American Expansion

After the assassination of president William McKinley new president Theodore Roosevelt, confident after America's military victories in 1898 decided that America must expand it's influence and power in order to protect liberty, freedom and democracy. Soon after Roosevelt began one of the greatest expansions in world history and thus changed the course of human history.

The First Buildup
1901 Weeks after the assassination of president McKinley president Roosevelt says to congress that "The United States must keep a large and powerful military in order to insure the survival of American liberty and to safeguard the good health of the union".

1902 A bill is passed in the senate that allows an unprecedented building and reconstruction of the military. It allows the massive expansion of the army as well as the navy and marine core. President Roosevelt begins calling for action against America's southern neighbor Mexico.

1903 The United States Army now has more than three and a half million men while the navy has four hundred and fifty thousand men and the marine core has three hundred thousand men under arms.President Roosevelt sends U.S Marines and warships to defend the Panama Canal. Roosevelt also says that their needs to be a U.S sphere of influence across Latin America.

Conquest of Latin America
1904 President Roosevelt asks that Mexico become a client state of the United States. Mexico boldly refuses and says it will crush America if attacked. After hearing this president Roosevelt and Congress immediately declare war on Mexico.After a month of fighting U.S forces quickly overrun poorly trained under supplied Mexican garrisons along the border. Two weeks later U.S forces have captured the last northern Mexican holdout of Monterrey.

1905 The U.S Army armed with heavy machine guns enters Mexico City and easily defeats the remainder of the Mexican military which was making it's last stand there. Whats left of the Mexican government is used to help form a democratic government in Mexico loyal to the United States. Soon after President Roosevelt says the United States has achieved victory over Mexico.

1906 Roosevelt orders U.S army and marines to invade Guatemala,Nicaragua,El Salvador,Costa Rica,Dominican Republic and several other small Caribbean islands.

1907 After more victories throughout Latin America Colombia,Venezuela and Ecuador agree to become American satellites.

1908 Peru,Argentina,Bolivia,Chile,Paraguay and Uruguay agree to receive military assistance from the United States in an invasion of Brazil. In exchange they will all become American satellites. In November William Howard Taft is elected President of the United States.

1909 An alliance of South American nations invade Brazil. U.S warships blockade Brazilian ports. After several months of intense losses the Brazilian government realizes defeat and decides to become an American satellite.

Tensions with Britain
1910 The United States sends five million Americans north to Canada in order to bring Canada into the United States internally. Britain warns the United States that any attempt on Canada's sovereignty will be an act of war. President Taft officially creates the United States Air Force and invests money in the modernization of the military. This modernization plan includes the adding of automobiles and new artillery to the army and the expansion of the navy to include submarines.

1911 The United States military prepares for possible war with Britain. The United States and her Latin American satellites sign the treaty of Havana which insures the support of all treaty members in the event of attack by a non treaty member. In response Britain sends troops to Canada,Belize,Jamaica and the Bahamas. Britain also sends warships to Bermuda but few can deny Britain faces other threats in Europe.

1912 Tensions in Europe begin to reach a boiling point and relations between Britain and the United States collapse.In November William Howard Taft loses election to Democrat Woodrow Wilson who promises to never back down to Britain.

First World War
1913 The United States invades Canada and is immediately thrust into a war with Britain. France remains neutral but is soon invaded by Germany. Britain in turn declares war on Germany and is joined by Spain and Russia. The Ottoman Empire comes to the aid of Germany which is soon followed by the Austro-Hungarians as Italy descends into civil war. The Netherlands comes to the aid of the Germans and soon attacks Belgium. The United States signs an alliance with the Germans and soon splits British defenses in Canada by capturing Montreal. Britain responds by invading the Dominican Republic but is soon pushed back when America's Latin American satellites invade Belize and Jamaica. In France the Germans continue advances on Alsace and Lorraine. German troops pour across the eastern front easily beating back Russian troops who begin experiencing heavy casualties. On the western front Germans begin assisting the Dutch. By Fall the North Italians lay siege to Rome and in the America's naval battles between U.S and British vessels are intensely fought. As the year comes to a close both sides begin to set up heavily entrenched defensive positions and begin rationing food supplies.

1914 At the beginning of the new year Portugal allies with Germany and the British launch a counter offensive by invading Maine and up state New York. Within weeks the British have captured Augusta and are on the outskirts of Albany. In Europe the Germans capture Alsace and Lorraine and then strike in the East by sending Russian forces into a massive retreat across Eastern Europe while Dutch forces are held at Antwerp. By mid May the entire conflict has been reduced to trench warfare. In August the British finally move on Albany and push it's American defenders to the cities outskirts while simultaneously besieging the American garrison at Montreal. After weeks of intense fighting American  reinforcements drive the British out of Albany all the way back to Buffalo and gain some much needed moral. By October the French have held their defensive positions and the war at sea moves slightly in Britain's favor against Germany. On the eastern front the Ottomans begin to become weak and divided internally but the Russians have also become war weary. In Italy the South Italians lose control of Florence to the North Italians while the Spanish begin a naval buildup in their own country.

1915 In February the British launch a shocking surprise attack by starting a naval battle in New York Bay. The British manage to land troops on Manhattan Island and urban combat soon erupts. After weeks of fighting the British realize they can never capture New York and decide to destroy the city instead. As soon as the British are about to open fire on Manhattan a squadron of flying aces led by Captain Orville Redenbacker manage to sink the attacking vessels. In retaliation for the assault on New York the U.S air force bomb a series of vessels as they enter Britain's main North American naval base at Halifax Harbor a lucky hit from an American plane manages to destroy a British munitions ship and sets of an explosion that destroys the entire base as well as most of the industrial areas of the city.In Europe German forces are halted in Belgium with both sides suffering serious casualties.On the Eastern front Russian Battalions begin experiencing mass desertion and low moral while in Italy the south Italians surrender to the north. In southwestern Europe Spanish troops overwhelm Lisbon and successfully occupy all of Portugal. At the end of the year a surviving Portuguese naval vessel arrives in Jacksonville, Florida and reports that a large fleet of Spanish naval and transport ships is headed toward a destination somewhere in the western hemisphere.

1916 At a peace conference in Bermuda, Britain and france cede all of their American territories to the USA in a separate peace. This ensures America withdraws from the war allowing the Entente to focus on Germany.

Great Depression
1929 After a decade of economic prosperity the stock markets on Wallstreet crash, sending the entire world into financial collapse.

1932 In the midst of an economic depression president Hoover is defeated for reelection in a landslide by Democrat New York senator Franklin Roosevelt, the cousin of former president Theodore Roosevelt.

1937 When Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan went on the rise, FDR signs the Safe refuge act, declaring Alaska, Montana, the Dakotas and Wyoming open for Jewish settlement. Shortly after wards, Jewish settlers arrive by the millions.

Second World War
After Nazi Germany invaded Poland, WW2 began.

When Soviet Russia fell, the US satellites requested annexation by the USA in 1946. President Truman signs the Union of the Americas act shortly aftwerard, spreading the USA across two entire continents.