German Atlantis (Chaos)

The beginnings
In 1460, the ambitious duke of -Lüneburg, who inherited most lands of the Welfs, founded a colony in  at the site of OTL Philadelphia, called  (with the help of the  cities  and ).

During the, when the major powers were distracted, Braunschweig-Lüneburg also claimed the islands of OTL Martinique, Santa Lucia in 1533.

In 1554, Braunschweig-Lüneburg formed its second province in Atlantis, called (OTL Pennsylvanian Appalachians). Experienced woodcutters and sawmill builders were invited there from as far as.

Expansion
Until then quite restricted in their possible development, 1628 king Kristian of died without heirs, and the nobles decided to make duke -Lüneburg new king. In 1642, the colonies of Denmark-Braunschweig (Martinsburg, Waldstätten,, and ) were united under a common administration. Around 1650, the settlements in the colonies of Denmark-Braunschweig and, plus the New English Commonwealth, had reached the official border to the French-claimed territory, which was still mostly settled by native Atlanteans.

During the, in the , November 1689, the Danish fleet was destroyed by English and Italians. In the, Denmark-Braunschweig received the northern part of from , if only to put a buffer between the settlements of  and. Now they could expand again - 1700, Denmark-Braunschweig founded the ninth land, at the shores of Lake Erie. In the years 1706-14, they fought the. Historians agree that this war helped the mixed German-Danish-English-Dutch-Polish population very much to become a community. The war proved to be very hard, since the French left the (actually seven nations meanwhile, the historical five ones and the Monacan and Connestoga in addition, being displaced earlier by European settlers) equipped with guns and boats. 1726, the Germans and Italians agreed to make the Ohio river the border between their possessions in Atlantis.

A generation after the last war, in 1746-50 they had to fight the (also called War of the Great Lakes). Denmark-Braunschweig and fought the native Atlanteans and the French immigrants in  (OTL Ontario). ~1750, the settlements of the Germans and Italians had reached the Mississippi river. In this very year, the city of was founded at the site of OTL Chicago.

In 1776, a canal connecting Ohio and Mississippi was built in German Atlantis. (South tip of Illinois was part of .)

Independence
When Denmark-Braunschweig was defeated and subsequently dismembered in the, in 1795 the "" (Mayors' Uprising - yes, "Schulze" is an old German term for "Bürgermeister" / Mayor) happened in. They declared themselves independent, formed a confederation similar to. Martinsburg became the new capital.

~1800, the German, British and Italian settlements had reached the Rocky Mountains, where they made contact to Novorussian settlers. The Germans founded in OTL Montana.

During the, many young Germans went to to fight against the British monarchy.

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