NesofWar: The Eagles Soar

George Washington, with his French allies, delivered a decisive blow to the British at Yorktown. Lord Cornwallis, the British Commanding General, was in American hands. Britain, unbeatable, mighty Britain, the strongest nation in the world, had lost to the ragtag Americans. Britain gave up her North American territories, retreating to her Canadian fortress, which left the new nation a fear in the north. The nation turned to Washington to lead the new nation, the United States of America. However, before the message could be delivered, he died of pneumonia. The upcoming elections are causing political parties to form over night. The Eagles have taken flight, but who knows which ones will soar

Players: Players will play in 2 different categories; Military and Political

Political Character

Name: John Sanders (38 years old)
Position: Senator of Virginia
Location born: Williamsburg, Virginia
Party: Anti Federalist
Bio: (What your character did)

Political; Politicals will be the ones governing the United States. They are in 2 categories; Senator and Presidential

Senators: Senators are those elected by their states. They will be voting on issues from big important ones, like should Ohio become a state or should we declare War, to smaller ones, like taxes. Right now, there will be 13, (one from each state), but more if we can get more players and when we get more states

Passing a bill: Lets say Mr. Sanders wants to create the state of Ohio for whatever reason he has. He will say “I propose the territory of Ohio is made into a state” If he can get it seconded, then we can start voting., unless someone opposes it. The Opposition, let’s say James Hawk, Senator of New Hampshire, will be allowed to make an argument, saying “I say Ohio being made a state is bad, due to it will draw power from Eastern Senators” Mr. Sanders will make an argument for it, and the voting will begin. If at least half (In our case 7) approve, then the bill will be sent to the President. The President will say yay or nay. If he says yay, then Ohio will be made into a state then. If he says nay, you will need ¾ of the Senate to pass it through anyways

Impeachment: If you feel that the Current President is overstepping his bounds of authority laid down by the Constitution, then you may vote to impeach him. You need ¾ of the senate to agree to this.

Issues: Every once in a while, I will give an issue. An example would be Haiti revolts. One argument will say support the French, one side will say support the rebels, or a third side will say to stay neutral.

President: President, the big man. Pretty much, every three years the guy with the most electoral votes gets to be president. Campaigning, issues, party, and more will all have factors in deciding the president. The President is the chief general of the military, can ask Congress to declare war, present a bill, and veto a bill in congress.

Chief General: The President is the highest military commander in the country. You will assign troops to armies, appoint generals, suggest offensives, but you will not ever command an actual battle.

Declaring War: The President can ask Congress to declare war on nations. This is usually a good idea, because even though you can invade nations without declaring war, war declaration usually helps with Public support.

Veto a bill: Simple. If Congress passes a bill, you can veto it if you don’t like it. However, they can overturn your veto, making the public opinion towards you sour.

Vice President: For the guy who gets second place in electoral votes, this is their position. Vice President has little power, but the position has benefits. If there is a tie in the Senate, then the VP is the deciding vote, and the office is good for prestige and a jump board to the office of President

Massachusetts
Electoral Votes: 16
Primary Issue: Pro Britain
Secondary Issue: Pro High Tarrifs
Party: Independent

Name: This is the name of the state

Electoral votes: This is the amount of electoral votes the state has. This is a winner take all deal. I have a special program that takes into account your former positions, party, and stance on issues, and the program can determine the election.

Primary Issue: The issue the state is mostly focused about. They can be specific like “Peace with Britain”, or non specific like “Slavery”

Secondary Issue: While they don’t carry as much weight as the primary issue, these still have weight in determining which way the state will go.

Party: The name of the party which is mostly dominant in the state, this will affect how the state votes too. (Say Virginia. They might be a traditionally Anti Federalist Voting state, so they may be less likely to vote for a Federalist candidate)

Campaigning: Each person running for president will be starting with $250. If you need more, you will need to throw donation parties. It costs $10 to travel to a different state. Other than that, just tell me what you want to do, and I will give you a price

Electoral votes



Issues

Expansion: Expand West, Expand North, Stay at Current borders
Tariffs: Pro High Tariffs, Pro Low Tariffs
Slavery: Pro Slavery, Residence, Limited Citizenship
Foreign Policy: Pro Britain, Pro France, Isolationist
Government: Pro State governments, Pro Federal Government

Party Stats

Name:
Seats in Senate: 0
Presidential candidate:
Issues:

Name: The name of the party

Seats in Senate: How many seats your party has in the Senate

Presidential Candidate: Who will be running on your party’s ticket.

Issues: Where your party stands on the issues. I will list them

Joining a party: You have 2 options on parties. Joining one or creating one. If you wish to join one, ask the Party’s creator if you can join, and if he says yes, you may. Otherwise, you can create your own party.

If there are two people who wish to run on the same Ticket, you will have to have a preliminary election.

Generals, Armies, and Native Americans

Name: Lt. General Joseph Stark
Home State: Virginia
Command: Infantry
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Army: 1st Army of Northern Virginia
Bio:

Generals are the commanders on the battlefield. They will not only be Generals, but also Military governors and adventurers. They will fight Native Americans mostly, but will also probably come into conflict with more European powers. Generals can become Politicians later, turning their military fortunes into Political success.

The Generals are ordered by the President to specific locations. However you can refuse the order and become a rogue general. Other possibilities include defecting to a foreign power, starting a rebellion, or allying with Native Americans.

If a General is engaged, I will post it, and the general must give me battle orders within 24 (maybe 48) hours or he will retreat (or if he is surrounded, do battle).

Name: The name of your General

Home State: Where your character is from. It will be important when commands are appointed.

Command: What your character is the most capable of commanding. Four choices: Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, or Balanced

Location: Where you are located

Army: What army your character is in

Bio: Your character’s history

Armies

Name: Army of Northern Virginia
Location: Northern Virginia
Commanding General: Brigadier General Gabriel Montague (Balanced)
Notable Generals: General Joseph Stark (Infantry)
Soldiers: 1000 Infantry, 500 Cavalry

Armies are created by the President, not by Generals. The President will assign troops, generals, artillery and horses.

Map



Orange=Britain
Yellow=Spain
White=Unclaimed
Dark Blue=US territory

State Stats

Presidential

Name: Ernest Brock (36 years old) (Captain2)
Position: President of the United States of America
Location born: Hartford, Connecticut
Party: Federalist Party
Bio: A visionary who began his career following his outrage at the intolerable acts, despite being rather late to join he quickly became an enthusiastic revolutionary and spread literature supporting an Independent America throughout New York city. One of the largest backers of Federalism, Ernest gained a large amount of popularity during his run for his senate seat after pointing out that petty state rivalries stand in the way of a rising nation that if lead properly would be far more prosperous than it could have ever been under Britain, yet if they remain divided they risk falling backwards.

Name: Aaron Burr (35 years old) (Warman17)
Position: Vice President of the United States of America
Location born: Newark, New Jersey
Party: Democratic-Republican
Bio: After having received a theology degree from Princeton in 1772, Burr joined the revolution in 1775. He was a member of the failed invasion of Canada. He received the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1777 and was at Valley Forge that dreadful winter. During the Battle of Monmouth Burr suffered a stroke, but survived. He resigned from the army in 1779 due to health concerns and decided to undertake studying law. He became a member of New York's bar in 1782 and became an Assemblyman in 1784. He was appointed state Attorney General in 1789 and was elected to the US senate two years later. He is considered considerate and generous as well as a good listener. He takes several radical positions including the equality of women, and criticism of George Washington.

Name: Mike Gravel (40 years old) (Equuleus)
Position: Secretary of War
Location born: Baltimore, Maryland
Party: Federalist
Bio: Joining the continental army in 1775, Mike Gravel served with Washington's Army through the whole war, he was at all the major engagements Washington's army was involved in and survived. Receiving his officers commission in 1777 by wars end he had reached the rank of Colonel in the Continental Army. After the war he retired and began a career in Politics in his native Maryland.

Name: Albert Gallatin (37 years old) (LightFang)
Position: Secretary of the Treasury
Location born: Geneva, Switzerland
Party: Democratic-Republican
Bio: Born in Switzerland, Gallatin immigrated to America in the 1780. He secured a faculty position at Harvard in July 1782 and taught French. He named his property, 370 acres of land in Fayette County, Friendship Hill. It was well-suited for farming and a staging area for selling goods; future business prospects look good. He was a member of the Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, held in 1789.

Supreme Court Justice

Name: Edward J. Mann (36) (dldnjstjr)
Position: Supreme Court Justice
Location born: Boston, Massachusetts
Party: Independent
Bio: Born on July 17, 1753, James is the first child of James and Caroline Mann. His father was one of the most affluent merchant during his time and mother was the third daughter of Duke of Edinburgh. Edward Mann graduated from Harvard with degrees in Theology, French, Common and Parliamentary Laws, and British Literature in 1771. When America declared independence from Great Britain, despite the disapproval of his parents, he joined the Continental Army in 1776. Soon, due to his exemplary conduct and display of uncommon heroism in the battlefield, in Battle of Long Island when he held off the overwhelming British forces long enough for the army to escape by himself, he was field commissioned as Colonel by General Washington. Afterwards, he engaged in many following battles until Yorktown, to the end of the war. After the war, he retired from the Army and went back to his homestate where he was celebrated as a war hero. He became a minister at a local church for a while after the war, but he also serves as an instructor at West Point. Then, in 1789, he became a senator of Massachusetts. He has also written several very influential books on various subjects; few of them include: On Theories and Practices of War, Potentials of Sea Power and the Navy, Revolution and the Future of America, On Government and the People, and Division Within Unity. He some of his few leisure activities include, but not limited to: fencing, horseback riding, hunting, rock climbing, mountaineering, wood chopping, swimming, sailing, tasting cuisines, gardening, reading, hiking, sculpting, in ice, marble, pewter, and granite, having tea, dancing, poetry, science, music, and debating. He is also well-liked by most of his neighbors, attends and entertains well at parties, keeps good relationships with even his enemies, loves animals and plants, gives charities to poor, clothes and provide shelter for the homeless, gives works to unemployed, visits and cares for the elderly on weekends, is known to be an honest God-fearing man, is cleanly shaven everyday, educates orphans, can hold his temper through even the most humiliating insults, treats the Blacks well, is fair in resolving conflicts, keeps optimistic views, is a passionate and fluent orator, always dresses properly, knows his ways around ladies and children, maintains good relationships with his old friends and associates, is very good with names, can hold is liquor very well and behave in proper conduct even when drunk, is very faithful to his wife, Amelia, and three children, Phillip, Charles, and Mary-Anne, spending much time with them frequently, while not boasting his wealth and living a very modest life.

Senators

Name: Milton F. Paine (26) (Masada)
Position: New Hampshire
Location Born: Portsmouth, New Hampshire (No Englishman.)
Party: Federalist
Bio:

Name: Johnathan G. Harrison (27) (Charles Li)
Position: Senator of South Carolina
Location born: South Carolina
Party: States Right Party
Bio: Young Johnathan G. Harrison was one of George Washington's troops while the british were in the south. In the last weeks before the end of the war he gained support from troops and civilians alike from his home state of South Carolina. Nothing is known about his childhood but that he was a devoted learner and a hands'on farmer. He would use his small-time fame to go into politicking and to be a senator of his home state.

Name: William Grayson (53 Years Old) (Yui108)
Position: Senator of Virginia
Location born: Woodbridge,Virginia
Party: Freedom First
Bio: Attended Oxford University, and then returned to practice law, and subsequently fight in the Continental Army. He served as an aide-de-camp to George Washington. Was head of the POW commision, and then shortly thereafter became the head of the Congressional Board of War. He, as an anti-federalist, strongly opposed the ratification of the United States Constitution. Before his senatorial apointment, he served on the Confederate Congress as the representative from Virginia.

Name: Thomas Jefferson (46 years old) (a_propogandist)
Position: Ambassador to France (I know, not a senatorial position but a historically accurate one)
Location born: Shadwell, Virginia
Party: Democratic-Republican
Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_jefferson

Name: William E. Swift (38 years old) (human slaughter)
Position: Provisional Governor, Territory of Tennessee
Location born: Raleigh, North Carolina
Party: Democratic Republican
Bio: When the young nation was born and it began expanding its borders into territories the Swift family moved to Nashville, Tennessee Territory. Williams father had been wounded during the revolutionary war when Raleigh was sieged. The family established a small farm home as William worked up the ranks as a politician in the state. First working for the Office of the first Governor and finally securing a commendation by the provisional government allowing him to become the second Governor of the Territory. He is a staunch Dem-Rep and is in support of statehood for Tennessee.

Name: George Clinton (51 years old) (Shadowbound)
Position: Senator of New York
Location born: Little Britain, New York
Party: Democratic-Republican
Bio: The son of an Irish immigrant, his political interests were inspired by his father, who was a member of New York's colonial assembly. At 18, he enlisted in the British Army to fight in the French and Indian War, eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant. He subsequently studied law, became clerk of the court of common pleas and served in the colonial assembly. He was elected to the Continental Congress and voted for the Declaration of Independence, but was called to serve George Washington as a brigadier general of militia and had to leave before the signing. He did not support the adoption of the Constitution until the Bill of Rights was added.

He was known for his hatred of Tories and used seizure and sale of Tory estates to help keep taxes down. A supporter and friend of George Washington, he supplied food to the troops at Valley Forge, rode with Washington to the first Inauguration and gave an impressive dinner to celebrate it. In 1783, at Dobbs Ferry, Clinton and George Washington met General Sir Guy Carleton, later known as Lord Dorchester, to negotiate for the evacuation by the British troops of the posts they still held in the United States. In 1759 he was appointed County Clerk for Ulster County, New York, a position he held for the next fifty-two years. He was a member of the New York Provincial Assembly for Ulster County from 1768 to 1776. He served as the first Governor of New York from 1777 to 1789. With 12 years of service, he is the longest-serving governor of a U.S. state, and could have gone right ahead with getting elected.

He is one of the many contenders for authorship of the Anti-Federalist Essays, under the pseudonym Cato, during the drafting of the Constitution. With Aaron Burr's recent accession to the Vice Presidency, leaving his Senate seat vacant, he appointed himself the Senator from New York and resigned the governorship.


Military Characters

Name: Johnathan Plymouth Smith (Crezth)
Home State: Massachussetts
Command: Cavalry
Location: TBD
Army: TBD
Bio: John Plymouth Smith is a comparably young general, the son of a veteran and a rising star in the Massachussetts Divisions. Ambitious and thirsting for glory, John is a determined and capable general who specializes in celeritous operations using cavalry divisions.

Name: Major General Timothy Hammond (40) (germanicus)
Home State: New York
Command: Cavalry
Location: New York City, New York
Army: None
Bio:

Name: Pete Sinclair (bestshot9)
Home State: Maryland
Command: Infantry
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Army: ?
Bio: Pete had served as a young officer in the revolution. He was the son of a well-to-do cobbler in Baltimore. He was fiercely anti-British, along with most of his friends, and so when the war started up, he volunteered to join. Because of his educated background (his father was able to put him through college) he was commissioned as an officer. He found Army life to his liking, and hasn't left.

Alright, go ahead and post

What, no Navy? Constitution clearly states that Congress will "provide and maintain a Navy" in Article I, Section 8.

Name: Aaron Burr (33 years old)
Position: Senator of New York
Location born: Newark, New Jersey
Party: Independent
Bio: After having received a theology degree from Princeton in 1772, Burr joined the revolution in 1775. He was a member of the failed invasion of Canada. He received the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1777 and was at Valley Forge that dreadful winter. During the Battle of Monmouth Burr suffered a stroke, but survived. He resigned from the army in 1779 due to health concerns and decided to undertake studying law. He became a member of New York's bar in 1782 and became an Assemblyman in 1784. He turned down the position of New York State Attorney General in 1789 to become a US Senator. He is considered considerate and generous as well as a good listener. He takes several radical positions including the equality of women, and criticism of George Washington.

Presumably we play people? If so, can I start off in control of Virginia?

We don't get that till John Adams. I suppose you can use the same formatt of General for Admiral and claim you were ridiculously wealthy and bought them, or took the ships in the War of Revolution. It's all about the back story

Neverwonagame3 said:

Presumably we play people? If so, can I start off in control of Virginia?

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You would play as a Senator From Virginia

Also, we need candidates for President

I'l play a Senator, and a Presidential canidate.

Name: Charles Smith (40)
Posistion: Senator of Virginia
Location born: Somewhere in New England
Party: State's Rights (Goes as far as to believe that there is no good reason the Union should survive at all)
Bio:
The child of a group of comparatively poor Americans from somewhere in New England, Charles Smith was ambitious enough to head for the city. Over time, he would slowly improve his prospects until he became a Senator.

What year is this?

@Neverwonagame, great, now post your character

@dld, 1789

Can we make up characters, or are we playing historically?

You can make up characters

Neverwonagame, I made your party how one made upon those foundations would be. Tell me if you would like it changed

Name: Johnathan Plymouth Smith
Home State: Massachussetts
Command: Cavalry
Location: TBD
Army: TBD
Bio: John Plymouth Smith is a comparably young general, the son of a veteran, and one who fought in the Revolutionary War despite age regulations. A rising star in the Massachussetts Divisions, John is ambitious and thirsting for glory. Determined and capable, John specializes in speedy maneuvering and cavalry tactics.

Can I have one slight diffrence? The party doesn't mind expansion, but thinks that such lands should be partitioned amongst the states.

pretty much isolationist