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What events could have happened to stop the Compromise of 1850 from happening?.Some other important questions to be probed:

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This mod sets out to explore those 'what if' questions that fans of history love so much. Under Polk's administration and insistence of Manifest Destiny the United States annexed Texas, went to war with Mexico, and reached an agreement to take the Oregon territory.īut what if those 5,000 votes went in the other direction? What if Henry Clay won and his administration avoided all the expansionist policies of Polk? Such a small thing as 5,000 votes changed US and world history. That is the margin that James Polk won the state, and with that state he won the election. For example, the election of 1844 really came down to 5,000 votes in New York. I hope to not only create an enjoyable and entirely playable scenario, but make it historically plausible. Santiago Vidaurri (Charismatic, Organized) John McLoughlin (Philosophical, Creative) John MacDonald (Expansionist, Protective) Mirabeau Lamar (Horsemastery, Expansionist)Īntonio López de Santa Anna (Aggressive, Imperialist)Įthan A. Followed soon thereafter by the rest of the South the Civil War begins in 1851. With no compromise in sight, South Carolina, fearful that slave states will soon be outnumbered in the United States, takes the first, bold step of secession.

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With the possibility of additional land gains in the south west stymied (as with the possibility of additional slave states) all attempts at a compromise between free and slave states in 1850 break down. Nor did he seek to acquire the Oregon territory, leaving the territory in limbo with competing claims from both the United Kingdom and the United States eventually the citizens of Oregon decide to found their own nation. Unlike Polk, Clay is not a champion of Manifest Destiny and does not seek to annex Texas or assert United States control over Mexican territory to the west. Meanwhile, in the United States a close election in 1844 gives victory to Henry Clay by a razor thin margin, winning New York by less than 5,000 votes over James Polk. In 1848, Mormon pioneers under the command of Brigham Young declare independence for their nation of Deseret. In 1846 the California Republic declared its independence. In 1840 the Republic of the Rio Grande declared its independence. Defeat by France in 1838 and unstable leadership contributed to a substantial weakening of Mexican central authority. Santa Ana was captured and forced to agree to Texan independence.įollowing the defeat, the situation continued to worsen for the Mexican government.

President Santa Ana went to war to put down the rebellions, but in 1836, Santa Ana was decisively defeated at the Battle of San Jacinto by Texan revolutionaries. Such an autocratic move angered the people and ten Mexican states went into open rebellion in response. The promise of a liberal democracy set forth in the Mexican Constitution of 1824 was brushed aside in 1835 by President Antonio López de Santa Anna who centralized power under his harsh rule.

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