Continentalism



Continentalism is a poltiical philosophy and historica movement that advocates for the restoration of the former United States through the unification of the its successor states throughout Anglo-America. The idea originates in the years following the American Civil War which saw the union disintegrate and eventually collapse at the hands of John Wilkes Booth following his assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the ensuing assassinations of Lincoln's entire cabinet. With the entire American leadership eliminated, remnants of the Confederate Army layed siege to Washington D.C. in what would become the Confederate Uprising and while the rebellion was crushed, it bought the Confederates enough time to reorganize and other successor states soon emerged with the sole legal one, the United Commonwealth, taking over much of the eastern and southern parts of the former United States to preserve the union and prevent its complete dissilution. In the years following the collapse of the United States, the leaders of the Commonwealth sought to preserve the country to save the union and attempted various negotiations with America's successor states, but to no avail.

Despite the failed negotiations, the idea of unifying the former United States remains a prominate one in Anglo-American culture as groups and inviduals throughout the early modern and modern periods have pushed the idea of reintegrating the North American states and eventually unifying them into a single country where the United States of America would finally be restored. The idea of Continentalism itself is properly seen in the Conference of American States since all of the successor states of the former U.S. are members of the international organization and many advocates of American unionism have advocated to go further and reintegrate the North American member states into a single country, but such a move has not yet been proposed nor has any major CAS official offered any support or endorsement of the idea. Continentalism remains a prominent position within Anglo-American politics and many politicans have pushed forward the idea historically, but the vision on what a restored America would be has been the subject to much debate and controversy throughout the years.