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  1. Earning the vote through National Service of some type.

    Cutting against the grain of the last century, which was pushing he franchise wider and wider. Hard to imagine anyone going this route. Why would they, what is the gain to society?

  2. Californie- French California

    Lots of options, there was even some looks at a Mexico route!

  3. Californie- French California

    The Canal will very much be a topic of discussion with Californie being so important and sailing around South America a gigantic time sink. Right now, 1856, it takes a year to sail to Californie from Paris! Ocean-going steamships, which are coming out now, will help but still a long way. Not...

  4. Californie- French California

    That is the current idea in both Paris and San Francisco, yes.

  5. Californie- French California

    This is the plan but it has not happened yet. The San Francisco leadership is still arguing over issues of voting rights and such. It's complicated (of course) and will get their own updates.

  6. Californie- French California

    Will there be a war? One of the big things that heightened tensions in OTL was the acquisitions of vast lands during the Mexican-American war, which pointedly did not happen here (mostly just Texas and then the disputed areas of the Southwest). Slavery is still a (the) major issue but it might...

  7. What if California was an independent country?

    This pushing it too far. California exploded during the Gold Rush. By 1870 California was the 24th most populated state. Still low compared to size, but not that backward.

  8. Californie- French California

    Generally large scale irrigation. I am trying to do not get bogged down in USA history, but I imagine a failed filibuster, which lead to real USA-Spanish naval clashes and then petered out when the USA was unable/willing to land troops, and then European political pressure.

  9. Californie- French California

    Not really. Cotton was (and IS) a big product of Arizona but that came much later after slavery. Slavery did exist in OTL in those areas, but it was generally Native American slaves. That said, OTL and in this TL slave oriented leaders thought the Southwest would be prime slave territory...

  10. Californie- French California

    One of the golden oldies of the AH world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashoda_Incident

  11. Californie- French California

    Pig War crossed with Fashoda. Thank you for the kind words.

  12. What if California was an independent country?

    Seceding from Mexico is hard to imagine but not impossible. In 1836 Juan Bautista Alvarado led a small Californio revolt against Mexico, made a constitution and their own flag. This is was mostly a reaction against a crappy Mexican governor but the revolt never really went anywhere and was...

  13. What if California was an independent country?

    What POD do you have in mind? One after the American conquest in the Mexican-American War or one before that?

  14. Californie- French California

    The July Monarchy was in place during thr old 1846 round of talks, when mentioned. It had been overthrown, like OTL.

  15. Californie- French California

    Yes (although 'staff' in this period would be crazy tiny by our modern standards), but it is still hard to come to an agreement with a bunch of oscillating Americans. It isn't the Duke's fault, more just a difficult circumstance. The Americans were just not quite feeling the urgency at that...

  16. Californie- French California
    Threadmarks: Post #22- America

    Post #22- American Negotiations I'm Afraid of Americans David Bowie Franco-American relations had alternated between cool and tense since the initial acquisition of Alta Californie in 1836. While never actually claimed by the United States, many explorers, diplomats and politicians had...

  17. Soviet victory in the Polish-Soviet war of 1920.

    @NoMommsen Found it. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C0E15D3D29E113F6F526BCD695DBC7A0/S0037677900087817a.pdf/soviet-policy-toward-germany-during-the-russo-polish-war-1920.pdf On the German side- And the Russian side- The article traces it out in...

  18. Soviet victory in the Polish-Soviet war of 1920.

    I have some, I found it while doing research for a (abortive) TL I started here. I'll dig around when I get home.

  19. Soviet victory in the Polish-Soviet war of 1920.

    No, no. The RSFSR (The Soviet Union hadn't officially be declared yet) and high level Germans had an agreement that if the Russians won, Germany would be returned their chunks of the East back, that had been lost at Versailles. Germany and Russia, at first, would be allies.

  20. Californie- French California

    I am trying to remain focused on the Californie in this TL but America will be a big part of the next TL installment, so we will get some hints.
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