Interesting update Sir, our we going to see OTL Louisiana purchase or something similar go though. Or do we have to fight for the future heartland of the USA.
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It will mostly likely be by purchase, but I'm still thinking about a war.
It's all good dude, post when you can will be here when your back up. I wonder if this USA will have an early Civil war, or if the Planter class will just wither on the vine.
In the next update, theirs a slight change in power, I won't say which. Along with war against the Barbary Pirates
Semper Fidelis
This years presidential elections were focused more on foreign policy with both tensions rising in France and with a rise in pirate attacks in the Mediterranean. The two main candidates in this election was the incumbent Alexander Hamilton and out of the Republican camp, Virginia governor James Madison. Hamilton’s policy would remain similar to before but with in increase in naval action towards the Barbary Pirates, while Madison focused more on dealing with and helping France. In the end, the Republicans would still have to wait their turn, with Hamilton winning 11 of the states, most of which in the north as one would expect. He retained his cabinet. One important change was that the south had elected a primarily Republican House of Representatives shifting the power away from the Federalists.
As promised, Hamilton had stepped up the hostilities to the Barbary Pirates, sending a small fleet, 1 Constitution class frigate and 3 smaller frigates. The U.S.S Delaware being the flagship led by Commodore Joshua Barney to negotiate with the Emir of the Barbary Coast, Yusuf Karamanli but things went south quickly with the pirates opening up on the fleet when they pulled into the harbor in Tunis, sinking the U.S.S. Delaware, the rest of the fleet along with their crew being captured and turned into slaves.
Such an embarrassment would not sit with Hamilton well, he and Pulaski had meetings for about a day or so with secretary of foreign affairs Pinckney sailing off to Spain and France to help gather support for military action against them. France agreed to send some ships to help aid, but would not send any troops. The Spanish could spare neither but would help by allowing American Troops to help land and organized in Southern Spain.
Pulaski during the last presidency had pushed for the creation of an extension of the navy, a infantry fighting force to help take the fight to foreign nations homeland. Hamilton liked the idea and formed a force of 2,750 marines with another 1,000 that can be called at a time of crisis. This combined with the 5,000 regular infantry that were raised, the American Expeditionary forces was mustered with 8,750 troops, but there was also a small mercenary force was formed, mostly of Italian, Portuguese, and a few Spanish men had joined them. There force was roughly 300 fortune seekers.
To start the combined Franco-American Fleet, of roughly 4 Constitution Frigates, 2 de Grasse French Frigates, and 10 brigs and corvettes, would need to smash through the Barbary fleet of 3 captured fifth-rate frigates, 5 brigs and 6 brigantines. They had one thing that the Americans didn’t plan on, they had rigged some smaller corvettes with kegs of powder to ram the ships then to blow taking both ships to an earlier trip to Davy Jones’ Locker.
The plan called for the decimation of the Barbary fleet, followed by a landing in the outskirts of Tripoli and taking the capital, if that would not bring them to the table, then the Franco-American fleet would bombard Tunis till there was nothing left there.
The Battle of the Tunisian Gulf began in the morning, were one French and American corvette had saw the main Barbary fleet in the gulf of Tunis. The French corvette would not return, it was breached by the “fire” ship and then set off destroying both ships. The American, would return telling the tale French ship and warning of the fleet. The rest of the coalition fleet met the Pirates by noon and started off by the smaller ships trading shots. It wasn't till 1 in the afternoon, that the real naval combat began. Two of the Constitution frigates had found one of the fifth-rates and opened up on it, shredding the hull of it. The remainder of the fifth-rates made a dash towards Tunis but the were cut off and held in place long enough for the heavier Constitution and de Grasse frigates could find and place them outta commission. By the end of the night, the Barbary fleet was either sunk or treading water, while the coalition had suffered minimal damage to the Frigate, most of the smaller support ships were heavily beaten. They were sent to the port of Palermo in Spanish Italy to be repaired.
The following the beating the navy placed on pirates, the marines and soldiers morale was high. When news reached Washington, Hamilton and the rest of congress had moved the capital there to appease southern worries of a Northern dominated government, Hamilton and Pulaski breathed a sigh of relief. The first real combat not fought in America had been successful, and now it was time to land and free the men.
Three days later a massive naval bombardment began, they targeted the town of Hai Alandalus and they had continued till the last ship carrying troops had landed. The American dominated army, led by Brigadier General Aaron Burr, was split up into two major flanks, the Marines to the left who were sent to secure the port of Tripoli and the Army sent to the Grand Palace of Tripoli. The Marines faced little resistance till they were a mile away from the port,there they engaged a force of roughly 1,500 militia. There the militia were outfitted with older muskets and matchlocks, and those who didn't have a musket had anything from a sword to a rake. The fighting was no where near intense as Fort Recovery, but they had more resolve no matter how many were laying slain in front of them, they continued to march into the teeth of the well armed marines and mercenaries. The Army on the other hand had surrounded the palace and with the few cannons they had taken with them they began firing upon said palace. The troops stuck inside numbered 2,500 and were slightly better armed than the militia by the port but still many had not received a proper musket. As the sun was setting, they had rallied together and made push to break through the American line. They were unsuccessful and sustained heavy casualties. Following the attack, the Americans had picked up and continued shelling all throughout the night.
By morning, the pirates had thrown in the towel and turned against Yusuf, and had escorted him out of the palace to negotiate terms of surrender. The militia had not heard the surrender till later that afternoon, and they were badly beaten. They had lost over 1200, men while the marines maybe 300 casualties.
The Treaty of Tripoli was signed with a the Barbary coast being made the American’s whipping boy. The treaty called for reparations to be paid to both America, Spain, and France, along with all the captured coalition ships and captured sailors freed. Another shocking penalty was the forced release of all slaves, Christian and Muslim alike. The final terms of the penalty was the breaking up of the Barbary Coast, into the the countries of Tunisia, Libya, and Algiers, each to be monitored by French and Spanish governments.
Burr and his army returned home to a massive celebration in Washington. The victorious army was cheered and honored. Aaron Burr who before this was just an instructor at the Military Academy at West Point, was given the a promotion to General and only was only the third highest military officer in the states, answering only to Pulaski and Hamilton. With the foreign threats calmed, now Hamilton could focus on domestic affairs.
This years presidential elections were focused more on foreign policy with both tensions rising in France and with a rise in pirate attacks in the Mediterranean. The two main candidates in this election was the incumbent Alexander Hamilton and out of the Republican camp, Virginia governor James Madison. Hamilton’s policy would remain similar to before but with in increase in naval action towards the Barbary Pirates, while Madison focused more on dealing with and helping France. In the end, the Republicans would still have to wait their turn, with Hamilton winning 11 of the states, most of which in the north as one would expect. He retained his cabinet. One important change was that the south had elected a primarily Republican House of Representatives shifting the power away from the Federalists.
As promised, Hamilton had stepped up the hostilities to the Barbary Pirates, sending a small fleet, 1 Constitution class frigate and 3 smaller frigates. The U.S.S Delaware being the flagship led by Commodore Joshua Barney to negotiate with the Emir of the Barbary Coast, Yusuf Karamanli but things went south quickly with the pirates opening up on the fleet when they pulled into the harbor in Tunis, sinking the U.S.S. Delaware, the rest of the fleet along with their crew being captured and turned into slaves.
Such an embarrassment would not sit with Hamilton well, he and Pulaski had meetings for about a day or so with secretary of foreign affairs Pinckney sailing off to Spain and France to help gather support for military action against them. France agreed to send some ships to help aid, but would not send any troops. The Spanish could spare neither but would help by allowing American Troops to help land and organized in Southern Spain.
Pulaski during the last presidency had pushed for the creation of an extension of the navy, a infantry fighting force to help take the fight to foreign nations homeland. Hamilton liked the idea and formed a force of 2,750 marines with another 1,000 that can be called at a time of crisis. This combined with the 5,000 regular infantry that were raised, the American Expeditionary forces was mustered with 8,750 troops, but there was also a small mercenary force was formed, mostly of Italian, Portuguese, and a few Spanish men had joined them. There force was roughly 300 fortune seekers.
To start the combined Franco-American Fleet, of roughly 4 Constitution Frigates, 2 de Grasse French Frigates, and 10 brigs and corvettes, would need to smash through the Barbary fleet of 3 captured fifth-rate frigates, 5 brigs and 6 brigantines. They had one thing that the Americans didn’t plan on, they had rigged some smaller corvettes with kegs of powder to ram the ships then to blow taking both ships to an earlier trip to Davy Jones’ Locker.
The plan called for the decimation of the Barbary fleet, followed by a landing in the outskirts of Tripoli and taking the capital, if that would not bring them to the table, then the Franco-American fleet would bombard Tunis till there was nothing left there.
The Battle of the Tunisian Gulf began in the morning, were one French and American corvette had saw the main Barbary fleet in the gulf of Tunis. The French corvette would not return, it was breached by the “fire” ship and then set off destroying both ships. The American, would return telling the tale French ship and warning of the fleet. The rest of the coalition fleet met the Pirates by noon and started off by the smaller ships trading shots. It wasn't till 1 in the afternoon, that the real naval combat began. Two of the Constitution frigates had found one of the fifth-rates and opened up on it, shredding the hull of it. The remainder of the fifth-rates made a dash towards Tunis but the were cut off and held in place long enough for the heavier Constitution and de Grasse frigates could find and place them outta commission. By the end of the night, the Barbary fleet was either sunk or treading water, while the coalition had suffered minimal damage to the Frigate, most of the smaller support ships were heavily beaten. They were sent to the port of Palermo in Spanish Italy to be repaired.
The following the beating the navy placed on pirates, the marines and soldiers morale was high. When news reached Washington, Hamilton and the rest of congress had moved the capital there to appease southern worries of a Northern dominated government, Hamilton and Pulaski breathed a sigh of relief. The first real combat not fought in America had been successful, and now it was time to land and free the men.
Three days later a massive naval bombardment began, they targeted the town of Hai Alandalus and they had continued till the last ship carrying troops had landed. The American dominated army, led by Brigadier General Aaron Burr, was split up into two major flanks, the Marines to the left who were sent to secure the port of Tripoli and the Army sent to the Grand Palace of Tripoli. The Marines faced little resistance till they were a mile away from the port,there they engaged a force of roughly 1,500 militia. There the militia were outfitted with older muskets and matchlocks, and those who didn't have a musket had anything from a sword to a rake. The fighting was no where near intense as Fort Recovery, but they had more resolve no matter how many were laying slain in front of them, they continued to march into the teeth of the well armed marines and mercenaries. The Army on the other hand had surrounded the palace and with the few cannons they had taken with them they began firing upon said palace. The troops stuck inside numbered 2,500 and were slightly better armed than the militia by the port but still many had not received a proper musket. As the sun was setting, they had rallied together and made push to break through the American line. They were unsuccessful and sustained heavy casualties. Following the attack, the Americans had picked up and continued shelling all throughout the night.
By morning, the pirates had thrown in the towel and turned against Yusuf, and had escorted him out of the palace to negotiate terms of surrender. The militia had not heard the surrender till later that afternoon, and they were badly beaten. They had lost over 1200, men while the marines maybe 300 casualties.
The Treaty of Tripoli was signed with a the Barbary coast being made the American’s whipping boy. The treaty called for reparations to be paid to both America, Spain, and France, along with all the captured coalition ships and captured sailors freed. Another shocking penalty was the forced release of all slaves, Christian and Muslim alike. The final terms of the penalty was the breaking up of the Barbary Coast, into the the countries of Tunisia, Libya, and Algiers, each to be monitored by French and Spanish governments.
Burr and his army returned home to a massive celebration in Washington. The victorious army was cheered and honored. Aaron Burr who before this was just an instructor at the Military Academy at West Point, was given the a promotion to General and only was only the third highest military officer in the states, answering only to Pulaski and Hamilton. With the foreign threats calmed, now Hamilton could focus on domestic affairs.
Great post Sir, are we going to see earlier and more development of canals like the Erie canal? To help tie the Nations interior waterways together.
Great post Sir, are we going to see earlier and more development of canals like the Erie canal? To help tie the Nations interior waterways together.
Well, there started. I read your post before typing it.
Building an Economy
After the victory against the Barbary Coast, Hamilton would return to bettering America. The American economy had the potential to do a lot of great things. The United States had vast amounts of resources and places to make them, but the problem was getting those to the coastal trade centers. In the territories and newer states, there road structure wasn’t as well done as the ones out east. One plan, that had already been started in some territories was canals. The plan behind these canals were that the people out west could send their goods to the trade hubs in New York and Boston.
Hamilton being the business oriented man that he was jumped on the idea. He commissioned the states of New York and Pennsylvania to create a canal to move the supplies. Such an action would require lots of manpower and a good deal of cash, one of which was in good supply. Hamilton’s Union Commercial Plan had created a small surplus of money that Hamilton would place right into the Canal Project. Manpower on the other hand, would be slightly harder to find.
The Council of Transportation, the group of people placed in charge of building said canals, had come up with a plan. There plan called for all the immigrants that had come over, and bring them to New York and Pennsylvania to build the canals, along with all unemployed from New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania to be moved to work. Such a mass movement of people brought plenty of people to work.
As for the rest of the country, King Cotton ruled supreme done in the south and fishing/whaling and trade ruled the north. Most people following Jefferson’s inclusion of no slavery clause in the Northwest Ordinance, had left slavery alone in the south. The Trade of slaves continued and in some states the slaves had a large population in. Many politicians refrained from the talk of abolition, since the cotton in the south produce a good amount of money from other nations. Also, the amounts of cotton being produced help to stimulate New England shipping. Trade with other nations was good, surprisingly even with their former rulers across the pond. The only problem they faced was the Ottoman Empire who, following the dismantling of their puppet state, were not happy, but were not willing to do anything for fearing a similar punishment.
One topic brought up by some of the senators was the creation of state run banks, similar to that of the federal treasury but on a smaller scale. The act made it through the House with almost every Republican Senator voting yes. In the Senate however, thing weren't as easy. Some of the Federalist senators were cautious towards letting the states have a larger amount of power so they had implemented a clause where each state treasury may only deal within their own state, while all territorial monetary or speculation type needs would come from the Federal Treasury. That clause implemented the bill, dubbed the State Treasury Act of 1803, would be passed and was signed by Hamilton.
To end his presidency, he wanted to add another territory to the country, and by doing so, sent Pinckney to Spain to discuss the acquisition of Spanish Florida to the United States. While the Spanish were not originally open to selling Florida, Spain was overstretched having to control the new Algerian nation. So, the Pinckney-Blanco treaty was brought Hamilton. The treaty was as follows, the United States gains Florida and Protectorate Status for Algeria while the Spanish get 4 million dollars and the Americans would respect Mississippi as the Spanish border and not cross or settle across it.
This years election, would be quite an interesting race, General Aaron Burr was coaxed into running as a Republican, while Hamilton’s vice president Rufus King would run for the federalist.
After the victory against the Barbary Coast, Hamilton would return to bettering America. The American economy had the potential to do a lot of great things. The United States had vast amounts of resources and places to make them, but the problem was getting those to the coastal trade centers. In the territories and newer states, there road structure wasn’t as well done as the ones out east. One plan, that had already been started in some territories was canals. The plan behind these canals were that the people out west could send their goods to the trade hubs in New York and Boston.
Hamilton being the business oriented man that he was jumped on the idea. He commissioned the states of New York and Pennsylvania to create a canal to move the supplies. Such an action would require lots of manpower and a good deal of cash, one of which was in good supply. Hamilton’s Union Commercial Plan had created a small surplus of money that Hamilton would place right into the Canal Project. Manpower on the other hand, would be slightly harder to find.
The Council of Transportation, the group of people placed in charge of building said canals, had come up with a plan. There plan called for all the immigrants that had come over, and bring them to New York and Pennsylvania to build the canals, along with all unemployed from New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania to be moved to work. Such a mass movement of people brought plenty of people to work.
As for the rest of the country, King Cotton ruled supreme done in the south and fishing/whaling and trade ruled the north. Most people following Jefferson’s inclusion of no slavery clause in the Northwest Ordinance, had left slavery alone in the south. The Trade of slaves continued and in some states the slaves had a large population in. Many politicians refrained from the talk of abolition, since the cotton in the south produce a good amount of money from other nations. Also, the amounts of cotton being produced help to stimulate New England shipping. Trade with other nations was good, surprisingly even with their former rulers across the pond. The only problem they faced was the Ottoman Empire who, following the dismantling of their puppet state, were not happy, but were not willing to do anything for fearing a similar punishment.
One topic brought up by some of the senators was the creation of state run banks, similar to that of the federal treasury but on a smaller scale. The act made it through the House with almost every Republican Senator voting yes. In the Senate however, thing weren't as easy. Some of the Federalist senators were cautious towards letting the states have a larger amount of power so they had implemented a clause where each state treasury may only deal within their own state, while all territorial monetary or speculation type needs would come from the Federal Treasury. That clause implemented the bill, dubbed the State Treasury Act of 1803, would be passed and was signed by Hamilton.
To end his presidency, he wanted to add another territory to the country, and by doing so, sent Pinckney to Spain to discuss the acquisition of Spanish Florida to the United States. While the Spanish were not originally open to selling Florida, Spain was overstretched having to control the new Algerian nation. So, the Pinckney-Blanco treaty was brought Hamilton. The treaty was as follows, the United States gains Florida and Protectorate Status for Algeria while the Spanish get 4 million dollars and the Americans would respect Mississippi as the Spanish border and not cross or settle across it.
This years election, would be quite an interesting race, General Aaron Burr was coaxed into running as a Republican, while Hamilton’s vice president Rufus King would run for the federalist.
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This is a typo right? The US gets dominion over Algeria? You know it took France about 45 years and 100,000 men garrisoning it to pacify Algeria.
How exactly does the US, in 1800, support a 100,000 man army for 45 years across the atlantic?
After the breaking up of the Barbary Coast, The Spanish and French were given dominion of Algeria, Tunis and Libya. They are just there to support a government, and prevent the formation of a second Barbary Coast. They're not colonies.
I probably shouldn't of used dominion, maybe Protectorate would be a better word?
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Changing of the Guard
Finally, the Republicans have gotten something they had wanted for so long, a Republican President. General Burr had beaten former vice president Rufus King in what turned into a surprising blow out, with Burr winning 14 of the 17 states. Burr being a republican in pretty much name, was probably not the man best suited to be president but following his victory in Barbary War. His cabinet would result in James Madison as his Vice President, Jefferson would return to his original role of Secretary of State, Henry Dearborn would become his Secretary of War and last but not least Samuel Dexter as the Secretary of Treasury. The rest of the government would remain the same.
Four months after his inauguration, France would be embroiled in revolution yet again. Jefferson had pleaded for the US to send supplies to Richelieu’s republic but Burr would not send supplies preferring a more reactionary approach to the 2nd French Revolution. While Jefferson didn’t like it, he understood where Burr was coming from. The world sat on the edge of their seat, watching the revolution, and defection of southern France play out.
While the French shed even more blood, Burr went on to do what he did best, Military. One thing that he wanted to accomplish in his presidency was enlarge the Army. He along with Dearborn, convinced the House of Representatives to agree to expanding the standing Marines number to 5,000, and the southern United States Army to 7,500 with the reserves for both the northern and southern armies to 5,000 each. To go with this, he secured the funds to create a Ship of the Line and 2 more Constitution Frigates, the Ship of the Line to be the first in the Navy. He wanted to increase both branches of the armed forces, since he had a severe distrust to his neighbors to the North, who had continued to army small bands of Natives to harass Americans in the western territories.
The canals that had began construction have been moving slowly but after four years of construction they have started to make some real progress. The Pennsylvania Canal referred to as the Delaware Canal since it connected Lake Erie with the Delaware river was roughly near the part of the Ohio river in PA, while the Erie Canal was roughly at Rochester.
It was roughly two years into Burr’s presidency,that Algerians had written a letter to Washington asking for their release and independence. Burr and the rest of the American people had no real interest in playing supervisor to a nation had agreed to let the Algerians create their own country but the had one caveat to their independence. It being that if the Algerians are caught either trying to form a new Barbary coast or any form of pirating the US would return and severely punish them.
The third year of the Burr’s term, the 2nd French Revolution had ended, and now there were two French Governments with each claiming to be the true government. Burr, not willing to pick a side, sent Jefferson to the Napoleon and surprising sent Pinckney to Marseilles each with the mission to secure trade relations and to reach a hand out diplomatically. What it turned into however would dramatically change the United States.
Napoleon in dire need of money and also willing to show a act of kindness to America, told Jefferson that he would offer the entire Louisiana territory to the United States for the price of 15 million dollars. Jefferson completely caught off guard by such a statement would return home, and tell Burr to which he would reply “By god, why the hell didn't you take him up on his offer”. Jefferson would return to France with the money, effectively doubling the size of America.
Pinckney on the other hand would return from rather positive meetings with the new republic. The Republic during the revolution had captured a large chunk of the navy and shipping vessels and they wanted to make good use of them. They had asked for the US to send cotton, timber, and iron to Marseilles so that they could increase their trading abilities. Burr, under advisement from Dexter would agree to the deal increasing the trade and economy for the foreseeable future.
Overall, Burr’s presidency wasn't a disaster in fact looking back it was probably one of peaceful terms for a president with no major wars to be fought. He increased the trade and also increased the overall size of America by roughly doubling it. He agreed to run for another term, to which he would run effectively unopposed.
Finally, the Republicans have gotten something they had wanted for so long, a Republican President. General Burr had beaten former vice president Rufus King in what turned into a surprising blow out, with Burr winning 14 of the 17 states. Burr being a republican in pretty much name, was probably not the man best suited to be president but following his victory in Barbary War. His cabinet would result in James Madison as his Vice President, Jefferson would return to his original role of Secretary of State, Henry Dearborn would become his Secretary of War and last but not least Samuel Dexter as the Secretary of Treasury. The rest of the government would remain the same.
Four months after his inauguration, France would be embroiled in revolution yet again. Jefferson had pleaded for the US to send supplies to Richelieu’s republic but Burr would not send supplies preferring a more reactionary approach to the 2nd French Revolution. While Jefferson didn’t like it, he understood where Burr was coming from. The world sat on the edge of their seat, watching the revolution, and defection of southern France play out.
While the French shed even more blood, Burr went on to do what he did best, Military. One thing that he wanted to accomplish in his presidency was enlarge the Army. He along with Dearborn, convinced the House of Representatives to agree to expanding the standing Marines number to 5,000, and the southern United States Army to 7,500 with the reserves for both the northern and southern armies to 5,000 each. To go with this, he secured the funds to create a Ship of the Line and 2 more Constitution Frigates, the Ship of the Line to be the first in the Navy. He wanted to increase both branches of the armed forces, since he had a severe distrust to his neighbors to the North, who had continued to army small bands of Natives to harass Americans in the western territories.
The canals that had began construction have been moving slowly but after four years of construction they have started to make some real progress. The Pennsylvania Canal referred to as the Delaware Canal since it connected Lake Erie with the Delaware river was roughly near the part of the Ohio river in PA, while the Erie Canal was roughly at Rochester.
It was roughly two years into Burr’s presidency,that Algerians had written a letter to Washington asking for their release and independence. Burr and the rest of the American people had no real interest in playing supervisor to a nation had agreed to let the Algerians create their own country but the had one caveat to their independence. It being that if the Algerians are caught either trying to form a new Barbary coast or any form of pirating the US would return and severely punish them.
The third year of the Burr’s term, the 2nd French Revolution had ended, and now there were two French Governments with each claiming to be the true government. Burr, not willing to pick a side, sent Jefferson to the Napoleon and surprising sent Pinckney to Marseilles each with the mission to secure trade relations and to reach a hand out diplomatically. What it turned into however would dramatically change the United States.
Napoleon in dire need of money and also willing to show a act of kindness to America, told Jefferson that he would offer the entire Louisiana territory to the United States for the price of 15 million dollars. Jefferson completely caught off guard by such a statement would return home, and tell Burr to which he would reply “By god, why the hell didn't you take him up on his offer”. Jefferson would return to France with the money, effectively doubling the size of America.
Pinckney on the other hand would return from rather positive meetings with the new republic. The Republic during the revolution had captured a large chunk of the navy and shipping vessels and they wanted to make good use of them. They had asked for the US to send cotton, timber, and iron to Marseilles so that they could increase their trading abilities. Burr, under advisement from Dexter would agree to the deal increasing the trade and economy for the foreseeable future.
Overall, Burr’s presidency wasn't a disaster in fact looking back it was probably one of peaceful terms for a president with no major wars to be fought. He increased the trade and also increased the overall size of America by roughly doubling it. He agreed to run for another term, to which he would run effectively unopposed.
Good couple of post Sir, Florida and Louisiana that's a lot to settle for the near term. Can't wait for your next update.
No Gods, No Master
Back across the pond, the new French governments had effectively declared that neither would be willing give in and unite. To the south, Girard-Roux had formed more trade based deals and was importing and exporting to make their money. Napoleon on the other hand, aside from selling off the Louisiana Territory, made money from trade as well but not to the same extent as the Republic.
Tunisia and Libya after seeing the success that Algeria had with the Americans tried to do the same, by asking for independence from France. Napoleon really had no use or really ability to focus his attention in Africa and here in Europe agreed to allow them to free themselves, but on two conditions. One would be the same thing that America had forced Algeria to agree to, and the other is that each nation had supply the French Empire with 10,000 men to be turned into soldiers, and that the Libyans and Tunisians had to pay them. Normally, any other nation would have rebuked at such demands but the Tunisians and Libyans had no real other choice other than rebellion and if that failed they would be in deep trouble. So they agreed and formed the armies and ferried them to France.
Napoleon growing up and studying at the Military School at Brienne-le-Château, he idolized Alexander the Great and wanted to take over the world similarly to how he had done. But, first he need to do some housekeeping here in France to prevent any new rebellions. So what he did was set out to improve both the economy and education in France. He set out to free the economy from the yoke of nobility so that the economy would grow and for education he would make it so that everyone would be able to get an education not just the rich, even women he had allowed to go and at least attend grammar schools so that they would be able to read and write.
Now back, to military, he had now 20,000 recruits in the North Africans, plus the standard of roughly 150,000 regulars and another 50,000 that can be called up, Napoleon had the basis to takeover a large part of world. But he needed to choose his targets carefully. He wanted to avoid awakening the giant across the channel, so for now it would mean not reunifying France for the time being. His first target would be the Italian Peninsula. He moved 75,000 of his regular army along with his 20,000 African conscripts. The French-Piedmont war began in March of 1805, and started with the Français Corps D'afrique (French Africa Corps), marching through the Alps catching the world off guard and with vast amounts of territory being captured. Italy still being split into small little nations, Napoleon planned to conquer them all one by one. The first real battle would be at Turin where the Africa corp would engage and surround the city. The Africa corps was lead by Jean Baptiste-Jourdan, was given orders to take the city, but first attempt to draw out the Italians into the field. After a day of the siege, the Italians did muster and charge out of the city. 11,000 men would charge the French position and the Africa Corps would finally have their first combat.
The Battle of Turin would be a decisive victory for the French, with the Africa Corps holding out and inflicting 6,423 casualties against the Italians along with their General Giovanni di Lesna, while the fortifications that Jourdon had built had protected a good portion of his army with only 2,418 casualties. Napoleon following the battle offered peace terms, pretty much saying surrender now, and end the bloodshed. Piedmont would take the rest of the day and accept the treaty fearing that Napoleon would only do worse. The Treaty of Grenoble would be accepted turning Piedmont into another province in the French Empire.
Next on the list, would be the Ligurian Republic, which would be taken care of by the 1st French Division, and they would win at Genoa just like at Turin, forcing the same terms that Piedmont had to accept. They would continue to march down Italy until they reached Kingdom of Naples. Now, Napoleon had a decision to make. Would he declare war on a possible ally or march on the Austrians. He decided that he will rest his army and calm the new subjects in Italy before he would decide.
The Republic watching Napoleon expand his borders to effectively surround Marseille with the French Army. Roux worried that eventually the Empire would turn its attention to them, so he would reach out to America, England and Prussia for a possibly helping them train their army. Prussia and England would each send advisors, Burr would kindly refuse to send anything for he didn’t wish to pick a side. England posed the idea that the Republic test out the new and improved army at the island of Malta. Malta had been independent following the disbanding of the Knights of St. John. England had originally wanted to take said island but while watching Napoleon march throughout Italy, they decided that the Republic should use it as a testing ground and a place to add to the republic.
So, the Republic formed up the 1st Republican Army of 25,000 men and the naval fleet would consist of 4 deGrasse Frigates to provide fire support. They had mobilized and placed Lieutenant General Alexander Babineaux-Garcon and they began the landing. They started it off, with a massive naval bombardment from the four deGrasse Frigates on Valletta. The army had decided to send out the transports in the night, so that the Maltese defending would not even see them as disembarked. They landed successfully at night, and by morning they had taken the Maltese by surprise and their positions were overrun on the beach. By the end of the month, the Republican Army had taken the island.
Following the capture of Malta, Girard-Roux would be elected for another term and promised to keep control of Malta and protect all Republican interests.
Back across the pond, the new French governments had effectively declared that neither would be willing give in and unite. To the south, Girard-Roux had formed more trade based deals and was importing and exporting to make their money. Napoleon on the other hand, aside from selling off the Louisiana Territory, made money from trade as well but not to the same extent as the Republic.
Tunisia and Libya after seeing the success that Algeria had with the Americans tried to do the same, by asking for independence from France. Napoleon really had no use or really ability to focus his attention in Africa and here in Europe agreed to allow them to free themselves, but on two conditions. One would be the same thing that America had forced Algeria to agree to, and the other is that each nation had supply the French Empire with 10,000 men to be turned into soldiers, and that the Libyans and Tunisians had to pay them. Normally, any other nation would have rebuked at such demands but the Tunisians and Libyans had no real other choice other than rebellion and if that failed they would be in deep trouble. So they agreed and formed the armies and ferried them to France.
Napoleon growing up and studying at the Military School at Brienne-le-Château, he idolized Alexander the Great and wanted to take over the world similarly to how he had done. But, first he need to do some housekeeping here in France to prevent any new rebellions. So what he did was set out to improve both the economy and education in France. He set out to free the economy from the yoke of nobility so that the economy would grow and for education he would make it so that everyone would be able to get an education not just the rich, even women he had allowed to go and at least attend grammar schools so that they would be able to read and write.
Now back, to military, he had now 20,000 recruits in the North Africans, plus the standard of roughly 150,000 regulars and another 50,000 that can be called up, Napoleon had the basis to takeover a large part of world. But he needed to choose his targets carefully. He wanted to avoid awakening the giant across the channel, so for now it would mean not reunifying France for the time being. His first target would be the Italian Peninsula. He moved 75,000 of his regular army along with his 20,000 African conscripts. The French-Piedmont war began in March of 1805, and started with the Français Corps D'afrique (French Africa Corps), marching through the Alps catching the world off guard and with vast amounts of territory being captured. Italy still being split into small little nations, Napoleon planned to conquer them all one by one. The first real battle would be at Turin where the Africa corp would engage and surround the city. The Africa corps was lead by Jean Baptiste-Jourdan, was given orders to take the city, but first attempt to draw out the Italians into the field. After a day of the siege, the Italians did muster and charge out of the city. 11,000 men would charge the French position and the Africa Corps would finally have their first combat.
The Battle of Turin would be a decisive victory for the French, with the Africa Corps holding out and inflicting 6,423 casualties against the Italians along with their General Giovanni di Lesna, while the fortifications that Jourdon had built had protected a good portion of his army with only 2,418 casualties. Napoleon following the battle offered peace terms, pretty much saying surrender now, and end the bloodshed. Piedmont would take the rest of the day and accept the treaty fearing that Napoleon would only do worse. The Treaty of Grenoble would be accepted turning Piedmont into another province in the French Empire.
Next on the list, would be the Ligurian Republic, which would be taken care of by the 1st French Division, and they would win at Genoa just like at Turin, forcing the same terms that Piedmont had to accept. They would continue to march down Italy until they reached Kingdom of Naples. Now, Napoleon had a decision to make. Would he declare war on a possible ally or march on the Austrians. He decided that he will rest his army and calm the new subjects in Italy before he would decide.
The Republic watching Napoleon expand his borders to effectively surround Marseille with the French Army. Roux worried that eventually the Empire would turn its attention to them, so he would reach out to America, England and Prussia for a possibly helping them train their army. Prussia and England would each send advisors, Burr would kindly refuse to send anything for he didn’t wish to pick a side. England posed the idea that the Republic test out the new and improved army at the island of Malta. Malta had been independent following the disbanding of the Knights of St. John. England had originally wanted to take said island but while watching Napoleon march throughout Italy, they decided that the Republic should use it as a testing ground and a place to add to the republic.
So, the Republic formed up the 1st Republican Army of 25,000 men and the naval fleet would consist of 4 deGrasse Frigates to provide fire support. They had mobilized and placed Lieutenant General Alexander Babineaux-Garcon and they began the landing. They started it off, with a massive naval bombardment from the four deGrasse Frigates on Valletta. The army had decided to send out the transports in the night, so that the Maltese defending would not even see them as disembarked. They landed successfully at night, and by morning they had taken the Maltese by surprise and their positions were overrun on the beach. By the end of the month, the Republican Army had taken the island.
Following the capture of Malta, Girard-Roux would be elected for another term and promised to keep control of Malta and protect all Republican interests.
Old Boney is just as predictable as ever, no matter what Reality he's in.
He's just not Napoleon if he's not at war
Down with an Empire
During the winter of 1808, Napoleon had finally decided on a target for his next campaign, The Kingdom of Sicily. He knew that waging war against the Spanish in Sicily would bring upon a world of hurt for France, and he needed an ally. An Ally with a Navy.
In the first meeting between the two French Leaders, both Girard-Roux and Napoleon would meet to discuss the possibility of a joint invasion of Spain and Sicily. Girard-Roux was taken by surprise by the forwardness of Napoleon, agreed but only with the Republic gaining, in theory Sicily, The Balearic Islands, parts in Eastern Spain, and finally the Empires last colony, Hispaniola.
Now that he had his ally, he began to enlarge his army. With a much larger population base now, he began to call up a new army. He called for the new Kingdom of Italy, which he placed his elder brother Joseph I as king, to raise an army of 50,000 with an additional 25,000 for his reserve. That army along with Africa Corps, which had actually surged to 45,000 after the Italian Campaign. Finally, he requested that the Helvetic Republic to create a small army of 15,000 that would also contribute to the attack. This to go along with the 200,000 strong French army, would be used for the invasion, supplemented by the minimal navy the Empire had.
The Republic on the other hand, would raise their army to roughly 50,000 of which 20,000 would be Maltese troops. While the other part of the army, roughly 60,000 along with the entire Republican fleet to go to the Balearic Islands. The stages were set for the downfall of one of the two empires.
Napoleon had split his army so that the French Army with the Africa Corps would march into Spain, Italian Army and Swiss division would invade Naples. The Invasion would start for both the Grande Armee’ and the Italian army on March 1st. The attack would catch the Spanish Government and Armed Forces. Most of the soldiers in Sicily were militia or freshly trained soldiers who had never seen combat and after known numbers of the Imperial army they were severely outnumbered and that was without the Republican forces who were told to watch Spanish navy, and when it was to entire the Mediterranean then declare war. The Army in Sicily would number 45,000 less than that of the Italian Army that was coming down on them.
The Spanish navy of 4 Ship of the Lines and 6 fifth and sixth rate frigates would move to Sicily to help try to slow the advance, but they were stopped just off the coast of Sicily by a Republican Fleet of 5 ship of the lines and 7 deGrasse frigates, who had not actually declared war and they got the first shot off where the Republican Ship of the Line had given the Spanish Flagship a full broadside stopping her in her tracks and creating numerous hull breaches. The battle of Sicily would be a lopsided victory for the MR navy, losing only 3 frigates with 2 ship of the lines needing minor repairs. The Spanish Navy on the other hand lost all of their ship of the lines and 4 of the frigates. The rest of the larger navy ships were in the Western Hemisphere, and would take weeks for them to return and pose any threat. The the navy out of the way, the MRA would land Sicilian Port of Gela and would land with no Spanish threat in the area, they would set up an create a large Republican Territory. There first city they wanted would be Syracuse. They would reach there by the week.
The Italian Army on the other hand would have a little more resistance having to deal with 30,000 of the Spanish army would be present in Naples, but even then they were more of a nuisance than a real threat. Joseph would beat them in battle after battle first at the battle of Cassino, then at Naples finally he had cornered them in Sorrento finally defeating them. A similar campaign in Sicily by the MRA in Sicily quickly brought them to there knees either.
With the campaign in the East done, the Grande Armee commanded Napoleon himself had reached a stalemate. Both the FIA and the Spanish had been fighting fiercely. The Spanish army in Spain was no mere push over, these men were actual soldiers fighting for their homeland. Napoleon had early success in the surprise attack and had pushed the line to Pamplona which was solely in French Control. They need a second front to be opened up to help draw away some of the Spanish Army. The MRA had successfully captured the Balearic island chains without much excitement, and now with both the Sicilian invasion force along with the rest of the army would make a landing at the city of Torrenstra. There they would take some fire from Spanish Militias formed to help hold them, but more importantly they would help open the crucial second front.
With the Spanish now in crisis mode, they established a draft that would raise the troops that they needed to hopefully hold off one of the invading armies. The draft would raise 75,000 conscripts, that with the 10,000 militia in the east, it would not be enough numbers wise to hold off the MRA. The Spanish eventually made the decision to pull up some of the regulars and replace them with the conscripts so that the Eastern Troops would have something to help fight against the MRA. By doing this, they had given Bonaparte the edge that he so desperately needed to end the stalemate. Napoleon would wait for the conscripts to arrive then he would launch an attack across the entire line catching the Spanish by surprise and pushing them back to Logrono. While the main army would launch that attack, the 2nd French Army along with the Africa Corps would push westward towards Bilbao. This attack would beat the defenders there, forcing the army there to retreat to Ramales de la Victoria.
The Spanish army had taken hit after hit, and they were starting to feel it throughout the Empire. With the invasion, Ferdinand VII would recall almost all of the troops stationed overseas and by doing this created the possibility for their colonies to start a revolution. Both Mexico and New Granada would revolt and beat the small amount of troops there. The only colonies to stay loyal were Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the ones in Asia. With the lose of her colonies not only did she lose a population to pull troops from, but she also lost some of her prime money makers. Placing Spain now in an even graver situation.
Joseph I’s army after pacifying the rest of Italy had finally arrived in Southern France, and Napoleon would use them to help capture the city of Zaragoza. The Battle of Zaragoza would be the most intense fighting since the naval battle of Sicily. The battle would end with a French victory, but it was at a cost. Of the 50,000 troops in the Italian army, over 10,000 casualties were sustained, and for the Spanish army they took over 15,000 casualties of 45,000 Spanish soldiers in the battle.
Farther to south, the MRA would begin to lay siege to the city Valencia. Fighting in the south hasn't been as bloody in the north, but still true to the war, the Spanish were on the run. But at the Battle of Valencia, the MRA would number 55,000 while the Spanish inside were 67,000. The MRA would be content to just sit outside the city and wait them out. The siege would last over 7 months before the Spanish would eventually give in.
The Spanish were on the verge of throwing in the towel, but as long as they held Madrid they wouldn't sue for peace. Napoleon assumed as much and wanted the war to be over by 1812 and the current year being 1811 he was beginning to get annoyed at how long the war was taking. Eventually, he had changed his orders to ones of total war, and issued orders recalling all armies aside from Joseph’s which was marching on Barcelona. He had sent a messenger to to Babineaux-Garcon, General of MRA imploring him to have his men march on Madrid. Babineaux-Garcon wrote back saying that he could march on Madrid but it would make more sense for his army take the city of Murica. Napoleon would not accept that saying that “...for a quicker end to the war, we must not concern ourselves with cutting the snake into pieces but to cut off the head of the snake surely will bring it to a quick death.” Babineaux-Garcon would not march on Madrid but continue his march on Murica.
Napoleon would march on Madrid alone and fight the Spanish at the battles of Burgos and the again at the battle of Arranda de Duero. And by September of 1812, he would lay siege to the city of Madrid, and for the first three days of the siege, he would place it under a non-stop bombardment from the artillery he had. By October both the cities of Barcelona and Murcia had fallen, and both Babineaux and Joseph’s armies would march to meet Napoleon at Madrid. By the end of November, the other armies would surround and join the siege.
Ferdinand VII realized his position and fled to Cordoba. There he would sue for peace and the French, Marseilles Republic and Spanish would all meet in Lisbon to discuss the end of the war and the new borders.
The Treaty of Lisbon would be signed and the war was officially over. The Spanish had ceded most of Spain to the French, while the Republic was given most of Eastern Spain to Marseilles along with Sicily and the Balearic islands. To go with this, Marseilles would gain the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean from France.
Napoleon after four years of war would return to France and now begin to work on finding a wife to produce him an heir to the Empire. He found a wife in Maria Louise, the daughter of Emperor Francis II. With her he would get his heir, a baby boy christened Napoleon II.
Girard-Roux would yet again, after a expanding the Republic's borders run unopposed and win. The Republic was silently in the shadows of her bigger, more imperial brother becoming its own powerhouse in the Mediterranean.
Map showing the dividing up of Spain,
Blue France, Red MR, Yellow Spain, and Gray Portugal
During the winter of 1808, Napoleon had finally decided on a target for his next campaign, The Kingdom of Sicily. He knew that waging war against the Spanish in Sicily would bring upon a world of hurt for France, and he needed an ally. An Ally with a Navy.
In the first meeting between the two French Leaders, both Girard-Roux and Napoleon would meet to discuss the possibility of a joint invasion of Spain and Sicily. Girard-Roux was taken by surprise by the forwardness of Napoleon, agreed but only with the Republic gaining, in theory Sicily, The Balearic Islands, parts in Eastern Spain, and finally the Empires last colony, Hispaniola.
Now that he had his ally, he began to enlarge his army. With a much larger population base now, he began to call up a new army. He called for the new Kingdom of Italy, which he placed his elder brother Joseph I as king, to raise an army of 50,000 with an additional 25,000 for his reserve. That army along with Africa Corps, which had actually surged to 45,000 after the Italian Campaign. Finally, he requested that the Helvetic Republic to create a small army of 15,000 that would also contribute to the attack. This to go along with the 200,000 strong French army, would be used for the invasion, supplemented by the minimal navy the Empire had.
The Republic on the other hand, would raise their army to roughly 50,000 of which 20,000 would be Maltese troops. While the other part of the army, roughly 60,000 along with the entire Republican fleet to go to the Balearic Islands. The stages were set for the downfall of one of the two empires.
Napoleon had split his army so that the French Army with the Africa Corps would march into Spain, Italian Army and Swiss division would invade Naples. The Invasion would start for both the Grande Armee’ and the Italian army on March 1st. The attack would catch the Spanish Government and Armed Forces. Most of the soldiers in Sicily were militia or freshly trained soldiers who had never seen combat and after known numbers of the Imperial army they were severely outnumbered and that was without the Republican forces who were told to watch Spanish navy, and when it was to entire the Mediterranean then declare war. The Army in Sicily would number 45,000 less than that of the Italian Army that was coming down on them.
The Spanish navy of 4 Ship of the Lines and 6 fifth and sixth rate frigates would move to Sicily to help try to slow the advance, but they were stopped just off the coast of Sicily by a Republican Fleet of 5 ship of the lines and 7 deGrasse frigates, who had not actually declared war and they got the first shot off where the Republican Ship of the Line had given the Spanish Flagship a full broadside stopping her in her tracks and creating numerous hull breaches. The battle of Sicily would be a lopsided victory for the MR navy, losing only 3 frigates with 2 ship of the lines needing minor repairs. The Spanish Navy on the other hand lost all of their ship of the lines and 4 of the frigates. The rest of the larger navy ships were in the Western Hemisphere, and would take weeks for them to return and pose any threat. The the navy out of the way, the MRA would land Sicilian Port of Gela and would land with no Spanish threat in the area, they would set up an create a large Republican Territory. There first city they wanted would be Syracuse. They would reach there by the week.
The Italian Army on the other hand would have a little more resistance having to deal with 30,000 of the Spanish army would be present in Naples, but even then they were more of a nuisance than a real threat. Joseph would beat them in battle after battle first at the battle of Cassino, then at Naples finally he had cornered them in Sorrento finally defeating them. A similar campaign in Sicily by the MRA in Sicily quickly brought them to there knees either.
With the campaign in the East done, the Grande Armee commanded Napoleon himself had reached a stalemate. Both the FIA and the Spanish had been fighting fiercely. The Spanish army in Spain was no mere push over, these men were actual soldiers fighting for their homeland. Napoleon had early success in the surprise attack and had pushed the line to Pamplona which was solely in French Control. They need a second front to be opened up to help draw away some of the Spanish Army. The MRA had successfully captured the Balearic island chains without much excitement, and now with both the Sicilian invasion force along with the rest of the army would make a landing at the city of Torrenstra. There they would take some fire from Spanish Militias formed to help hold them, but more importantly they would help open the crucial second front.
With the Spanish now in crisis mode, they established a draft that would raise the troops that they needed to hopefully hold off one of the invading armies. The draft would raise 75,000 conscripts, that with the 10,000 militia in the east, it would not be enough numbers wise to hold off the MRA. The Spanish eventually made the decision to pull up some of the regulars and replace them with the conscripts so that the Eastern Troops would have something to help fight against the MRA. By doing this, they had given Bonaparte the edge that he so desperately needed to end the stalemate. Napoleon would wait for the conscripts to arrive then he would launch an attack across the entire line catching the Spanish by surprise and pushing them back to Logrono. While the main army would launch that attack, the 2nd French Army along with the Africa Corps would push westward towards Bilbao. This attack would beat the defenders there, forcing the army there to retreat to Ramales de la Victoria.
The Spanish army had taken hit after hit, and they were starting to feel it throughout the Empire. With the invasion, Ferdinand VII would recall almost all of the troops stationed overseas and by doing this created the possibility for their colonies to start a revolution. Both Mexico and New Granada would revolt and beat the small amount of troops there. The only colonies to stay loyal were Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the ones in Asia. With the lose of her colonies not only did she lose a population to pull troops from, but she also lost some of her prime money makers. Placing Spain now in an even graver situation.
Joseph I’s army after pacifying the rest of Italy had finally arrived in Southern France, and Napoleon would use them to help capture the city of Zaragoza. The Battle of Zaragoza would be the most intense fighting since the naval battle of Sicily. The battle would end with a French victory, but it was at a cost. Of the 50,000 troops in the Italian army, over 10,000 casualties were sustained, and for the Spanish army they took over 15,000 casualties of 45,000 Spanish soldiers in the battle.
Farther to south, the MRA would begin to lay siege to the city Valencia. Fighting in the south hasn't been as bloody in the north, but still true to the war, the Spanish were on the run. But at the Battle of Valencia, the MRA would number 55,000 while the Spanish inside were 67,000. The MRA would be content to just sit outside the city and wait them out. The siege would last over 7 months before the Spanish would eventually give in.
The Spanish were on the verge of throwing in the towel, but as long as they held Madrid they wouldn't sue for peace. Napoleon assumed as much and wanted the war to be over by 1812 and the current year being 1811 he was beginning to get annoyed at how long the war was taking. Eventually, he had changed his orders to ones of total war, and issued orders recalling all armies aside from Joseph’s which was marching on Barcelona. He had sent a messenger to to Babineaux-Garcon, General of MRA imploring him to have his men march on Madrid. Babineaux-Garcon wrote back saying that he could march on Madrid but it would make more sense for his army take the city of Murica. Napoleon would not accept that saying that “...for a quicker end to the war, we must not concern ourselves with cutting the snake into pieces but to cut off the head of the snake surely will bring it to a quick death.” Babineaux-Garcon would not march on Madrid but continue his march on Murica.
Napoleon would march on Madrid alone and fight the Spanish at the battles of Burgos and the again at the battle of Arranda de Duero. And by September of 1812, he would lay siege to the city of Madrid, and for the first three days of the siege, he would place it under a non-stop bombardment from the artillery he had. By October both the cities of Barcelona and Murcia had fallen, and both Babineaux and Joseph’s armies would march to meet Napoleon at Madrid. By the end of November, the other armies would surround and join the siege.
Ferdinand VII realized his position and fled to Cordoba. There he would sue for peace and the French, Marseilles Republic and Spanish would all meet in Lisbon to discuss the end of the war and the new borders.
The Treaty of Lisbon would be signed and the war was officially over. The Spanish had ceded most of Spain to the French, while the Republic was given most of Eastern Spain to Marseilles along with Sicily and the Balearic islands. To go with this, Marseilles would gain the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean from France.
Napoleon after four years of war would return to France and now begin to work on finding a wife to produce him an heir to the Empire. He found a wife in Maria Louise, the daughter of Emperor Francis II. With her he would get his heir, a baby boy christened Napoleon II.
Girard-Roux would yet again, after a expanding the Republic's borders run unopposed and win. The Republic was silently in the shadows of her bigger, more imperial brother becoming its own powerhouse in the Mediterranean.
Map showing the dividing up of Spain,
Blue France, Red MR, Yellow Spain, and Gray Portugal
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