Rough Timeline (USA Kingdom)

USA Kingdom

18th Century

• January 18, 1735 James I born

• 1765 James Roberts emigrates to North Carolina

• 1767 James Roberts marries Mary Craighead

• 1775 American Revolution begins

• July 4, 1776 United States declares independence from Great Britain. Alexander I born.

• October 1781 American victory at Yorktown

• October 1783 Treaty of The Hague ends the war and recognizes the independence of the United States.

• 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

• 1788 The "King's Constitution" ratified by majority of states.

• April 1, 1789 John Adams becomes the first Chief Minister of the United States of America.

• April 15, 1789 James Maria Robert Stuart is crowned James I, King of the United States of America.

• 1796 Alexander Hamilton succeeds Adams as Chief Minister.

19th Century

• December 14, 1800 James I dies - succeeded by his son Alexander.

• 1801 A son, James, is born to King Alexander. Aaron Burr new Chief Minister.

• 1806 United States declares war on France. U.S. forces quickly occupy Louisiana (from this point a permanent part of the United States).

• 1807 U.S. forces defeated by the ex-slave government in the former French colony of Haiti. Haiti established as the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere.

• 1809 Mexico declares independence from Spain. Burr's plot to seize Mexico for the U.S. in uncovered. Burr imprisoned. The king's brother-in-law, James Madison, takes over as Chief Minister.

• 1810 Henry Clay begins his first term as Chief Minister.

• 1812 U.S. joins the coalition against Emperor Napoleon of France. American troops fight in Europe.

• 1815 France is defeated. U.S. Cavalry commander Andrew Jackson captures a fleeing Napoleon. Guadeloupe becomes the first Caribbean possession of the United States.

• 1816 John Q. Adams overturns Clay as Chief Minister.

• 1817 Henry Clay again becomes Chief Minister.

• 1819 Adams last tenure as Chief Minister. Clay is again Chief Minister at year's end.

• 1825 Henry Harrison succeeds Clay as Chief Minister.

• 1826 Andrew Jackson becomes Chief Minister. Several southern states threaten to break away from the United States but the crisis is averted.

• February 26, 1836 King Alexander I dies. He is succeeded by his son, King James II.

• 1836 Henry Harrison ends Jackson's ten-year tenure as Chief Minister.

• 1837 Texas wins independence from Mexico, seeks union with United States.

• 1840 War with Mexico over Texas.

• 1842 United States decisively defeats Mexico. Area from Texas to California added to U.S.

• 1848 War is declared on Great Britain over Oregon boundary dispute. Peace is achieved before any significant battles are fought. U.S./Canadian border established by Treaty of Paris.

• 1854 James II dies. Succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth I, disputed by George Stuart (son of George Washington Stuart). Queen Elizabeth abolishes slavery.

• 1855 George Stuart (George I) proclaimed king of Dixie (ten breakaway southern states). War between U.S. and Dixie.

• 1860 George I dies in battle, the war ends in U.S. victory.