Timeline (Britain ignores the Confederate's plea CYOAH!)

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1861: The beginning
Tensions between the North and South of the United States when Abraham Lincoln was elected the president of United States. Which caused the South to Immediately secede from the Union. South Carolina calls a state convention to remove itself from the United States of America. South Carolina is quickly followed by Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas. Later, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina also secedes, forming the Confederate States of America.

On April 12th, Fort Sumter was bombarded by Confederate artillery, officially starting the American Civil War.

July 1st 1863
The Battle of Gettysburg begins.

July 3rd 1863 P.O.D
Queen Victoria of Great Britain receives a request from Confederate president Jefferson Davis to aid his army in Gettysburg to defeat the union. With a little hesitation, Queen Victoria declares war on the United States and sends over British soldiers from Canada and her naval fleet over to the east coast. President Lincoln of the United States realizes that he must do something in order to preserve the Union, three ideas are brought up by his cabinet. Hannibal Hamlin's idea was to attack the naval fleets and block trade routes to Britain, Andrew Johnson suggests to attack Canada and to stop fleeing slaves that were running up to Canada, and the final idea suggested by Gideon Welles was, to ask Britain's enemies to help them.

Lincoln stepped out to think about which decision he would make. 10 minutes pass and not a word is spoken until Lincoln stepped back in to the room and finally made his decision. Lincoln decides to follow his vice president's idea to stop fleeing slaves from the south going in to Canada so Union armies can attack oncoming Canadian forces.

July 13-16 1863 -New York
Anti-draft riots in New York City include arson and the murder of blacks by poor immigrant whites. At least 120 persons, including children, are killed and $2 million in damage caused, until Union soldiers returning from Gettysburg restore order.

July 13-16 1863 -Canada
While anti-draft riots in New York City, the Union establishes a border control to stop runaways from going into Canada and relocating them into a safe state for them.