SUPERIMPERIALIST AMERICA ERA ONE: The Ascent to Domination (1844-1991)

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SUPERIMPERIALIST AMERICA ERA ONE: The Ascent to Domination (1844-1991)

1844—James Polk defeats Henry Clay.


1844-48—Polk’s presidency continues as it did OTL, including the annexation of half of Mexico and half of Oregon, but in late 1848 Polk announces that he has purchased Cuba from Spain for $125 million.  Southerners rejoice while Northerners scorn.  Polk then satisfies the Northerners by proposing the Compromise of 1848, which states:
1. Any new territory north of 34’30 will be forever free as long as it’s a territory.  Any land south of the line will have slavery during territoryhood.  Once a state is admitted, it can choose whether to be slave or free.
2.  States will always be admitted in pairs, one slave, and one free.
3.  Texas gives up its western land claims.

1848—Even though Polk had said he’d only do one term, people love him so much they nominate him again.  He wins every southern state in a 218-72 rout over Gen. Zachary Taylor.


1849—President Polk sends James Gadsden to Mexico to make another large purchase.  Gold is discovered in Sutter’s Mill.  Cuba applies for statehood, but is put on hold until a new free state applies.   Polk does not contract cholera.

1850—California applies for statehood.  California [free] and Cuba [slave] are admitted on the same day.  A corrupt deal puts Santa Ana back on the throne of Mexico.  He agrees to sell the US the states of Chihuahua, Sonora, and the Baja Peninsula.  Northerners grumble at this, but they set their sights on annexing some of Canada.  Polk negotiates with the British for some of Canada, but the British will not budge.  Gadsden returns to the US, a hero to some.  Polk calls for an improved US army.

1851—Polk again attempts to negiotiate for part of Canada, but British ambassadors storm out and do not return.  Polk contacts cholera from tainted water and dies in DC.  His untimely death immortalizes him forever.  George Dallas ascends the presidency.  Dallas enlargens and reequips the US army even more.

1852—Dallas proposes a new monument in DC called the Polk Memorial.  It is built in the westernmost point of the city.  Dallas decides to return home to Pennsylvania and not seek reelection.  The Whigs nominate Winfield Scott, while the Democrats choose Franklin Pierce.  The “Polk ‘em and Pierce ‘em” slogan works and Pierce rides Polk’s popularity to a 275-30 win.


1853—Pierce sends James Gadsden to Quebec for a top secret meeting with Quebecian officials.  He persuades them to declare independence.  The US backs them under the Monroe Doctrine, as does France, wanting to mess with Britain and get a loyal partner in the new world.  Bogged down in Europe, and not wanting to deal with the Polked/Dallased US army, Britain concedes.  The Republic of Quebec is formed.  James Gadsden moves into Ontario and begins spreading Sam Adams-esque propaganda.  The popularity of Polk, Dallas, and Pierce has made Ontario sympathetic to the US.

1854—In January, Ontario applies to the US for annexation and statehood.  The state of Polk in former Chihuahua is created.  Polk [slave] and Ontario [free] enter the US on February 19.  The Republican Party is formed.

1855—William Walker takes up a force and heads for Nicaragua.  New Brunswick and Nova Scotia [which includes PEI] begin talking about joining the US  [could James Gadsden be involved? ]

1856—William Walker installs himself as president of Nicaragua, legalizes slavery, and applies for statehood.  Northern Cuba breaks off and applies for statehood as the state of Havana.  Nova Scotia and New Brunswick also apply for statehood.  New Brunswick [free], Nova Scotia [free], Havana, [slave], and Nicaragua [slave], are all admitted in October.  Pierce is reelected over CA senator John Fremont, winning all states added during his first term.


1857—Immigration to Nicaragua increased.  William Walker begins a coup in Costa Rica.  Minnesota Territory begins moving toward statehood.

1858—Pierce tries to negiotiate for more land in Mexico.  Deseret [Mormon lands] applies for statehood, but is turned down by both sides.

1859—Walker’s Costa Rica coup is successful.  He sets is sights on Panama, which falls soon, as much of the populace wants to join the USA.  Gran Columbia objects but can do little to stop it.  On December 19, Oregon [free], Minnesota [free], Panama [slave], and Costa Rica [slave] join the Union.

1860—A three way election begins.  The platforms:
Democratic—James Gadsden and Stephen Douglas:  continue the expansion of the US; go after territory in the West Indies, Central America, and Canada.  Continue popular sovereignty and retain the free-slave balance.
Republican—Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin:  stop the expansion, no more slave territories, eventual abolition of slavery
Constitutional Union—John Bell and James Crittenden:  do not let the Union fall apart; expand much less and retain the free-slave balance; avoid dissolution at all costs.
The election ends with no candidate receiving a majority.
In the House, Bell decides to back Gadsden, but then the Republicans offer to back Bell to prevent Gadsdenfrom being elected.  In the end, Gadsden is elected by the House.

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1861—William Walker attempts to take Honduras and is shot dead.  Gadsden negiotiates with Santa Ana for more territory in Mexico, but Santa Ana dies before anything is agreed upon.  Haiti and the Dominican Republic offer themselves to the United States for annexation, seeing how the quality of life has improved in Cuba and American Central America [ACA].  Though slavery had gone in and out of legality in both territories, it was agreed to allow slavery there, even though it was not widespread.

1862--Haiti, Santo Domingo, both with legal but little slavery, and Nevada [free] and Kansas [free] are added to the Union.

1863—The Democrats begin to split along North-South lines.  The Southern Democrats want to concentrate chiefly on annexing more slave territory, while the Northern Democrats look toward Canada.  The Republicans become more and more antislavery.

1864—The Democrats split at the convention.  Neither side likes the expansion policy of President Gadsden, expanding on each side equally and keeping the free-slave balance, so neither side nominates him.  The Northern Democrats nominate VP Douglas for president and George Pendleton for VP.  The Southern Democrats nominate John Breckinridge for president and Joseph Lane for VP.  The Republicans decide to retain the Lincoln-Hamlin ticket.  Again, the election is close and is thrown into the house.  Somewhat surprisingly, only the deepest slave slaves support Breckinridge, and several marginal slave states back Douglas.  Though the 3 candidates virtually third the states, Douglas wins a very slim majority.


1865—Haiti and Santa Domingo have 2 new senators in DC, both anti-slavery.  Rumors are rampant that slavery’s status is about to be changed.  Southerners demand two new slave states, calling H and SD “neutral,” but the Senate will not oblige.  Secession grumblings begin in the South.

1866—Antislavery Senator Boyer (Haiti) drafts a “Declaration of the End of Slavery” recanting and illegalizing slavery.  He intends that one day, each slave state will ratify this document.  He does not realize the he has opened Pandora’s Box.  By the end of the year, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Polk, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri have ratified the declaration and freed their slaves.  Southern states want President Douglas to do something, but he simply smiles and says “Popularity Sovereignty rules.”
South Carolina and Mississippi secede from the Union, followed by Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, Texas, Nicaragua, Cuba, Havana, Panama, and Costa Rica.  On December 6, Stephen Douglas is shot dead by a Southern sympathizer in Washington.  George Pendleton becomes president.

1867—President Pendleton appoints Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant in charge of the East and West, respectively.  Soldiers from Texas overrun Polk and Sonora Territory.  By the end of the year, a blockade is in place, and North Carolina, Cuba, and Havana have been conquered.  The thirteenth amendment to the Constitution is drafted and ratified, prohibiting slavery.  North Carolina and Havana refuse to sign, but Cuba signs it and is readmitted to the Union.

1868—Russia puts up Alaska for sale.  President Pendleton shocks many people by not only offering to buy Alaska, but a large chunk of Siberia as well.  Seeing no reason not to sell, Russia sells both for $90 million.  Pendleton is ridiculed, but no one knows how significant the purchase would be years later.  Pendleton decides not to run for reelection and the Democrats nominate George McLellan, who was a general in the army until he was fired by Lee, for president and TN senator Andrew Johnson for VP.  They want to end the war in 2 years, whether or not Southern territory has been reconquered.  The Republicans nominate editor Horace Greeley for president and Schuyler Colfax of IN for VP.  They promise to crush the rebellion and bring them back into the union.  Greeley wins in a landslide.


1869—Greeley becomes president.  The US Army liberates Polk and the Southwestern territories.  The conquer Texas and move into Louisiana and Arkansas.

1870—The remaining part of the seceding states is captured, except for ACA.  North Carolina, Texas, Arkansas, and Havana free their slaves and are readmitted to the Union.

1871—Mississippi, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and Alabama are readmitted to the Union after ratifying the 13th amendment.  The 14th and 15th amendments are passed, granting former slaves citizenship and the right to vote.  ACA [American Central America], led by transplanted Southerners, writes its own constitution, declares itself an independent republic and accepts slaveowners and their slaves, fleeing from the now free USA.  Many in Congress want the US to let them go and flounder, and end this war, but Greeley announces that the US will not abandon is former territories.  Aging John Breckinridge and Jefferson Davis take up residence in the new ACA.

1872—The South is in an odd position; many slaveowners have moved to ACA.  Poor farmers are mostly what’s left.  President Greeley encourages many people to move down and give the place a jumpstart.  The ACA takes and occupies Honduras.  General Robert E. Lee and the Union army are sent to once and for all recapture the ACA and end slavery.  The Republicans renominate Greeley for a second term.  He wins in a landslide race over Thomas Hendricks.  Greeley does not die.


1873—Honduras becomes a state of ACA and slaveowners move into it.  Lee lands an army in southern Panama, but disease takes down many men.  He moves into Panama City by the end of the year.  Gran Colombia wants it back, but Lee raises the US flag and stations troops.

1874—General Grant arrives early in the year at Panama with many more men.  Grant and Lee together overrun Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras before the year is over.  The slaves are freed; the war is over.

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1875—Feeling his work is done, and his health declining, Greeley retires from office and dies within the year.  Immensely popular, a new state in former Sonora is named for him.  Schuyler Colfax becomes president.  Baja is admitted to the Union.  The former ACA states [including Honduras now, which is flooded with former Southerners] is placed under Reconstruction.  Nebraska is admitted to the Union.

1876—New York lawyer Samuel Tilden is nominated for President, and Thomas Hendricks VP on the Democratic side.  The Republicans nominate President Colfax and Rutherford B. Hayes.  Both sides support keeping troops in ACA for a while.  ACA states do not vote, but do have representatives readmitted into Congress [not actually elected, of course].  Colorado becomes a state and cancels the presidential election.


1877—President Tilden sends a telegram to British West Canada officials in Victoria.  He offers annexation to them.  At this point, British Columbia and Manitoba are provinces.  Tilden offers to annex both them and the vast lands to the North.  In the Treaty of Halifax, all of British North America except Newfoundland and British Honduras is ceded to the United States for $300 million and some trading rights.  Alaska is formally organized as Alaska Territory, and Siberia is formally organized as Siberia Territory.  British Columbia and Manitoba become states, and the rest is divided into territories.

1878—Tilden ends Reconstruction of the ACA states.

1879—Tilden signs a treaty with Japan, Britain, France, and Netherlands concerning trading rights in China.

1880—Tilden and Hendricks run for reelection against James Garfield and James Blaine.  Garfield wins in a shocking upset, when the Border States choose Garfield.


1881—Garfield takes office and is shot by a disgruntled office seeker.  Arthur ascends to the presidency.  Upper Ontario becomes the state of Pierce.

1882—President Tortega of Mexico makes a shocking announcement:  Because foreigners keep interfering in Mexico, he wants the entire nation to be absorbed by the United States.  Many Democrats support this, while many Republicans are horrified.  President Arthur, though, decides that he can’t turn them down and decides to annex.  British Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, are obviously ticked off by this.

1883—Britain cedes British Honduras to the US in exchange for some trading adjustments in China.  President Arthur offers El Salvador and Guatemala statehood, and they have little choice but to accept.

1884—The states of Durango in NE Mexico, Washington [OTL Washington], and Yucatan are admitted to the US.  James Blaine receives the Republican nomination along with John Logan.  For the Democrats, Thomas Hendricks is nominated for president with Grover Cleveland.  Hendricks wins somewhat easily.  Outgoing Republicans admit Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota as states.


1885—Hendricks enters office with several new Republican states.  To counter this, he manages to get Senate approval of 3 more states in Mexico:  Chiapas, Veracruz, and Mexico.  President Hendricks dies in November and Grover Cleveland ascends to the presidency.

1886—Cleveland passes the 16th amendment concerning presidential succession after the ultimately deaths of the last two elected presidents in their first year.  The amendment also requires for there to be a vice president at all times, so Cleveland chooses Allen Thurman.

1887—Democrats begin spending money promoting themselves in the Solid Republican North, while Republicans promote themselves in the Solid Democratic South,

1888—Cleveland and Thurman are nominated for another term, and are opposed by Benjamin Harrison and Levi Morton.  On election night, a few Democratic states switch, but Cleveland holds on and wins.


1889—The Populist Party gains prominence.  Alberta and Saskatchewan are admitted as states.

1890—Populists win many seats in Congress.  Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

1891—James Naismith invents basketball.

1892—The Populists nominate James Weaver and James Field for president.  The Republicans nominate Whitelaw Reid and Mark Hanna, while the Democrats nominate VP Thurman and Adlai Stevenson.  The Populists actually win, carrying the West and former Spanish lands, and New York surprisingly to win outright.


1893—The Populists keep rolling on through Congress.  The Democrats and Republicans pledge to nominate a single candidate between them for the next election.

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1894—The Democratic-Republican coalition gains a majority in Congress.  When Weaver’s Secretary of State resigns, Weaver promotes Assistant Sec. State Theodore Roosevelt to temporarily fill the position.  The next day, an unfortunate fire sweeps through Washington, killing Weaver and Field.  According to the 16th amendment, Roosevelt is now president.  New president Roosevelt calls for tri-partisan agreement and is well liked by all three parties.

1895—President Roosevelt announces that America will restart its expansionist policies.  He announces that America will be taking over all Caribbean islands and will compensate former owners.  Utah is admitted as a state.

1896—US assumes practical ownership of the Caribbean.  TR reorganizes the Populist Party and renames it the Progressive party.  The Democratic-Republican Coalition nominates William McKinley and Arthur Sewall.




Presidents:
1. George Washington, 1789-1797, F
2. John Adams, 1797-1801, F
3. Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809, DR
4. James Madison, 1809-1817, DR
5. James Monroe, 1817-1825, DR
6. John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829, NR
7. Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837, D
8. Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841, D
9. William H. Harrison, 1841, W
10. John Tyler, 1841-1845, W
11. James K. Polk, 1845-1851, D
12. George Dallas, 1851-1853, D
13. Franklin Pierce, 1853-1861, D
14. James Gadsden, 1861-1865, D
15. Stephen Douglas, 1865-1866, D
16. George Pendleton, 1866-1869, D
17. Horace Greeley, 1869-1875, R
18. Schuyler Colfax, 1875-1877, R
19. Samuel Tilden, 1877-1881, D
20. James Garfield, 1881, R
21. Chester Arthur, 1881-1885, R
22. Thomas Hendricks, 1885, D
23. Grover Cleveland, 1885-1893, D
24. James Weaver, 1893-1894, Pop
25. Theodore Roosevelt, 1894-, Pop/Prog

The order of admittance of states:
1. Delaware-- 1787
2. Pennsylvania-- 1787
3. New Jersey-- 1787
4. Georgia-- 1788
5. Connecticut--1788
6. Massachusetts-- 1788
7. Maryland-- 1788
8. South Carolina-- 1788
9. New Hampshire-- 1788
10. Virginia-- 1788
11. New York--1788
12. North Carolina-- 1789
13. Rhode Island-- 1790
14. Vermont-- 1791
15. Kentucky-- 1792
16. Tennessee-- 1796
17. Ohio--1803
18. Louisiana--1812
19. Indiana--1816
20. Mississippi-- 1817
21. Illinois--1818
22. Alabama--1819
23. Maine--1820
24. Missouri--1821
25. Arkansas--1836
26. Michigan--1837
27. Florida--1845
28. Texas--1845
29. Iowa--1846
30. Wisconsin--1848
31. California--1850
32. Cuba--1850
33. Polk--1854
34. Ontario--1854
35. New Brunswick--1856
36. Nova Scotia--1856
37. Havana--1856
38. Nicaragua--1856
39. Oregon--1859
40. Minnesota--1859
41. Panama--1859
42. Costa Rica--1859
43. Haiti--1862
44. Santo Domingo--1862
45. Nevada--1862
46. Kansas--1862
47. Honduras--1875
48. Baja—1875
49. Greeley--1875
50. Nebraska--1875
51. Colorado—1876
52. British Columbia—1887
53. Manitoba—1877
54. Pierce--1881
55. El Salvador--1883
56. Guatemala--1883
57. Durango--1884
58. Washington--1884
59. Yucatan--1884
60. Idaho--1884
61. Montana--1884
62. Wyoming--1884
63. North Dakota--1884
64. South Dakota--1884
65. Chiapas--1885
66. Veracruz--1885
67. Mexico--1885
68. Alberta--1889
69. Saskatchewan--1889
70. Utah--1895



There's more to come!

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Excellent work Harry!
BTW: The rise of the CCF in Saskatchewan should be included.

What is the CCF?


I'm working one Part 2 now.  It will continue the exploits of President Roosevelt and American imperialism in Africa and Asia.

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Excellent work Harry!
BTW: The rise of the CCF in Saskatchewan should be included.

What is the CCF?

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Canada's first big Socialist party (and a fore-runner of the NDP).
It was formed during the Great Depression (1932).
The victory of the Saskatchewan CCF (under Bible-bashing lefty, Tommy Douglas) in the 1944 Provincial Election was the most importent event in the Province's history, and the first Socialist government in North America.

Sure; maybe I'll have them merge with Norman Thomas's Socialist party.

A war with Spain is definitely in the picture.

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So many possiblities if this goes on through the Cold War.  All the coups and military intervention we did could all end up becoming states.

Can also nab a few African territories from Germany in WW1 (Kameroon, Sudwestafrika and Tanganyika).

Ahh the possiblities.

Yes, I'm planning on the US annexing Spanish, German, and maybe British African territory.  Also, the Siberia territory will play a big part in the Cold War.

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I see you posted this at the Alternate History board

Yeah, but they seemed to have ripped it to shreds.   oh well

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PART TWO:

1897—Seeing how Spanish lands generally vote Progressive, Congress decides to admit the rest of Mexico as states.  The states of Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, and Franklin are admitted in former central Mexico.

[note:  in this timeline the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 never occurred].  Roosevelt summons all European nations to Washington for the Washington Conference in which they will discuss imperialist claims of each nation.  Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, and the Ottoman Empire attend.

1898—The US frigate Panama explodes mysteriously in Manila Harbor in the Philippines, owned by Spain.  Congress declares war on Spain without TR’s asking, and the Spanish delegates in Washington are taken prisoner.  Commodore Dewey captures the Philippines.  The navy under Admiral Smith blockades the Spanish mainland.  Spain has no choice but to surrender to the US.  The US assumes all of Spain’s African territory.

With that, the Washington Conference concludes.  TR calls for a conference beginning the next year to discuss claims in Asia.

1899—American Morocco, Rio del Oro, American Equatorial Africa, and American Angola are formally organized into territories.  The Second Washington Conference begins.  Spheres of influence in China are divided among Japan, the US, Russia, Britain, and France.

Many members of the Democratic-Republican Coalition switch to the Progressive Party, leaving only Conservatives in the DRC.  The DRC changes its name to the Conservative Party.  

1900—Liberia decides to give up independence and join American Equatorial Africa.  Breaking tradition, but saying that his first term was incomplete, Theodore Roosevelt runs again for reelection.  The Conservatives turn to William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson.  The South responds well to Bryan, and the Northeast responds much better to Roosevelt, making somewhat of a turnaround.  



1901—Roosevelt grants statehood to Puerto Rico [includes Virgin Islands] and Jamaica.

1902—Roosevelt decides to offer territoryhood to American East Asian possessions.  The Phillipines is divided into 3 territories and Taiwan becomes a territory.

1903—Roosevelt starts the “Roosevelt Doctrine” that any region of the world may voluntarily annex itself to the United States.

1904—Roosevelt decides not to run again.  The Conservatives again nominate William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson, while the Progressives choose TR’s handpicked successor William Taft and James Sherman.  Bryan wins more states than before, but without the support of the Spanish states, which are now solidly Progressive, he cannot win.

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Al, who would be leader of the CCF that I should include maybe as a presidential cnadidate?

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Fantastic scenario! Perhaps you could have the USA swallow the UK due to war or something...i've always wondered how the State of Scotland would have voted....

Perhaps a war with Britain, and the US assumes control of the entire British Empire . . .

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Excellent and interesting work Mr. Vice President, but keep your hands off FINLAND!

That may be a target of US expanision soon . . .

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I mention in my timeline that he does not contract cholera.

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how do you find out how many EV's the non-real-US states get?

Estimations of their population i suppose.  Also, i referenced Southerners coming to central america, so i raised those.

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Part 3:

1905—Taft is inaugurated.  Germany and Austria-Hungary offer the US a position in their new Triple Alliance.  TR, who seems to still be in charge in the shadows, encourages the Senate to approve this and they do.  Britain, Spain, Italy, France, and Russia form the Quintuple Entente to counter this new alliance. 

1906—TR negotiates and end to some conflicts in North Africa and Asia.  He is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1907—The western part of Oklahoma becomes a state [the eastern part remains Indian Territory].  Liberia applies for statehood but is turned down for the time being.

1908—Germany and Britain are on the brink of war.  Sen. Bryan professes that America needs to get out of the Triple Alliance while they still can.  Bryan again receives the nomination from the Conservative Party, but this time his VP is John Kern.  Seeing Taft as unpopular, and not wanting Bryan to ascend to the presidency, Theodore Roosevelt challenges Taft for the Progressive nomination and receives it.  Undaunted, Taft runs his own Incumbency Independent campaign, but in the end, he only wins Utah and Vermont.  Thanks to the solid Spanish states, Roosevelt is reelected.


1909—At the Paris Conference, the Quintuple Entente agrees to declare a preventive war on the Triple Alliance soon.  A German operative gets word of this, and TR is notified.  He notifies Germany and A-H.  The three nations solidify their alliance and attempt to bring in Portugal, Belgium, and the Netherlands into the alliance.  The war begins on July 1.  Japan joins the Triple Alliance [US] for the Asian front.
Prewar Maps—Green is TA, Red is QE




1910—The war involves much fighting.  The TA makes advances in Europe, Africa, and Asia.  American troops land in Spain, France, and Britain.

1911—The war drags on, with the TA gaining the upper hand.  The TA drives the QE off the entire continent of Africa.  Late in the year, the American soldiers have totally subjugated the British Isles and have jailed the king and queen.  America declares itself heir to the British Empire.  American troops capture all of Spain on the last day of the year.

1912--In Europe, France is totally conquered by the US.  Italy and Russia surrender; the war is over.  The postwar maps:



The US grants South Asian independence.  Africa is divided among the US and other parties.  The US decides that it will permanently occupy Spain, France, and Britain, and admit them into statehood when they are ready.  It further decides that anyone living in any US possession is a US citizen.

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Basically I combined several maps.
The outline maps made by Scott Foresman are good.

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PART FOUR:

1912{continued}—Northern Ireland is ceded to the Republic of Ireland.  The US takes all of Australia and New Zealand.  Though TR wants to annex the entire Pacific, Congress gives it up and it is divided between Germany and Japan.  Gran Colombia dissolves.  Colombia, Venezeula, Guyana, Suriname [a gift from the Netherlands], and Cayenne become US territories.
US Territories, as of August 1912:
N.America [8]—New Mexico, Arizona, Indian Territory, Lesser Antilles, Bahamas, British Honduras, Alaska, Northwest Territory [includes several districts]
S.America [5]—Colombia, Venezeula, Guyana, Suriname, Cayenne
Africa [14]—Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Gold Coast, American West Africa, American Equatorial Africa, Angola, Cape
East Pacific [8]—Siberia, Formosa, Philippines, Sabah, Indochina, Western Australia, Central Australia, Pershing [OTL Queensland, named after the American General fought against the British in the East Pacific], New South Wales, New Zealand
England [6]—Wales, Scotland, Wessex {SW England}, Anglia {England around London}, Northumbria {Northern England}, Mercia {central England}
Spain [4]—Leon {North Spain}, Aragon {Basque area}, Castile {Central Spain}, Cordoba {South Spain}
France [3]—Burgundy {SE France}, Aquitaine {SE France}, France {N France}

1912 {part 3—big year} People in Congress are uncomfortable with the idea of TR running for a forth term.  He decides to step down from the ticket and give it to VP Hiram Johnson, on the condition he will become Secretary of State.  The Progs pick Thomas Marshall as their VP.  William Jennings Bryan seeks the Conservative nomination for the fourth time and is D-nied.  Charles Evans Hughes wins the nomination, but capitalizes on Bryan’s popularity and picks him as his VP.  A key issue is whether and when to make the new possessions states.  This furor prevents Arizona or New Mexico from becoming states for the time being.  In the end, Johnson is victorious.  Side Note:  Eugene Debs, a Socialist, gathered 5% of the PV


1913—President Johnson is inaugurated.  He drafts the Johnson Plan for Statehood which states that:
A territory can become a state if it is no larger or smaller in population than any current state and when 50% of the population has sworn loyalty to the US.  New Mexico and Arizona apply to join the Union and are finally admitted.

1914—American West Africa applies to join the Union under the name Liberia.  President Johnson is hesitant, but TR encourages him.  Liberia becomes the 76th state in June.  In July a fire sweeps through Washington.  Remembering what happened to President Weaver 20 years before, President Johnson and VP Marshall are evacuated to separate locations.  Unfortunately, on the way, President Johnson’s train derails and he is permanently dismembered.  He doesn’t want to resign, but TR and Wilson come talk to him.  He “retires” with honor and severance pay, Marshall becomes president, and picks NJ Gov Woodrow Wilson to be his VP.  Some people believe that William Jennings Bryan started the original fire, but an investigation clears him of any wrongdoing.  This accusation effectively ends his career in politics.

1915—Tempers are running high in Spain/France/Britain.  President Marshall personally goes to Europe to calm them down, where is captured a huge militant mob.  The mob sends word that they’ve killed him [is it true?].  Wilson is inaugurated president {James Cox is VP}, and sends troops to personally make an example of the terrorists.  The crisis brings Europe together, actually, and now many support the US.  Unfortunately, no one can find President Marshall’s body . . .

1916—Wilson and Cox are renominated, and the Conservatives are getting desparate.  They turn to Nova Scotia governor Robert Borden for the presidency and Charles Fairbanks for VP.  Tired for years of Progressive rule, Wilson goes down in defeat to Borden.  Borden announces that he will continue to apply the Johnson Plan and even offers to make TR secretary of the Navy to promote bipartisan glee.

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the world in late 1916
The 7 allied nations are shown.


{Sorry, the green for USA and gold for Netherlands looks similar--the Netherlands owns part of South Africa, Botsawana, and Indonesia }

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LOL, I don't understand quite why you had USA join the Triple Alliance.

France and Britain don't like them.  Germany has amibiton, as the US does.  Seems a good fit.  I haven't yet decided whether to have Hitler rise in the 1930's and if so what to do with him.

Also, I included a real Canadian Prime Minister as a US president.

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A preview of the next 20 years:

What happens when the strong US has a land border on Russia and the Bolshevik revolution occurs?
Will TR become president ever again?
How will the US deal with Hitler?
Can six constitutional amendments be passed in a peiod of four years?
and finally, What exactly happened to Thomas Marshall?

these questions will likely be answered in Part Five.  You may speculate on this thread.

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Here is part Five:

1917—President Borden inaugurated.
The United States, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Japan extend their alliance to include Quebec, Brazil, and Argentina.  These nations form the Tenfold Alliance.  
President Borden proposes that the British, French, and Spanish royal families and extreme nationalists can go to Bermuda and congregate there, and Bermuda can become an independent nation.  Congress passes this.  The 17th amendment, calling for direct election of Senators goes into effect.
The Bolshevik Revolution begins in Russia.  Borden discreetly backs the White Army.  The Communists take power.

1918—Argentina annexes Uruguay and Chile.  To protect against Argentine expansion, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Bolivia form the United South American Republic.  Liberia is the 57th state to ratify the 18th amendment granting Congress the power to have an income tax.  The amendment goes into effect.  President Borden calls for a 19th amendment granting women the right to vote.  A proposed amendment for the prohibition of alcohol is defeated in Congress.  VP Fairbanks dies and President Borden chooses Secretary of Agriculture Herbert Hoover as his new VP.  Refugees begin spilling into Siberia territory.

1919—Pro-women’s suffrage Congressmen admit New Zealand and Pershing as states to get more support for the 19th amendment, which is close to passing.  The inhabitants of Pershing, though, not wanting to be named after a man who conquered them, ask to have the name changed back to Queensland, and Congress obliges.  With bipartisan support, the amendment passes and goes into effect by the end of the year.

1920—The Progressives nominate James Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt to bring popular president Borden down.  They are doomed though, as strong Socialist candidate Eugene Debs takes much steam away from their ticket, lodging an impressive win of Minnesota, and Borden is reelected in a landslide.


1921—President Borden gets word of corrupt people in his administration from Sec. of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt {he’ll never be out of the limelight . . . }  Borden fires all of them immediately and his popularity shoots up again.  He releases Eugene Debs from prison on December 25.  Siberia Territory is divided into three territories, each with several hundred thousand [many illegal] people:  Kamchatka, Pendleton [the southern part], and Siberia [the rest].

1922—Police in Paris capture several leaders of the terrorist group LIBERATE, responsible for acts of terror throughout Spain, France, and Britain ever since American annexation.  The terrorists kill themselves soon, but not before they allude to having several prisons somewhere off the coast of Scotland.
Aberdeen police do find one holding cell in December and release four men the terrorists had captured.  The terrorists there burned most of their documents, but one mentions “Prisoner A” as a top priority who must never be allowed to go free.

1923—President Borden, Sec. of the Navy Roosevelt, and political activist Debs, leaders of the three major political parties, together release a document condemning forever all acts of terror.  All three agree upon having members of the US Army and Navy scour Scotland, searching for any terrorist prison.  They find five such prisons, one of which “Prisoner A” was in for several years.  One search mission to a small obscure island of Scotland’s coast is commanded by Capt. Harry Truman.  They don’t really expect to find anything, but as soon as they land on the island, they are attacked by men with prominent LIBERATE insignia.  After the skirmish, they come across “the big one,” the largest of all prisons.  The men scour the prison, releasing various captive Pro-Americans, yet they find no sign of “Prisoner A.”  When personally examining the prison, Col. Truman notices a strange crack in the wall.  He puts his hand up to it and a hidden door opens, and who does he see but a near-death malnourished Thomas Marshall, held captive by LIBERATE for eight years.  Marshall gives him info on the rest of LIBERATE’s camps and returns to the US a hero.  President Borden gives Marshall a huge welcome in DC and holds a banquet in his honor.

1924—The election of 1924 heats up early in the year.  Debs declines to run again, and the Socialist party suffers greatly.  Many Progressives want to nominate Thomas Marshall to play off his popularity, but he declines, saying he’s not yet fit for such a job.  Theodore Roosevelt receives votes even though he says he’s not interested in the job.  TR endorses Wisconsin governor Robert LaFollette, who receives the nomination along with Burton Wheeler of Montana {he does take Marshall for his VP candidate, which helps him get some votes}.  Borden/Hoover run for a third term.  On election night, unfortunately, it ends up a 375-375 tie.  Despite the fact that LaFollette won more states, Conservative representatives go against the way their state voted and elect Borden to a third term.  Angry Progressives start a riot, but a notice from LaFollette, Wheeler, TR, H.Johnson, Marshall, and other prominent progressives condemn such riots.  They stop mostly, but many progressives are still very angry.


1925—Robert Borden is sworn in his third term.  Tempers are high, but the inauguration goes without incident.  Borden takes LaFollete onto his cabinet to cool some heads.  Adolf Hitler is rejected by Vienna’s art school.

1926—The state of Keewatin is admitted by the Conservative-dominated Congress.  President Borden proposes admitting several new states, but the Conservative-dominated Congress declines.  In the midterm elections, the Progressives retake both houses.  Tasmania [but not the rest of NSW] and Colombia [only northern part] become states.  Southern Colombia becomes the territory of Meta.

1927—President Borden signs the European Statehood Initiative, calling for the twelve European territories to become states by 1935.  Some progressives try to pass a bill barring President Borden from running for a fourth term, but it fails.
The European Nationalists on Bermuda declare themselves the Kingdoms of Bermuda and ally themselves with Russia and Italy.

1928—President Borden retires.  Herbert Hoover and Charles Dawes receive the nomination for the presidency.  The Progressives nominate Gov. Al Smith (NY) and Burton Wheeler of MT.  Norman Thomas tries to lead the Socialist Party, but flounders as he is unable to inspire many people.  The election is almost a repeat of 1924, with only IL switching sides, but that is enough for Hoover to win outright.


1929—Hoover is inaugurated.  The stock market crashes in October.  The Great Depression begins, but it is not as serious as OTL.

1930—Hoover starts the Transplantation Initiative, calling for people to move around in the US, getting the economy rolling and people moving.  He also takes similar measures as he did in OTL.

1931—Despite Hoover doing his best and the GD not being his fault, he is very unpopular.  “Hoovervilles” spring up around the country.  He is especially unpopular in Europe and the almost-defeated LIBERATE and similar less violent organizations spring up.

1932—The Progressives nominate the 74-year-old Theodore Roosevelt without his campaigning for the nomination.  He promises to only serve one more term and to get the ball rolling to success.  He chooses his cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt as his VP.  Hoover and Curtis are renominated, but most everyone knows there is no chance.  People need a scapegoat, and TR is elected yet again to the presidency.


1933—Theodore Roosevelt becomes president again, nearly 40 years after the first time he was president.  He begins with the “Hundred Days” of new reforms and launches the “New Deal.”  


A list of presidents

Presidents:
1. George Washington, 1789-1797, F
2. John Adams, 1797-1801, F
3. Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809, DR
4. James Madison, 1809-1817, DR
5. James Monroe, 1817-1825, DR
6. John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829, NR
7. Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837, D
8. Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841, D
9. William H. Harrison, 1841, W—died of pneumonia
10. John Tyler, 1841-1845, W
11. James K. Polk, 1845-1851, D—died of cholera
12. George Dallas, 1851-1853, D
13. Franklin Pierce, 1853-1861, D
14. James Gadsden, 1861-1865, D
15. Stephen Douglas, 1865-1866, D—assassinated by Southern sympathizer
16. George Pendleton, 1866-1869, D
17. Horace Greeley, 1869-1875, R—retires due to poor health, dies in late 1875
18. Schuyler Colfax, 1875-1877, R
19. Samuel Tilden, 1877-1881, D
20. James Garfield, 1881, R—assassinated by disgruntled office seeker
21. Chester Arthur, 1881-1885, R
22. Thomas Hendricks, 1885, D—dies from strange disease
23. Grover Cleveland, 1885-1893, D
24. James Weaver, 1893-1894, Pop—dies in an unfortunate huge fire
25. Theodore Roosevelt, 1894-1905, Pop/Prog
26. William Taft, 1905-1909, Prog
27. Theodore Roosevelt, 1909-1913 Prog
28. Hiram Johnson, 1913-1914, Prog—retires after being permanently dismembered in a train wreck
29. Thomas Marshall, 1914-1915, Prog—captured by terrorists and presumed dead
30. Woodrow Wilson, 1915-1917, Prog
31. Robert Borden, 1917-1929, Cons
32. Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933, Cons
33. Theodore Roosevelt, 1933-, Prog

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Why would TR live longer if the USA was super-imperialist?

In this TL, he remained secretary of state {or secretary of the navy under Borden}, so he never had a chance to go on wild expeditions to the Amazon and get sick.

What about that little gray area in East Oklahoma? What's going on with that? A glitch?

Indian Territory.  In OTL, eastern Oklahoma remained Indian Territory for a while, while the western part became Oklahoma Territory.  Eventually, both were admitted as the state of Oklahoma, but not in this TL.

Remember the CCF

I will. . .  when exactly did it begin?

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Shouldn't New Foundland and British Honduras have become part of the US when it took over the British Empire or did I miss something?

British Honduras is part of the US, but only a territory, while Newfoundland went to Quebec {i'm not sure if i covered it in the text, but it's on the map}

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Sorry for not updating, I've been away.  Hopefully I can have another installment up by tomrrow

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1933 [continued]—Several small socialist parties in former Canada unite to form the CCF [Cooperative Commonwealth Federation].  In July the Socialist Party now under the leadership of Norman Thomas joins.  Thomas becomes chief of the CCF.  The CCF begins running campaigns in the Northern US for local and state offices, winning a few.  Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany.  America formally assumes ownership of Tristain de Cuhna, Ascension Island, and St. Helena.

1934—The New Deal progresses as in OTL.  TR, recalling the European Statehood Initiative lets all 12 European territories vote on whether to become states.  Despite some rioting, most Europeans have accepted US rule and their quality of life has improved.  Also, Hitler’s rise in Germany has scared them.  Finally, promiment activist Stanley Baldwin announces his intention to run for president in 1936.  The initiave passes in every European territory territory, and under the deal:
1. Twelve new states—Scotland, Wales, Northumbria, Wessex, Anglia, Mercia, France, Aquitaine, Burgundy, Cordoba, Castille, Leon, Aragon—will become states on July 4, 1935.
2. Anyone who doesn’t like this can freely leave the country.  Ascension Island, Tristain de Cuhna, and St. Helena are ceded to the Kingdoms of Bermuda, which changes its name to Atlantica.

1935—The CCF writes document known as the New Statehood Initiaive, calling for all US territories to become states by 1945.  The twelve European states enter the union on July 4.  Seeing that there are over 200 electoral votes to be found in Europe, Norman Thomas announces his candidacy.  To counter him, Stanley Baldwin declares his candidacy and begins campaigning across Britain.  TR announces we won’t run for another term in 1936.

1936—Franklin Roosevelt and John Garner receive the Progressive nomination.  Alf Landon and Stanley Baldwin have a fierce battle for the Conservative nomination, but in the end, Landon concedes to Baldwin in exchange for being the VP nominee.  The CCF, having now gained prominence in Upper North America [which will henceforth refer to central to western Canada and the US states which border it] and Europe, nominate Norman Thomas and George Nelson.  Huey Long, having escaped an assassination attempt the year before, runs an independent campaign with former MS governor Theodore Bilbo as his running mate.  All 4 candidates campaign strongly in their respective regions and all are expected to get some amount of electoral votes.  On election night:

Franklin Roosevelt is elected in a landslide, with most candidates only winning on a regional basis.

1937—FDR is inaugurated as the 34th president.