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===== Timeline for the Affiliated States of Boreoamerica =====

==== Before 1600 ====

796 Traditional date of the foundation of the Council of Three Fires

1050 Approximate date when the city of Cahokia grew into a great power, which many Illinois people have claimed as a founding date for their state 

1141 Founding date of Iroquoia, based on cross-referencing oral tradition with the findings of modern astronomy

1400s European fishermen reach Newfoundland and St. Pierre

1496 Santo Domingo founded

1565 San Agustín founded

1583 Gilbert Expedition claims Newfoundland

1585 Drake’s Sweep gains England control of Newfoundland

1585-1590 Virginia colony founded at Roanoke

==== 1600-1649 ====

1605 Acadia founded at Port Royal

" " " Point of Divergence for the project: The Polish noble claiming to be the Tsarevich Dmitri is much more competent and successful than in our timeline.

1607 Virginia colony re-established at Jamestown

1612 Bermuda settlements founded as part of Virgina

1618 Virginia grants the first Headrights

1620 Plymouth founded

1620s English raiders drive the Acadian French from Port Royal to smaller settlements

1629 New Scotland founded at Port Royal

“ “ “ Foundation of New Hampshire and New Somersetshire

1635 Saybrook founded

1636 Rhode Island founded

1638 Lower Connecticut founded

1640s “Beaver Wars” begin: Iroquois launch many westward attacks

“ “ “ Civil wars: Covenanters win in Scotland, Scotland separates from England

1644 Connecticut buys Saybrook’s western territory; Saybrook begins policy of granting large estates

1645 Peace treaty between the original Onontio and the Iroquois

==== 1650-1699 ====

1655 Dutch capture New Sweden

1660s Carolina founded as a proprietary colony

“ “ “ Pennsylvania founded

“ “ “ English capture Christiana from New Netherland and transfer it to Penn

“ “ “ The Auld Alliance: Scotland and France rekindle alliance based on shared interests; they agreed to a 
shared occupation of Acadia, with each colony’s people loyal to their respective countries but no clear 
dividing line between New Scotland and Acadia

1671 Pageant of the Sault: Indians of the Great Lakes ally with France.

1679 Union of the crowns of Russia, Sweden, and Poland

1680s The Mayhews begin to abolish manorialism on Martha’s Vineyard

“ “ “ First Dominion of New England

“ “ “ New Cornwall founded as a colony of the Duke of York

1689 Glorious Revolution; overthrow of King James II and VII.

1690s  Very brief attempt at second Dominion of New England

1690 Jacobite War/Lord Effingham’s War in Maryland, with Pennsylvania’s support

1691 End of Lord Effingham’s War. Virginia occupies Albemarle in Carolina.

“ “ “ Fort St. Joseph founded

1698 Spanish build fort at Pensacola

==== 1700-1749 ====

1700s French habitants build villages in Illinois

**__1701 Great Peace of Montreal consolidates the alliance of the Children of Onontio__**

“ “ “ English Crown ratifies the transfer of Albemarle from Carolina to Virginia

“ “ “ Founding of Detroit

1702 Canada grants seigneuries in Labrador

“ “ “ France builds fort at Mobile

1709 Succession crisis in Russia provokes war in Europe and the colonies

1710s Dominion of New England re-established for the final time

“ “ “ Jacobite privateers seize power in the Bahamas

“ “ “ Highland Scots begin to emigrate to New Scotland

1715 Protestant uprising in Maryland

1719 France builds Fort de Chartres, founding the province of Upper Louisiana and establishing the first French presence in Illinois.

1730s Creation of the Congress of the Indies

1730 Moytoy crowned first Emperor of the Cherokee

1732 Sainte-Genevieve founded in Upper Louisiana

1740 Potano city and mission re-founded, restoring Spanish rule in central East Florida

1740s Rise of the Republics in the Ohio Country

“ “ “ Fox War: starts in Detroit, spreads throughout the Upper Country, Illinois, and Ohio

1744 Carlisle Congress: First Anglo-American Congress; meeting of representatives of Pennsylvania, Maryland, 
Virginia, and New England with Iroquois and Susquehannock leaders.

==== 1750-1759 ====

1750s Formation of Kekionga Country government

“ “ “ First English settlements in West Florida

1752 first General Meeting of both islands in the Vineyards

==== 1760-1769 ====

1760s Wars of Independence in Virginia and New England. 

“ “ “ Green Mountain Boys’ revolution in Vermont

“ “ “ Connecticuters found Wyoming Valley settlements in Poutaxia

1760 French found St. Louis to be the new capital of Upper Louisiana

1761 Start of responsible government in Carolina

1769 Connecticut declares independence

==== 1770-1779 ====

1770s End of the Wars of Independence. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania declared

“ “ “ Watauga founded

“ “ “ Upper Connecticut settlements founded after a failed Connecticuter campaign to seize English Fort 
Sanduskey

1770 The capital of Upper Louisiana moves from Illinois to the city of Saint-Louis west of the river.

1772 Virginia’s campaign along the Ohio

“ “ “ The Tavern Assembly: The delegates of New Scotland petition the Scottish government for independence

1773 New Scotland wins partial independence; its status is based on the Dominion of New England

1777 The Upper Country’s first Grand Assembly

1779 Plymouth leaves the Confederation of New England and rejoins the Dominion.

==== 1780-1789 ====

1780s Rise of Mixed leaders in Poutaxia

1781 Annapolis Convention (or Annapolis Congress): Commissioners from several states call for a renewal of 
Congresses to restore trade and  friendly relations among the English states.

“ “ “ Tory majority wins election in Connecticut and restores the monarchy

1782 The Huntingdon (Long Island) Congress marks the resumption of the Anglo-American Congresses after the 
wars; Loyalist, Republican, and Jacobite English states restore their alliance

1785 Treaty of the Hague: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire secure final recognition of their 
independence

==== 1790-1799 ====

1790s Formal elections by mayors instituted for Cherokee emperor

“ “ “  (before ‘94) Rhode Island returns to the Dominion of New England out of frustration with heavy-handed 
Massachusetts policy.

1790 Restoration of the Swedish monarchy in Christiana.

1793 England fighting France in the Wars of Revolution; some in America, but it is held in check by the large 
blocs of territory now outside the reach of either country.
" " " The Canadian governor creates the Province of Huronia with a military government.

1794 England captures Fort Michilimackinac; some French guns are floated to Mackinac Island, which grows into a 
French redoubt

**__1795 Origin of the Anglo-Dutch Federation: The Covenant Chain and the Anglo-American Congress meet together__**

“ “ “ East Florida becomes a Captaincy-General and is separated from West Florida

" " " Louisiana declares independence from republican France.

1797 Tense peace between England and France

“ “ “ First permanent government for Newfoundland

“ “ “ First Assiniboia settlements

1798 Founding date of Poutaxia, though the actual state government was nearly powerless.

==== 1800-1809 ====

1800s Cherokee written language and written constitution

1800 First negotiations between Congress and Newfoundland for expansion of fishing and trading rights for 
mainlanders

1802 Virginia and Canada form the League of St. Joseph, opposed to expansion of the Loyalist states and 
Pennsylvania

1803 - 1808 War of the League of St. Joseph: “One of the last great rounds of imperial warfare in America” - 
war between Virginia/Canada and England/Carolina/Cherokee

“ “ “ Battles fought around Mackinac

1804 Hartford Congress (“The Wartime Congress”): Massachusetts and New Hampshire establish friendship with the 
Tory states of New England and pledge neutrality in the war. Considered the end of the Confederation of New 
England. New Scotland participates in an Anglo-American Congress for the first time.

1805 Pennsylvanian and Christianer attacks on the Illinois Country prompt Louisiana to join the war on the side of France. This paves the way for postwar reconciliation.

1806 Grand Council of the Ohio meets in Mississinewa - earliest predecessor of the State of Ohio

**__1808 Treaty of Bath, final settlement for Virginia (with Bermuda), Carolina, and Cherokee__**

(same time or shortly after) Conclusion of wars between England and Napoleonic France

“ “ “ Newfoundland confirmed as English, with France keeping St. Pierre and fishing rights along French Shore

1809 Joint Canadian-Newfer post set up at Red Bay for regulating hunting and fishing along the Labrador Coast

“ “ “ Canada and HBC attempt a cartel to limit competition over fur in Grand Portage and Assiniboia.

==== 1810-1819 ====

1810s Spanish build forts around Tampa Bay

“ “ “ Autonomy for the Ashkany Country in the Pays-d’en-Haut

“ “ “ Virginia makes Tishomingo Purchase from Chicasaw.

" " " The Strife of the Ocmulgee, a border conflict between Carolina and Muscoguia, flares up into the Ocmulgee River War.

1810 Jerome Bonaparte is named King of New France and comes to Québec.

" " " Louisiana consents to rejoin the French empire as an autonomous part of the Kingdom of New France.

" " " The Treaty of Camden ends hostility between Watauga and Carolina.

“ “ “ Carolina claims sovereignty over English settlements in West Florida, sparking the Florida Wars.

1811 First Philadelphia Congress marks the resumption of Anglo-Dutch Congresses. Congress becomes a permanent institution uniting most of the English states with the Covenant Chain members and New Scotland. Philadelphia is the permanent capital, though some Congresses are held in other Pennsylvania towns.

“ “ “ Connecticut acknowledges the independence of Upper Connecticut.

“ “ “ Lucien Bonaparte arrives as Prince of Acadia.

1812 Transfer of Tronatisca from Muscogia to East Florida

1813 Second Philadelphia Congress: The Bahamas becomes a permanent member state.

1817 Lancaster Congress: At the invitation of New Englanders eager to gain fishing rights, Newfoundland sends its first delegate to Congress. An arrangement is made to allow allied states to fish in Newfoundland waters on a limited basis.

The State of Allegheny is organized, though for now it remains an Iroquois dependency.

1818 Many of Louisiana's borders are defined in a series of treaties negotiated both bilaterally and within the Grand Council:

* In one of Crockett's Treaties, Louisiana and Chicasaw end decades of hostility.

* A treaty between Louisiana and Chicasaw establishes the Mississippi River as the boundary between them. 

* The southernmost towns of Illinois are ceded to Virginia.

* Louisiana defines the first permanent border between the provinces of Upper and Lower Louisiana.

* Illinois is recognized as a separate province within Louisiana.

1819 England, France, and Spain (via Carolina, Louisiana, and East Florida) agree to a thirty-year truce and joint sovereignty in West Florida. Carolina gains control of the Ocmulgee Basin from Muscoguia, and Cherokee annexes the Peachtree region.

==== 1820-1829 ====

1820s Poutaxia state government is centralized.

" " " Huronia is divided into Departments.

1820 Fighting in Assiniboia between Métis traders loyal to New Scotland and Rupertsland

“ “ “ Bicentennial of the founding of Plymouth; an important moment when the Dominion of New England established its identity as a coalition of free and loyal states. Creation of the flag of Plymouth.

1822 Outbreak Kishwauki War between Illinois and Upper Country (Canada supported the Upper Country and Louisiana supported Illinois).

1824 Influential Illinois officer François Godin is killed in a skirmish. His death, and an open letter written from his deathbed, persuade many Illinois people to seek a negotiated settlement to the war.

1825 At the Congress of Ouiatenon, Illinois and the Upper Country negotiate an end to the Kishwauki War.

1828 Illinois separates from Louisiana to become an autonomous part of New France.

==== 1830-1839 ====

1830s Consolidation of confederation that includes English states, New Netherland, Iroquoia, Poutaxia, and allies

“ “ “ Ohio alliance begins to participate in regional politics as a single entity

“ “ “ French Acadia and New Scotland agree to a border

“ “ “ Republic of Madawaska is founded

1832 Death of Napoleon II

1833 The French Empire is overthrown by the Second Republic. 

“ “ “ Onontio’s Rebellion: Canada and its dependencies win independence from France.

“ “ “ Declarations of independence in Illinois, Louisiana, and Saint-Domingue.

“ “ “ West Florida English declare a republic; Louisiana attacks.

1834 Spanish republicans join English rebels in West Florida; origin of the triple star flag

“ “ “ First in a series of revolts in Seminol against the chiefdom

“ “ “ Illinois joins the Congress of the Nations.

1835 Louisiana joins the Congress of the Nations.

1836 The Grand Council splits off its hereditary members as the Chiefly Council, which is quickly sidelined and 
barred from getting any political power.

" " " Carolina concludes the East Chattahoochee Purchase, obtaining from Cherokee the land around the future city of Peachtree.

1836-38 Miami War: Detroit against Sanduskey and Kekionga

1837 Louisiana concludes a treaty with Mexico fixing their mutual border. Louisiana organizes the Province of Middle Louisiana to govern the sparsely populated land on its side of the line. The capital is the town of Les-Arques.

1838 All sides accept Grand Council plan for West Florida to return to a triple condominium, but to advance toward independence. Tricameral legislature established.

" " " Watauga passes a bill for gradual emancipation.

1839 Capital of Huronia is permanently fixed at Toronto

“ “ “ Final unification of Illinois; capital moves to Peoria.

==== 1840-1849 ====

1840s Growth of abolitionism 

“ “ “ Regional assemblies are created in West Acadia and St. John’s Island

" " " State governors are removed from the Grand Council and replaced by statesmen elected by Congress. This is the start of the path toward today's Grand Council of State, which is chosen by Parliament.

1840 Manitoulin Country established

" " " The borders of Middle Louisiana (the future Arques) are surveyed and set.

**__1841 Earliest use of the name ASB; considered the founding date.__**

“ “ “ The Grand Council of Ohio is recognized as a state government.

“ “ “ State of West Florida is declared.

1842 St. John’s Island becomes an independent state

1845 Newfoundland declared a Dominion

“ “ “ Indians gain representation in their own house of the West Florida legislature

1847 New Holland gains the status of a constituent country of the Upper Country

“ “ “ Huronia achieves independence from Canada

1848 Creation of the Electoral College in Cherokee

1849 Acadia restores the Bonaparte prince, marking its independence from the French Republic. St. Pierre and Miquelon is France’s only remaining colony. By act of Congress, France keeps St. Pierre and rights along the French Shore of Newfoundland, while France’s role in Labrador formally passes to Canada.

" " " First elected assembly in Middle Louisiana

==== 1850-1859 ====

1850s Rapid growth of Chicago

“ “ “ Establishment of port at Thunder Bay

1850 Cherokee bans importation of slaves

“ “ “ Upper Virginia breaks away from Lower Virginia.

1851 Declaration of the Seminol Republic

1852 Middle Louisiana changes its name to Les-Arques.

1853 Completion of the Chicagou Canal, leading to the growth of Chicagou, Peoria, and other cities

1854 Carolina’s fugitive slave law weakened by Premier John Caldwell

later 1850s Violence over slavery in Carolina, fugitive slave law restored by Premier Richard Spraight

1856 Gold discovered in California

1858 Unification of Millioqué from three smaller towns

==== 1860-1869 ====

1860 Gold Wars break out in California

1860s Cayman Islands detached from Jamaica

“ “ “ Kenojé Country established

" " " Railroad built between Watauga and Lower Virginia

1862 Miami-du-Lac Country established

1863 Louisiana grants greater autonomy to the two northern provinces of Upper Louisiana and the Arques.

1864 Start of Armand Linville’s Chief Ministry. During his tenure, he champions reforms that transfer the balance of power to Parliament over Congress

1865 Rupertsland and the ASB negotiate a border; Assiniboia Métis are mostly excluded from participating in the ASB institutions after this date. A large area of prairie land south of the Red River basin, but north of the new border, is added to the Assiniboia colony.

1866 West Acadia becomes a state, ending the condominium after almost exactly 200 years. The Principality of Acadia becomes East Acadia.

**__1868 First modern Parliament__**

" " " The elected assembly of the Arques assumes most of the powers of government. The state sends separate delegations to all confederal institutions for the first time.

==== 1870-1879 ====

1870s Industrialization in St. Joseph and Millioqué

1870 Congress cedes to Parliament the power to elect members of the Grand Council of State. 

1871 Death of Chief Minister Armand Linville; leadership of his Democratic Party passes to conservatives while reformists form the Whigs.

" " " The Arques' capital moves from the town of Les-Arques to Champ-d'Espoir.

1872 Louisianan officials and chiefs in Dakota ask to send delegates to Congress to represent their territory, essentially the start of Dakota's statehood.

1875-1880 Anti-slavery reforms in Carolina under Premier Zebulon Vance

1876 Abolition of slavery in the Arques

1878 ASB adopts its flag during the premiership of William Walker

1879 Military regime ends in Seminol.

==== 1880-1889 ====

1880 Carolina abolishes slavery

1881 Cayman Islands become a state of the ASB

1882 Religious leaders are removed from the Grand Council of State and seated in a new Religious Council, a body without political power modeled on the Chiefly Council.

1883 Mesabi Iron Range discovered

1885 Failure of Chief Minister Garfield’s universal suffrage proposal

1886 Lower Louisiana renounces all remaining supervisory powers over The Arques' government and laws.

1888 Seminol adopts a directly elected presidency

1889 Socialist Party founded

“ “ “ People’s Party elected in Carolina; they institute far-reaching reforms of land ownership, education, and civil rights.

“ “ “ New colonial government for Assiniboia

==== 1890-1899 ====

1890-91 Creation of the last constituent countries in the Upper Country

1893 Assiniboia revolt

1895 First Socialist confederal MPs elected

1897 Electoral Reform Law requires universal male suffrage in every state.

1898 Dominion government in Assiniboia collapses. 

“ “ “ Mesabi War between Assiniboia and the Upper Country - last militia war between states

1899 Congress of the Nations stripped of legislative power.

“ “ “ Start of long era of Liberal government in New Netherland

==== 1900-1949 ====

1901 Pro-independence vote in Carolina

1903 End of the monarchy in Carolina

1910s War in Europe

“ “ “ England, France, other former colonial powers banned from any military involvement in their loyal dominions within the ASB.

1917 Probably ASB’s first overseas war

“ “ “ Election of Chief Minister Wilfrid Laurier

1920 The Arques takes away from Lower Louisiana the last vestige of colonial control, namely the power to name the Governor. Governors instead will name their own successors, subject to a vote of approval by the people.

1925 Statehood for St. Pierre and Miquelon

1929 Economic Depression

1930s Centralization of government in Upper Country

" " " Civil rights era in Carolina

“ “ “ New West Floridian constitution with tricameral legislature based on Long’s reforms in Louisiana

1930 Election of Huey Long in Lower Louisiana

“ “ “ Election of Frits Roseveld of New Netherland to confederal presidency after death of Coolidge

1932 “Good Deal” program is defeated; The Socialists under Urban Stendahl of Christiana gain a majority in the confederal Parliament for the first time, under the slogan “Common Good”.

1940 ASB goes to war abroad

1946 End of Stendahl’s chief ministry

1948 Florida Keys transfer from East Florida to Seminol.

==== 1950-1999 ====

1950 Labrador demands independence from Canada and Newfoundland

1955 Beginning of Democratic Party era (the “Blue Sixties”) under Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts

1970 Socialists under Lindon Jordan of Muscogia return to power; start of the “Red Seventies”

1971 End of racial barriers to voting throughout the ASB, start of an era of confederal civil rights reform

1979 Democrats under Chief Minister Anika Lucas of Dakota come to power on a platform of restoring power to the states

1982 Economic downturn and General Strike

“ “ “ Julian Mathieu of Lower Louisiana is the first Socialist to be elected President of the Grand Council of State

1984 Socialists under Jack Reagan of Illinois achieve a majority; high point of power for the office of Chief Minister

1988 Impeachment of Reagan

1989 Another General Strike

1992 Landslide election of Democrats under Rhein Paul of Allegheny; the “New Right” comes to power

1994 “Covenant with the People”: series of reforms to devolve more power to states

1995 ABTU calls General Strike in an unsuccessful protest against Paulist policies

1998 Paul’s failed attempt to introduce a new written Constitution

==== Since 2000 ====

2001 Paul resigns; Democrats under Martin Harman of Arque keep their majority in Parliament.

2004 Welsh autonomy celebrated in ceremonial session of Congress in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

2007 Currency devalued amid economic downturn.

2009 Socialists under Suzie Bellamy of the Upper Country sweep into power and end 20-year Democratic era in Parliament.

2011 Corruption scandal results in the dissolution of Turks and Caicos’ local assembly.

2016 Aquamarine Revolution results in restoration of self-government for Turks and Caicos.

2018 Turks and Caicos votes for statehood.

2019 Turks and Caicos' separation from Bermuda is finalized.