Timeline (Kings Reluctance)

1775

 * August: Olive Branch Petition is received by King George III who in a effort to prevent revolution forms the Commonwealth of New England, the first British Dominion.
 * September: Thomas Jefferson, original writer of the petition is elected the first Prime Minister of New England starting his first five year term.

1778

 * The concept of the breach loading rifle is born

1783

 * Watts produces his steam engin, this great interests the British army and navy.

1789

 * Great Peasent Revolt in France. Prime Minister Jefferson presses a law through the New England Parliment that would allow settlement out west.

1791

 * The peasents rally behind General Napoleon Bonaparte. France quickly falls into civil war after the Nobles and King gather what's left of the army to retake Paris from the peasants.


 * Spain launches a invasion of France to support the royalists. Britain from support of members of the New Englander Congress decides to ally with Napoleon.

1792

 * The French Civil War has spilled out into the colonies as New England and Canada attempt a invasion of Spanish controlled Louisiana. New Orleans is captured and is annexed by New England. New England soldiers and the Georgia militia capture Florida from Spain.


 * Portugal enters the war against Spain launching a full invasion. The Great European War has begun. Holland enters the war against Britain.


 * Quebec riots against the British which are forced to use New Englander and Canadian soldiers to suppress the rebellion. The British Parliament votes to grant Quebec as a independent Dominion of Quebec and set up a pro-British Governor of Quebec. British_Flag_of_Quebec.svg

1793

 * British forces capture the Cape Colony. Along with this New England soldiers capture Spanish and Dutch territories in the America's. Louisiana is captured and is made into a colony. New England asks for some of these areas to be annexed into New England, this request is mainly from the slave states of Maryland down to Georgia. Though it is denied, they are allowed to annex Florida into the Commonwealth.


 * Portuguese/Brazilian forces advance into the colony of Rio de la Plata.


 * The British capture Caracas and form the Colony of Gran Columbia


 * The British annex Cuba and take control of Haiti from France.

1794

 * Austria enters the conflict after Dutch troops without permission cross Austrian Belgium and into France. The Holy Roman Empire collapses due to religious differences and Prussia stands on the side lines. The Ottoman Empire enters the war trying to conquer Vienna but with little success


 * The Spanish throw the British back into the sea and re-annex Gran Columbia


 * The Portuguese invasion of Spain stops after two years of brutal fighting. Portugal is reinforced by Britain.


 * Napoleon declares the Republic of France and with British forces conquers Holland. The Anglo-French army strikes south and invades Royalist held territory and Spain. Italy attempts unification but fails.


 * The Canadians, New Englanders, and British set up positions in Jamaica and Cuba and prepare for a invasion of Mexico.

1795

 * The British attempt a invasion of Mexico landed the closest the can to Mexico City. The Spanish using the advantage of surprise reconquers Cuba from Britain.


 * The British land in Tierra De Feugo from the Falklands and form the colony of Fitzroyland.


 * The Austrians repulse the Ottoman offensive and attack into the Ottoman's Balkan territories. Supported by the British the Austrians conquer Bosnia and Serbia. Russia briefly enters the war taking Rumania.


 * Portugal renews its offensive and captures Madrid. Spain surrenders and several Portuguese princes are established on the throwns of Spain, Basque, and Catalonia. In payment to Britain, France unhappily hands over all current colonies to Britain.

1797

 * Quebec asks the British parliament for total independence but for now it is denied.

1800

 * King George III declares the start of "Pax Britannica".


 * France and Britain quickly divide ideologically and build up arms against each other in a Napoleonic Cold War. France quickly starts colonizing North Africa and other places across the world.


 * Thomas Jefferson steps down from office in the CNE. The people elect James Madison as the second CNE Prime Minister.

1801

 * First experimentation with a steamship by the British.


 * Colonization of Australia begins by the British, this is mainly a penal colony in New South Wales.

1805

 * Large immigration to Canada and New England from Europe and Ireland.

1807

 * Prussia begin to have the idea of uniting the German states into one nation of Germany.


 * Austria and Prussia go to war over claims in Europe.

1810

 * Irish Republicans stage protests in Ireland protesting British rule, they denounce these man as traitors in a similar fashion to New England and the Sons of Liberty.

1811

 * Fighting in Italy breaks out as Italians in Sicily attempt to unify Italy. They barely succeed in even claiming Rome.

1812

 * First steam warship deployed by Britain. This is first used against rebels in India.

1814

 * General Andrew Jackson rises up the ranks of the New England army due to his fighting against Spanish rebels and Indians in Louisiana.


 * Increased immigration out west is met with increased military presence from New England.

1816

 * Andrew Jackson becomes Head Marshall of the New England military.


 * Canadians and New Englanders wonder if they will ever unite into a Pan-American dominion of Britain.

1819

 * Increased resistance from slaves across Britain and France.

1821

 * Tensions escalate in the Western New England Territories between the settles and the Indians. The Kentucky War is fought between New England and several Appalachian tribes.


 * Canada also faces several small conflicts with Canadian Indians.

1823

 * Napoleon annexes Switzerland causing a clash with Sardinia. The French also set up puppet governments in Italy and Germany.


 * Portugal meanwhile splits off from Britain on a quest to form its own grand empire.

1824

 * Upper Ohio and Kentucky are admitted as two new states in New England.

1825

 * Andrew Jackson runs for Prime Minister against James Madison and succeeds. He immediately implements acts moving all Indians to the specialized locations in the "Indian Territory" in the colony of Louisiana.

1827

 * France has secured all of North Africa except Egypt.

1829

 * Britain explores some areas of the Gold Coast. Britain also sets up outposts in East Africa.


 * Actual free person immigration to Australia begins. Australia's role as a Penal colony ends.



1830

 * More disputes over slavery across the British Empire. Several abolitionist attacks in Virginia and South Carolina lead to the creation of the Congress of Southern New England Succession.