Talk:Part 13 (British Louisiana)

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When New York, Massachussetts, and Connecticut declared war to the Federal Government in July 1806, the Federal government called all state militias to control the rebelion Neutrality was not acceptable: any state refusing to participate would also be considered in rebelion.

The Virginian militias were, by far, the stronger, and Georgia had been developing her own militias expecting a rematch of the Spanish-American war. So the Federal Government expected those military forces to be enough to control any rebel state.

Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont soon followed their New England neighbors. First, their shared the same interests and second, it would not be clever to oppose their stronger neibors, and neutrality was not an option.

Pennsylvania, already in a shooting war with Virginia, sided with New England.

After imprisoning federal representatives and freeing their sailors and privateers, New England had rebuilt her Navy, but indeed the Federal army, mostly based on the Virginian militia, were a strong contender on land.

Soon it was evident that while most contryside, particularly western Pennsylvania and the whole North West, were dominated by the Federal Army, the cities to the Sea, including Philadelphia and Boston, were well defended by the local militias and by the New England Navy. Also, the Navy could easily hit, almost at will, any sea port in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia.

At spring 1807, it was evident that the situation was a stalemate, and morale was low at both sides. Negotiations begin.

The Federal government would grant independence to New England on the conditions that they abandon any claim to the Northwestern territory and Iroquoia, and accept the lost of the western parts of Pennsylvania and New York, as well as to pay compensations to the lost of Federal properties (including the government see).

After long deliberations, the peace treaty is signed on May 1807.

Soon, both the U. S. of A. and the Confederation of New England begin to pass laws restricting state authonomies. New England completely bans the state militias creating a federal Army and, officially, a Federal Navy.