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United
States Of North America
Location
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Between the D.C, U.S.M., touching the Pacific and Atlantic coast. |
Five years after the arrival of Christopher Columbus, a new "explorer"
arrived from England, John Cabot. England would use this arrival as their
right to claim the entire continent later, however at the time, the size
and the strength of the Spanish Armada prevented any large attempt to settle the "New World"
by the English. It wasn't until fifteen hundred and eighty-eight that the Spanish Armada was brought
to its knees (albeit temporarily) that England tried to settle their claim.
Seemingly in spite of their victories against Spain, the first few attempts
at settling the new land were huge failures. The settlers either disappeared
mysteriously or were focused on making money, not surviving. In sixteen hundred and seven the first
permanent colony was founded by the Virginia Company, named, Jamestown.
There were many reasons for expanding the kingdom at the time, partially
for glory and for show, but one of the other reasons was economic. To create
a business of trade off of hunting and agriculture. These were the driving
forces behind the new world economy. Hunting was not a problem. On the other
hand agriculture was due to a shortage of willing labor. To solve this problem,
the fare to the new world was a series of years of indentured labor, in
effect white slavery. This lasted for almost a century, until the expenses
of importing and caring for a servant became so high, England had to follow
the lead of several other European nations... and began a long dark walk
into the realm of slavery.
The colonies continued under the leadership and rule of England until seventeen
hundred and seventy-six when they fought and won independence from their
mother country, and thus founded the United States of North America.
The new nation faced many problems during its first century, but none
so destructive as the American Civil War. In the early eighteen hundred
and forties the nation had suffered severe economic problems, problems deep
enough that they called for a financial specialist to take care of them.
This specialist was Presidential candidate John Jacobs Sr., who was then
a member of the Free Soil party. The Democratic nomination for president,
had no financial savvy at all... his only qualification in the eyes of
the southern men was a strong support of the expansion of slavery. When
the election was over, roughly sixty-five per cent of the population had
voted for John Jacobs Sr. Within a year's time his slavery policies had
bothered the south so much they made threats of secession. Within a few
months those threats became reality, and war ensued shortly thereafter.
President Jacobs was a strong mathematician, but by no means a general
like the new Confederate President "Shorty" Johnson. After a year's worth
of fighting, and no eager support from his people or a fresh enlisting
of men to support his army, President Jacobs withdrew his forces and let
the South be.
Ten years later, after sever economic depression had run its course through
the northern half of the nation, the south, which was fairly rich with its
trades with England and the Lone Star Republic of Texas, offered a reunion
on the condition that slavery was in no way to be restricted. The North
accepted these terms in the year eighteen hundred and sixty, and reconstruction
began.
During the next fifty years of its history, the nation struggled with
the spread of slavery. There was
a lot of pressure from other nations such as The Dominion of Canada and
its former "mother" England to cease such activities, but by the end of
the century slavery was too entrenched in society to easily be driven out.
In addition the U.S.N.A. did not have the good fortune that the United
States of Mexico did, finding a great wealth of gold and other fine minerals
along the coast and the deserts bordering the Pacific Ocean.
The next big change for the nation occurred in the year eighteen hundred
and ninety-five, when the great "Slave Trade" began. A few years earlier
a Spanish scientist had succeeded in creating artificial life by mixing
the genes of a human with those of an animal. Seemingly useless at first,
American abolitionists seized this invention to bring about a permanent
end to human slavery. The deal was simple, for every human being released,
the slaver would receive two anthros in their replace. It wasn't until
the beginning of the Great War that the last slaves were traded, and human
slavery was abolished in the U.S.N.A. Since then the nation has led the
world in the activity and population increase of anthros. Although the
economy has been drastically improved by their introduction nothing is
perfect, this situation has brought about new problems for the nation
to face, which brings us to the present day. |
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