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1886/1887
Grover Cleveland, of NY originally born in NJ, is the new President of Iroquois. He campaigns heavily in NJ during the referendum on joining the federation. NJ votes 53% in favor of unification. January 1st 1887 NJ becomes the 5th state in Iroquois. Cleveland formally declares Iroquois neutrality in the PA/VA war and pulls any federal propaganda encouraging volunteer regiments. NY plans for a canal in Central America are not pursued and the rights in Nicaragua are sold to MA.
James Blaine, President of MA, is often compared to be the polar opposite of Cleveland of Iroquois though they meet personally in Springfield, MA in 1887 regarding cooperation and possible unification. Nothing more than good-will and publicity occurs so each president can grab support from the Join or Die movement. Blaine steps up MA naval forces, makes a greater show of force in the Pacific and Caribbean. Unclaimed and unoccupied small islands in the Pacific are claimed for their guano deposits (and strategic locations). Embassies are established in Latin American countries and Europe. Blaine begins negotiations for the establishment of a Pacific base in Hawai'i, but Britain nixes the plan, MA establishes a base at San Francisco, CA instead. SC protests the location of a base so close to theirs at San Diego, Mojave.
After stalemate west of the Mississippi and with Delaware being restless, the Treat of Wilmington is signed between PA, Iroquois, DE, and VA. VA agrees to leave DE, pay indemnity, acknowledge wrongdoing, and vow to protect DE independence. PA acknowledges wrongdoing on the part of Grant and Sherman, pays $5 million for all land north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi. VA allows everything north of the latitude that crosses the confluence of the Des Moines and Mississippi rivers to vote on joining Iroquois or staying with Virginia.
Grover Cleveland, of NY originally born in NJ, is the new President of Iroquois. He campaigns heavily in NJ during the referendum on joining the federation. NJ votes 53% in favor of unification. January 1st 1887 NJ becomes the 5th state in Iroquois. Cleveland formally declares Iroquois neutrality in the PA/VA war and pulls any federal propaganda encouraging volunteer regiments. NY plans for a canal in Central America are not pursued and the rights in Nicaragua are sold to MA.
James Blaine, President of MA, is often compared to be the polar opposite of Cleveland of Iroquois though they meet personally in Springfield, MA in 1887 regarding cooperation and possible unification. Nothing more than good-will and publicity occurs so each president can grab support from the Join or Die movement. Blaine steps up MA naval forces, makes a greater show of force in the Pacific and Caribbean. Unclaimed and unoccupied small islands in the Pacific are claimed for their guano deposits (and strategic locations). Embassies are established in Latin American countries and Europe. Blaine begins negotiations for the establishment of a Pacific base in Hawai'i, but Britain nixes the plan, MA establishes a base at San Francisco, CA instead. SC protests the location of a base so close to theirs at San Diego, Mojave.
After stalemate west of the Mississippi and with Delaware being restless, the Treat of Wilmington is signed between PA, Iroquois, DE, and VA. VA agrees to leave DE, pay indemnity, acknowledge wrongdoing, and vow to protect DE independence. PA acknowledges wrongdoing on the part of Grant and Sherman, pays $5 million for all land north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi. VA allows everything north of the latitude that crosses the confluence of the Des Moines and Mississippi rivers to vote on joining Iroquois or staying with Virginia.