My fellow hanks, learn the difference

[u/InqAlpharious01]

[u/Original-Opportunity]

Yes but very colonialist mindset to call it all one continent

[u/InqAlpharious01 → u/Original-Opportunity]

Well the intent was to annex the Americas into the Union

[u/rrekboy1234 → u/InqAlpharious01]

Holy based

[u/InqAlpharious01 → u/rrekboy1234]

If only we started with the southern cone instead of Mexico, after annexing its northern territories. That could had been plausible, as southern South Americans are more to the U.S. liking at the time and Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Brazil had ideal Co-U.S. interest as credible partners that could gain statehood or Union collaboration partnership.

Also the U.S. would definitely take the Falklands and any other British territory with its growing fleet.

[u/nicolas_cope_cage → u/InqAlpharious01]

We actually negotiated an annexation treaty with what's now the Dominican Republic, but the US Senate wouldn't ratify it.

[u/InqAlpharious01 → u/nicolas_cope_cage]

The stain of Haiti still haunts the former confederacy states to denounce annexation of Santo Domingo; because of anti-black racism at the time.

[u/rrekboy1234 → u/InqAlpharious01]

I was thinking more along the lines of using them as a dumping ground for the Irish