You Are Here

In You Are Here, the United States becomes bigger. It acquires Baja California after the Mexican-American War, and admits Cuba and Puerto Rico as States. Furthermore, instead 59-50 or fight, Oregon Or Bust became a popular Manifest Destiny slogan

Timeline
1812: The United States manages to get some land in Canada. This area is split between New York and Indiana Territory.

1812-1846: All OTL statehoods are granted.

1846: The Oregon Dispute is settled. The United States receives the whole area, while Britain receives nothing.

1848: The Mexican Cession also gives Baja California and Baja California Sur to the United States. Jefferson Davis' plan wherein Coahuila, Nueva Leon and Tamaulipas become territories succeeds. The OTL Gadsden Purchase area is included in the Mexican Cession.

1850: The Dominion of Newfoundland and New Brunswick becomes an independent nation after threatening the British to join the United States. Soon enough, N&N joins the United States anyways.

September 9, 1853: California becomes the 31st State. Baja California become the 32nd State.

August 7, 1953: Coahuila, Tamaulipas, and Nueva Leon are admitted as the 33rd, 34th, and 35th States respectively. They are slave states.

November 29, 1853: Vancouver Island is admitted as the 36th State.

March 7, 1855: Nevada is admitted as the 37th State.

May 11, 1858: Minnesota is admitted as the 38th State.

February 14, 1859: Oregon becomes the 39th State.

January 20, 1860: Kansas becomes the 40th State. Free State.

July 4, 1860: New Brunswick is admitted as the 41st State.

January 1, 1961: Newfoundland joins the Union as the 42nd State.

February 4, 1861: South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Missouri, Coahuila, Nueva Leon, and Tamulipas form the Confederate States of America.

February 5, 1961: Indian Territory joins the new CSA.

April 5, 1861: Northwest Counties in Virginia secede the CSA and join the Union as West Virginia, the 43rd State.

May 30, 1863: Nebraska joins the Union as the 44th State.

April 9, 1865: The CSA surrenders and brought back into the Union. Slavery is abolished.

October 3, 1865: Nevada is extended to its current-day borders.

October 11, 1867: Russia sells Alaska to the US.

August 1, 1868: Colorado Territory becomes the 45th State of Colorado.

August 8, 1868: Dakota Territory becomes two. The two territories are admitted as North, 46th, and South, 47th.

July 17, 1872: Montana becomes the 48th State.

November 11, 1874: Washington is admitted as the 49th State.

June 26, 1890: The Western parts of Montana and Wyoming become the 50th State of Lincoln.

July 3, 1890: The remainder of Wyoming is admitted as the 51st State

July 10, 1890: Idaho becomes the 52nd State.

August 19, 1890: The Southern Part of the remaining Oregon Territory becomes the 53rd State of Columbia.

August 31, 1890: The Northern Part of the Old Oregon Territory becomes the 54th State of Yukon.

October 7, 1890: The Michigan Upper Penisula becomes the 55th State of Superior.

August 13, 1898: The Spanish-American War ends. Puerto Rico, Guam, and Cuba become territories. The Phillippines become a protectorate. Hawaii is annexed

July 4, 1900: Puerto Rico and Cuba become the 56th and 57th States respectively.

January 5, 1902: Guam becomes the 58th State.

October 9, 1905: Greenland is claimed by the US. President Roosevelt purchases Iceland from Denmark.

February 3, 1907: Alaska becomes the 59th State.

July 13, 1908: Mexico, desperate for money, sells Chihuahua and Sonora to the US for 5.2 million USD. The two become the 60th and 61st States immediately.

July 17, 1908: Nova Scotia becomes the 62nd State.

December 3, 1908: Hawaii becomes the 63rd State.