Traitor's War (Hamilton Dies)

The Traitor's War was a conflict that began in the American Confederacy, however brought in several other nations to the war. The combatants included Great Britain, Prussia, and Denmark against the American Confederacy (which was also fighting amongst itself), France, and Spain.

Causes
Each nation had a different cause for joining the war, but the main start of the war was a mass mutiny in the Confederate army. With the Confederacy's government system, congress could not collect taxes to pay for services (including the military), and thus relied on other sources (donations, loans, and others). Through June to September of 1808, the national bank could not afford to pay for military services. Mutinies occured protesting the very-little-to-no-pay, however in September of 1808, one mass-mutiny occured in the military. Many of the soldiers of the Confederacy wanted to remake the government so it could pay the military, while others believed their duty to their nation was more important than pay-after all, being in the military was not a full-time job in the confederacy unless it was wartime.

When news of war occuring in the military of the confederacy reached Europe, France sent help to reinforce the legitimate government. Britain decided that it could use the opportunity to cripple France's army and navy while they were abroad, and thus sent large amounts of forces. They convinced Prussia to do the same.

In February of 1808, a Danish loan to the Confederacy had defaulted. The Danish military sent troops to the Confederacy now in an effort to secure their investments and retake money from the Confederacy.

By December of 1808, Spain had sent troops to the Confederacy to help France. Spain also feared that if Britain won the war, they might annex the land and expand their colonies in America.

The War
Spain's plan to intervent in Britain's attack on the Confederacy backfired. In 1809, the Latin American Wars of Independence began with Spain at war in the Confederacy against Britain, Prussia, and Denmark.

By 1813, Spain recognized independence of Gran Columbia (which in the next year broke up into several smaller nations). In 1815, Mexico gained independence from Spain.

Despite this, Spain was a major faction of the war. The Traitor's War was long and brutal, with no winner emerging.

In 1810, the American Confederacy had gotten control over it's mass-mutiny, as France and Spain paid much money for the Confederate military to unify in order to improve their odds against Britain. But even though there was no more internal conflict, the war continued to pile up bodies. Over a hundred-thousand casualties would emerge before the war would end.

In 1816, the Year Without a Summer began, causing a drop in temperatures, crop failures, and famine. In Europe, several riots and rebellions broke out (as well in other parts of the world as well). The warring nations signed the Peace of Atlanta so that they could control their own internal conflicts caused by the famines.

Result
The result was no territorial changes, however it did begin the reunification of the United States. The failure of the Confederate system made it clear that the governmental structure would not work in the long run.