Flame and Ashes: The New World

[Dadarian]

The World in 1841​

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Algonquin Confederacy
Leaders(s): Great Council
Regime: Constitutional Tribal Confederation [de jure]
Capital: Prophetstown
Faction: British Empire (loose)
Economy: Small/Growth
Status: Stable/Low
Colonial Capacity: None/Non-Existent
Army: Small/Elite
Navy: Token/Awful
Notes: Refortified Capital, Sedentarialisation, Religious & Civic Law Code, Modernisation, Elite Braves, Algonquin cultural domination, Cults of Tecumseh & Tenskwatawa, Christians v Traditionalists v Cults, Shrinking Bison Herds, Ojibwe Horses, Approved white settlement, British Imperial trade
Player: @Sealy

American Commonwealth
Leaders(s): Lord Protector Adams, First Secretary Daniel Webster
Regime: Federal Semi-Presidential Republic
Capital: New York
Faction: None
Economy: Medium/Booming
Status: High/Low
Colonial Capacity: Reasonable/Non-Existent
Army: Small/Average
Navy: Small/Average [quality increasing]
Notes: Anti-Dixie Fortifications, Fears of Dixian Intervention, Popular Anti-Slavery Foreign Policy, Rising industrialization, mass immigration & Nativism
Player: @Jeeshadow

Kingdom of Andea
Leaders(s): Sapa Inka Tupac Amaru IV [Sisar O'Higgins]
Regime: Andean Enlightened Monarchy
Capital: La Paz
Faction: None
Economy: Small/Growing
Status: High/Low
Colonial Capacity: Tiny/Non-Existent
Army: Small/High
Navy: Small/Average
Notes: coastal fortifications, mining gravity trains, Mapuche permanent diaspora, semipopulated Jujuy and Salta, Quechuan noble content, AIA "royal crimes unit", Higginist military culture, Royal Andean Dockyards, immigration (Asian, slavic)
Player: @Cosmo Rat

Apache
Leaders(s): None (Individual tribal leadership)
Regime: Decentralised Clans
Capital: None
Faction: None
Economy: Small/Stagnant
Status: Stable/Medium
Colonial Capacity: Tiny/Non-Existent
Army: Small/High
Navy: None/Non-existent
Notes: 1786 Peace with Spain, Traditional clan structure, Spanish-Apache Trade, traditional Spanish Raiding
Player:

The United Domains of Brazil and Portugal & the Algarve
Leaders(s): King-Emperor Pedro IV/Prime Minister the Marques de Goias
Regime: Parliamentary Monarchy
Capital: Rio de Janeiro
Faction: Coalition
Economy: Large/Booming
Status: Medium/Medium
Colonial Capacity: Reasonable/Decent
Army: Medium/Average
Navy: Medium/Awful
Notes: Soaring Anti-Slavery Pressure, Soaring Pro-Slavery Pressure, constant internal tensions, Argentinian Intervention, Liberal states and Conservative Feds, Portuguese Dominion & Brazilian colonies in Africa and Asia, Anarchic warships, Repealed Good Sunday Law, Increasing slave importation, mass immigration
Player: @baboushreturns

Province of Canada
Leaders(s): Governor-General Henry Labouchere
Regime: Colonial Landed Democracy
Capital: Kingston
Faction: British Empire
Economy: Small/Growing
Status: Troubled/Medium
Colonial Capacity: Small/Miniscule
Army: Token/Awful
Navy: Token/Awful
Notes: Functioning Democracy, Language Divide, Quebec-Ontario Disagreements, British Garrison, Sydenham's Misadventure
Player: @Easter

Republic of Chile
Leaders(s): President Giuseppe Rondizzoni
Regime: Constitutional Liberal Republic
Capital: Santiago
Faction: None
Economy: Medium/Stagnant
Status: Stable/Medium
Colonial Capacity: Small/Miniscule
Army: Small/Average
Navy: Small/Awful
Notes: Functioning Democracy, Chilean Economic Miracle, soft settlement of the Pacific coast
Player: @Livewire231

The Republic of [Gran] Colombia
Leaders(s): President Antonio Jose de Sucre / Premier Jose Antonio Paez
Regime: Constitutional Federal Republic
Capital: Bogota
Faction: None
Economy: Medium/Booming
Status: Stable/Low
Colonial Capacity: Tiny/Non-Existent
Army: Small/High
Navy: Small/Awful
Notes: extensive DEI and Dutch penetration into economy, institutional Boliviaristas & the Pacto Venezolano, Growing Venezuelan regionalism, developing women's suffrage, Cartagena Centroamericana Club (CCC), Rio Magdalena industrialisation beginning (fragile), mass immigration
Player: @Kirook

Nʉmʉnʉʉ Sookobitʉ (Comancheria)
Leaders(s): Tribal Society
Regime: Decentralised Tribal Horselords
Capital: None
Faction: None
Economy: Small/Growth
Status: Stable/Low
Colonial Capacity: None/Non-Existent
Army: Small/Elite
Navy: Non-existent
Notes: Comanche-Spanish War, Comanche-Osage Rivalry, Louisien Tribute
Player: @Nicholas the Hun

The Argentine Republic of Cordoba
Leaders(s): General Facundo Quiroga & the National Junta
Regime: Proto-Fascist Republic
Capital: Cordoba
Faction: None
Economy: Small/Stagnant
Status: Stable/Medium
Colonial Capacity: Tiny/Non-Existent
Army: Medium+/Poor
Navy: Non-existent
Notes: Cordoba Cattle Reserve, Brazilian exploitation, Argentine National Myth, Cordoban General Staff
Player: @Korona

The Haida People
Leaders(s): Decentralised tribal people united by language and geography
Regime:
Capital: None (tribes based around individual villages)
Faction: None
Economy: Small/Stagnant
Status: High/Stable
Colonial Capacity: None/Non-Existent
Army: Token/Average
Navy: Token/Good
Notes: Haida piracy, gun-canoes, household slavery
Player:

Kingdom of Haiti
Leaders(s): King Henri II
Regime: Autocratic Monarchy
Capital: Cap-Henri
Faction: None
Economy: Pathetic+/Stagnant [trending upwards]
Status: High/Critical [trending upwards]
Colonial Capacity: None/Non-Existent
Army: Token/Average
Navy: Token/Awful
Notes: Post-War Stagnation, Repair of Port-au-Prince, Code Henri (municipal autonomy), racial tension, "food-livre" being replaced
Player: @Theaxofwar

Kingdom of Hawai'i
Leaders(s): King Kamehameha III
Regime: Autocratic Monarchy
Capital: Lāhainā
Faction: None
Economy: Small/Stagnant
Status: High/Low
Colonial Capacity: None/Non-Existent
Army: Token/High
Navy: Token/Average
Notes: British commercial influence, Russian orthodox missionaries, Royal Guard
Player: @Texan

Hudson's Bay Company (Territory of Rupert's Land)
Leaders(s): Governor-in-Chief Sir George Simpson
Regime: Colonial Chartered Company
Capital: York Factory
Faction: British Empire, HBC Trade League
Economy: Medium/Growing
Status: Medium/Troubled
Colonial Capacity: Reasonable/Decent
Army: Small/Awful
Navy: Token/Awful
Notes: Flourishing fur market, HBC Dollar, American fur-trading rivalry, settling of Columbia District
Player: @natruska

Iron Confederacy
Leaders(s): Council of Elders
Regime: Tribal Confederation
Capital: Fort Pitt / Fort Edmonton
Faction: HBC Trade League
Economy: Small/Growing
Status: Stable/Stable
Colonial Capacity: None/Non-Existent
Army: Token/Average
Navy: Non-existent
Notes: Flourishing fur trade, immense HBC influence, bison reliance, Sioux raiding
Player:

Kingdom of Louisiana
Leaders(s): Roi Charles/G-G Sir William Napier/Duc de Polignac
Regime: Constitutional Monarchy
Capital: New Orleans
Faction: British Empire
Economy: Small/Growing
Status: Stable/High
Colonial Capacity: Tiny/Non-Existent
Army: Small/High
Navy: Token/Average
Notes: Osage & Four Fires Autonomy, Major Cultural and Class Divides, Low Level Crypto-Serfdom & neo-feudalism, Mass immigration, Established political machines
Player: @Potato Anarchy

Maya Communes
Leaders(s): Decentralised Tribal Structure
Regime: Tribal Confederation of Mayan peoples
Capital: None
Faction: None
Economy: Pathetic/Stagnant
Status: Stable/Low
Colonial Capacity: Tiny/Non-Existent
Army: Token/Poor
Navy: Non-existent
Notes: Mayan Jungle Warfare, decentralised anarchism
Player:

Mesopotamian Republic
Leaders(s): President José Ricardo López Jordán
Regime: """"Democratic""""" Unitary Republic
Capital: Corrientes
Faction: None
Economy: Small/Depression
Status: Troubled/Low
Colonial Capacity: Tiny/Non-Existent
Army: Small/Average
Navy: Token/Awful
Notes: Brazilian exploitation, de facto slavery and Brazilian settlement in Corrientes, extensive crime, bush war in Patagonia, occupied greater BA
Player: @Zorakov

Mexican Revolutionaries
Leaders(s): Revolutionary decentralization [Santa Anna clique dominant]
Regime: Charismatic military revolutionary movement
Capital: Revolutionary decentralization
Faction: None
Economy: Small/Recessions
Status: Troubled/Stable [Stability trending downwards]
Colonial Capacity: Large/Sprawling
Army: Large/Average
Navy: Token/Awful
Notes: Mayan dominance in Chiapas, Santa Anna Clique in New Mexico, Provincial Cliques
Player: @Skrevski

Church of Christ (Mormons)
Leaders(s): President Joseph Smith
Regime: Insular Theocratic Movement
Capital: Chillicothe, Ohio
Faction: None
Economy: Pathetic/Stagnant
Status: Serene/Low
Colonial Capacity: Tiny/Non-Existent
Army: Token/Poor
Navy: Non-existent
Notes: Zealotry, Mormon PR issues, de facto rulers of Ohio, settlers in Tecumsehland
Player:

Colony of Nova Scotia
Leaders(s): Lt-General Sir Colin Campbell
Regime: Colonial Aristocratic Administration
Capital: Halifax
Faction: British Empire
Economy: Small/Growing
Status: Stable/Medium
Colonial Capacity: Non-existent
Army: Token/Awful
Navy: Non-existent
Notes: Flourishing shipmaking, Responsible Government Movement, British Garrison, expanded suffrage
Player: @SultanArda

Republic of Paraguay
Leaders(s): Supreme and Perpetual Dictator Edulfo Iriarte de Francia y Supremo / Dr. José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco
Regime: Paraguayismo
Capital: Asuncion
Faction: None
Economy: Pathetic/Stagnation
Status: Zen/Low
Colonial Capacity: None/Non-Existent
Army: Small/Poor
Navy: Token/Awful
Notes: Paraguayan kidnap scheme, Distrust of Paraguay abroad, Curuguayan interconnectedness, Land of the exiles (Uruguayan, Alvearistas, Afrobrazilians)
Player: @Skeleton Dandy

Confederation of Patagonia
Leaders(s): Patagonian Triumvirate
Regime: Tribal Confederation of Ranquel, Huilliche, and Tehuelche peoples
Capital: Leubuco
Faction: None
Economy: Pathetic/Recession
Status: Troubled/Low
Colonial Capacity: Tiny/Non-Existent
Army: Small/Poor
Navy: Non-existent
Notes: Tehuelche into Confederation, Active war with Argentine settlers, Viedma autonomy
Player: @ChaoticGenius

The Great Sioux
Leaders(s): Confederate Tribal Council
Regime: Tribal Confederation
Capital: None
Faction: None
Economy: Medium/Stagnant
Status: High/High
Colonial Capacity: Small/Small
Army: Large/Elite
Navy: Non-existent
Notes: Fur Trade Refusal, Raids on Iron Confederacy, Ojibwe rivalry, Warrior Societies, reliance on bison, summer councils
Player:

The Spanish Empire [in the New World]
Leaders(s): Queen Regent Maria Christa / Viceroy Lombardo & Viceroy Pio de Tristan
Regime: Autocratic Monarchy
Capital: Mexico City/Lima
Faction: Spanish Colonial Empire
Economy: Large/Stagnant
Status: Critical/High [Stability trending downwards]
Colonial Capacity: Large/Sprawling
Army: Large/Average
Navy: Medium/Poor
Notes: Rising Anti-Slavery Pressure, Institutional pro-slavery pressure, Post-de Iturbide chaos, Castilla Submission in Lima, DEI and Dutch penetration of Centroamerica, Texian loyalty, Mexican Revolution, Centroamerican abolition of slavery, Rural Ecuador, populated Tierra del Fuego, Conflict with Comanche, 1786 Apache Peace, Apache Raids, Peruvian autonomy
Player: @Komrade Kermit

United States of America
Leaders(s): President Lewis Cass
Regime: Federal Presidential Republic
Capital: Washington DC
Faction: None
Economy: Medium/Growing
Status: Troubled/Medium
Colonial Capacity: Reasonable/Decent
Army: Small/Large
Navy: Small/Poor
Notes: Southern Paramilitaries, "Servile Panic", Bank War [won by anti-bankers], Mormons in Ohio, Southern Devastation, Indiana Territory (pro-slave), Second Seminole War, rise of Free-Soilers, Abolitionism v Slavery tensions, pro-slavery military, Indian "Removal"
Player: @Traveller76

 

[Dadarian]

Largest Cities in North America, 1841
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North America:

1. Mexico City | 400,003 | New Spain​
2. New York City | 315,810 | American Commonwealth (AC)​
3. Leon | 284,880 | New Spain​
4. Puebla | 178,590 | New Spain​
5. Nouveau Orleans | 118,658 | Kingdom of Louisiana​
6. Baltimore | 110,313 | United States of America (USA)​
7. Philadelphia | 100,301 | USA​
8. Boston | 100,200 | AC​
9. Guadalajara | 50,878 | New Spain​
10. Monterrey | 41,768 | New Spain​
11. Montreal | 40,356 | Province of Canada​
12. Brooklyn | 37,655 | AC​
13. Northern Liberties | 35,990 | USA​
14. Albany | 34,100 | AC​
15. Charleston | 33,336 | USA​
16. Louisville | 31,000 | USA​
17. Halifax | 30,983 | Colony of Nova Scotia​
18. Spring Garden | 29,358 | USA​
19. Southwark | 28,478 | USA​
20. Providence | 27,879 |AC​
21. Port-au-Prince | 25,860 | Kingdom of Haiti​

 

[baboushreturns]

The Treaty of Porto​

I. The United Domains of Brazil and Portugal & the Algarve agree to relinquish all claims on the lands of Polynesia outside the islands it currently possesses, specifically the Truk Archipelago and Sao Cristóvão.

II. The United Kingdom of Great Britain agrees to cease hosting any ship attempting to raid the shipping of the United Domains.

[X] - George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen on behalf of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
[X] - Francisco Jê Acaiaba de Montezuma on behalf of the United Domains of Brazil and Portugal & the Algarve

 

[Traveller76]

The Homestead Act, enacted in 1841, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to "improve" the plot by building a dwelling and cultivating the land. After 5 years on the land, the original filer was entitled to the property, free and clear, except for a small registration fee.

This week I attended a Legacy Family Tree seminar entitled, "The Homestead Act of 1841 and Genealogy" presented by Craig Waller. He explained how undeveloped land was offered to qualified applicants. You paid a $10 registration fee, followed the government guidelines, and then after the specified time, filed for a deed title.

The paperwork generated by this process contains a wealth of information for genealogists. And it's not just the people who filed and successfully acquired land. It also contains information about witnesses, affidavits, receipts, and notices. So if your 3rd-great-grandfather lived next door to someone who acquired land through the Homestead Act, he could have been a witness, or signed an affidavit for that person.

Craig briefly went over this process. The claimant form contained 44 questions, and the witness form had 28 questions, both of which contain a gold mine of information for genealogists.

One of the first places to check is the Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office Records. The search process is fairly simple. In the past I had located cash entry certificates for my 3rd & 4th great-grandfathers. What I didn't realize at the time was the legal land description that was included farther down on the page, as well as a map. Craig also explained the legal land description in a way that I could finally begin to understand it, you know, all that numbered section, township, range stuff.

The BLM website only contains records about completed homesteads. If your ancestor started a claim, but didn't finish it, didn't qualify or abandoned it, you need to check tract books and order records. He went on to explain about tract books and how to obtain records. However, my note taking ability could not keep up with all of his directions.

I really enjoyed the seminar and learned a lot about the Homestead Act. One of the last things mentioned was when it ended. Bet you can't guess the date. I was surprised to learn it ended in 1976, so the Homestead Act was not limited to the 19th Century. It was still alive and well in the 20th Century.

Populations Of The South, Nichole Timothy Tindall
References:

Homestead Act of 1862

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[Traveller76]

If there was one subject that could unite various communities in America, the necessity of good roads would be that subject. It did not matter if the person was a rural or urban resident. If they were a farmer, a businessman, a soldier, a clergymen, a laborer, young, old, man, woman, Whig or Democrat. It simply did not matter, everyone in the country would benefit. Any student of history understood that outside of a canal or river network, that a system of roads would bring the country closer together. It was also apparent to any politician, whether local, state or national, that in order to be reelected or to win support for their faction or party that there needed to be a symbol of progress, like a road. This could be referenced in any broadsheet and speech and since the Federal government was using local labor and resources would mean extra income for those communities and regions with the road.

The National Turnpike from Philadelphia to Atlanta was already popular and all states approved the Turnpike Act through their own state houses. However Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee issued their own desires to access this turnpike. The Federal government would begin planning for two westward expansions using a similar formula like the Philadelphia-Atlanta Turnpike to begin construction before the 1844 Election. This westward expansion would coincide with the wave of European immigration, who would use the new roads to travel and claim their land grants issued from the State and Federal government...

Land of the Free, Conditions Apply

 

[Dadarian]

Perfidious Albion
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The idea of Englishmen being less than wholly trustworthy is one that pre-dated the English itself, with the bog Celts of Britannia doing much to vex the invading the Romans. The English demonstrated their immense diplomatic guile, once again, during the signing of the Treaty of Porto with Imperial Brazil. Signed by the Conservative parties of both nations, the British Whigs immediately began to attack the document (and the government) as giving in to slavery. However the Iron Duke, pleased as a fat cat, announced following that the Andeans would cease all attacks on Luso-Brazilian slavers, instead plying the waters for Spanish slavers. This allowed Britain, in a single swoop, to continue to facilitate anti-slavery activity in the Caribbean, maintain their ties to the Kingdom of Andea and Imperial Brazil, and secure Brazilian concessions throughout Polynesia. This left the British Whigs embarrassed, Queen Victoria impressed, and on April 19th, 1842 the capture of a Texian owned, Spanish flying slave trader by members of the Andean navy.

All in all, another happy day in sunny old England.