Napoleonrules
Banned
1850/1851
Allied representatives meeting in Philadelphia agree to all recognize California but can not agree on Texas, Yucatan, or Deseret. Virginia recognizes all, NY recognizes Yucatan, the rest of the nations give de facto recognition but not de jure. They tap John Clayton, Delaware governor, to negotiate with the UK regarding a joint canal in Nicaragua.
William Fargo and Henry Wells form American Express in Buffalo, NY and press the NY govt that Panama, instead of Nicaragua, is the best bet and that an expanded show of force in the Caribbean is needed now. Millard Fillmore, new President of NY shows interest, he has NY Pacific Squadron leave the allied armada in Oregon and go on an expedition through the Pacific Ocean with Hawai'i and Japan as main stops.
The "Join or Die" movement is able to get the Michigan and NY legislatures to agree on a joint constitutional convention with instructions on making a new constitutional relationship based on the Swiss model. At the Convention in Rochester it is put in the new Constitution that NY is pulling Wisconsin out of the Condominium and into the new federal structure if a majority of Wisconsin residents vote to approve in 1852. A new federal government is erected, an upper house the Senate will have 20 members (30 if Wisconsin joins) 10 from Michigan and 10 from NY (5 must be from north of Yonkers "Upstate"; with 5 from NYC and Long Island); the lower house, the Assembly is based on population. A popularly elected president and vice president as the executive branch, all males are given the right to vote, two votes are cast, one of which has to be from the other nation (A Michigan voter must vote for at least one NYer, can vote for 2 NYers but can't vote for 2 Michiganers), runner up becomes vice president. A chief Superior Court over federal matters is established as the highest level of appeals. Buffalo becomes the new capital with Albany as the capital of New York and Ann Arbor of Michigan. The new nation takes the name- Iroquois.
Allied representatives meeting in Philadelphia agree to all recognize California but can not agree on Texas, Yucatan, or Deseret. Virginia recognizes all, NY recognizes Yucatan, the rest of the nations give de facto recognition but not de jure. They tap John Clayton, Delaware governor, to negotiate with the UK regarding a joint canal in Nicaragua.
William Fargo and Henry Wells form American Express in Buffalo, NY and press the NY govt that Panama, instead of Nicaragua, is the best bet and that an expanded show of force in the Caribbean is needed now. Millard Fillmore, new President of NY shows interest, he has NY Pacific Squadron leave the allied armada in Oregon and go on an expedition through the Pacific Ocean with Hawai'i and Japan as main stops.
The "Join or Die" movement is able to get the Michigan and NY legislatures to agree on a joint constitutional convention with instructions on making a new constitutional relationship based on the Swiss model. At the Convention in Rochester it is put in the new Constitution that NY is pulling Wisconsin out of the Condominium and into the new federal structure if a majority of Wisconsin residents vote to approve in 1852. A new federal government is erected, an upper house the Senate will have 20 members (30 if Wisconsin joins) 10 from Michigan and 10 from NY (5 must be from north of Yonkers "Upstate"; with 5 from NYC and Long Island); the lower house, the Assembly is based on population. A popularly elected president and vice president as the executive branch, all males are given the right to vote, two votes are cast, one of which has to be from the other nation (A Michigan voter must vote for at least one NYer, can vote for 2 NYers but can't vote for 2 Michiganers), runner up becomes vice president. A chief Superior Court over federal matters is established as the highest level of appeals. Buffalo becomes the new capital with Albany as the capital of New York and Ann Arbor of Michigan. The new nation takes the name- Iroquois.