Virginia (Federalist Failure)

The Commonwealth of Virginia is a member of the United States of America, and is the one of the largest nations in North America. Virginia's rise to prominence began during the Colonial era, and accelerated after the Treaty of Paris awarded the Northwest Territory to the nascent United States. Virginia laid claim to the entire territory, and, after the so-called Northwest Wars, gained control of all but a small portion (which went to Pennsylvania) of it. Virginia's size grew even more after the Missouri Purchase of 18??, in which Virginia purchased the land north of the Missouri River from the newly-formed République Louisianne. The next major phase of expansion was the Virginia-Louisianne War, provoked by Louisianne's refusal to return escaped slaves to Virginia. During that war, Virginia acquired all of Louisianne's territory north of the Arkansas River (much of the southern part was subsequently retroceded). This war lead to the Louisianne-Georgian Alliance, and Louisianne's subsequent admission to the United States.