German Atlantis (Chaos)

== The beginnings ==
In 1460, the ambitious duke of -Lüneburg, who inherited most lands of the Welfs, founded a colony in at the site of OTL Philadelphia, called (with the help of the cities and ).
During the , when the major powers were distracted, Braunschweig-Lüneburg also claimed the islands of OTL Martinique, Santa Lucia in 1533.
In 1554, Braunschweig-Lüneburg formed its second province in Atlantis, called (OTL Pennsylvanian Appalachians). Experienced woodcutters and sawmill builders were invited there from as far as .
== Expansion ==
Until then quite restricted in their possible development, 1628 king Kristian of died without heirs, and the nobles decided to make duke -Lüneburg new king. In 1642, the colonies of Denmark-Braunschweig (Martinsburg, Waldstätten, , and ) were united under a common administration. Around 1650, the settlements in the colonies of Denmark-Braunschweig and , plus the New English Commonwealth, had reached the official border to the French-claimed territory, which was still mostly settled by native Atlanteans.
During the , in the , November 1689, the Danish fleet was destroyed by English and Italians. In the , Denmark-Braunschweig received the northern part of from , if only to put a buffer between the settlements of and . Now they could expand again - 1700, Denmark-Braunschweig founded the ninth land, at the shores of Lake Erie. In the years 1706-14, they fought the . Historians agree that this war helped the mixed German-Danish-English-Dutch-Polish population very much to become a community. The war proved to be very hard, since the French left the (actually seven nations meanwhile, the historical five ones and the Monacan and Connestoga in addition, being displaced earlier by European settlers) equipped with guns and boats. 1726, the Germans and Italians agreed to make the Ohio river the border between their possessions in Atlantis.
A generation after the last war, in 1746-50 they had to fight the (also called War of the Great Lakes). Denmark-Braunschweig and fought the native Atlanteans and the French immigrants in (OTL Ontario). ~1750, the settlements of the Germans and Italians had reached the Mississippi river. In this very year, the city of was founded at the site of OTL Chicago.
In 1776, a canal connecting Ohio and Mississippi was built in German Atlantis. (South tip of Illinois was part of .)
== Independence ==
When Denmark-Braunschweig was defeated and subsequently dismembered in the , in 1795 the "" (Mayors' Uprising - yes, "Schulze" is an old German term for "Bürgermeister" / Mayor) happened in . They declared themselves independent, formed a confederation similar to . Martinsburg became the new capital.
~1800, the German, British and Italian settlements had reached the Rocky Mountains, where they made contact to Novorussian settlers. The Germans founded in OTL Montana.
In the early 1800s, the two main political parties ("Die Freien" - "The Free Ones", and "Die Gleichen" - "The Equal Ones") emerged. They gave each other the nicknames "Die Nackten" ("the naked ones", implying they had no shame) and "Die Blinden" ("the blind ones", accusing them being blind for reality).
At the same time, the anti-slavery movement started to rise in German Atlantis, which would later spread to Canada and even later to .
During the , many young Germans went to to fight against the British monarchy.
When the population grew, some leaders thought that the country needed new places for settlement. The opportunity came 1832 with the . In the 1836, had to cede its lands in , which were divided along the Tropic of Capricorn: went to , the Germans received Argentine as a place for settlement (from now on, more often called ). 1837, the first German settlers arrived there.
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