much less radicalized in 1850 than they were in 1860. Virginia still might go Confederate, but its going to be much closer and subject to butterflies than it was in 1860.

Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if a state like Virginia devolved into its own internal civil war. The sides will be close enough that one side or the other might resort to shenanigans in the legislature or secession convention leading the other side to armed revolt.
 
i wonder if Texas would simply reaffirm the Republic of Texas.

Possibly, but they will be at war with the US for sure. Taylor intended to admit 'New Mexico' as a state (OTL Arizona, New Mexico and most or all of Colorado and Utah, if memory serves), in derogation of Texas' claim to the territory up to the Rio Grande.

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I'm not finding a reliable source on this, but it looks like the state of New Mexico's boundaries would have been modern day NM, AZ, and little bits of Colorado and Nevada.
 
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