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The Confederate States of America, where the United States is annexed by the Confederate States and slavery continues. In Ben Winters' Underground Airlines, slavery has remained legal in the "Hard Four" (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and a unified Carolina) and slaves are controlled by electronic device implanted in their spines.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
Similarly it is noted approximately 40,000 Irishmen (0.1% of the population), and 10,000 Englishmen (0.04% of the population) would sign on to serve the Confederacy, while 170,000 Irish (2.9% of the population), and 50,000 British (0.2% of the population) would fight for the Union, a ratio of 4.6:1 in favour of Union service.
The United States consul, William Blanchard, insisted that the Victorian government arrest the Confederates as pirates, but Victoria's governor, Sir Charles Henry Darling, ignored his pleas, satisfied with the Shenandoah’s pleading of neutrality when requesting to be allowed to undertake repairs.
Victoria II is a grand strategy game developed by the Swedish game company Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. It was announced on August 19, 2009, and released on August 13, 2010. [2] It is a sequel to Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun.
March 2 – Nevada Territory and Dakota Territory are organized. March 4 Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as the 16th president of the United States, and Hannibal Hamlin is sworn in as the 15th vice president. American Civil War: The Stars and Bars is adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America.
For America, Woodhull’s challenge for a woman president remains unanswered, writes Eden Collinsworth.
This is a list of sovereign states in the 1870s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1870 and 31 December 1879. It contains entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty .