The U.S. & Canadian factions: Dixies & Yankees

America is divided into two cultural factions: Dixie & Yankee.

I will start with the Yankees. The Yankee homeland consists of the Northeast United States, Puerto Rico, East Canada & the Northwest Territories & Nunavut. The American ethnic group Yankee was created in the 1790's, shortly after the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The Yankees identified themselves with the Federalists such as Alexander Hamilton(New York) & John Adams(Massachusetts). Federalists usually advocated a strong central government with broad federal powers, advocated by Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton advocated a centralized government that would preside over the private industrialization of America. Mercantilism was welcomed by the New Englanders & Opposed by the Southern & Westerners. The Yankees also advocated property taxes. The Dixies were against them. The Election of 1800 was a landmark one in which it was the North v. South & West. The Federalists were defeated by the Democratic-Republicans in both the Congressional & Presidential Elections. Thomas Jefferson defeated incumbent Federalist John Adams & the lame-duck Federalist Congress had to decide between Aaron Burr(New York) & Thomas Jefferson(Virginia) after a tie in the electoral college. After 36 ballots, Jefferson won the presidency before Adams was set to depart from the presidency. Thomas Jefferson & the Democratic-Republican Congress repealed many of the Federalists bad policies such as the Alien & Sedition acts & Property Taxes on Land.

The Dixies on the other hand are Paleoconsevative & Classical Liberals who support Free Enterprise & Free Trade, Support Low Taxes, Support Individual Freedom, reject Big Government, support non-interventionism, & Strongly Support American Federalism. The Dixie Homeland Consists of the Southern & Western United States, West Canada plus Yukon, & the U.S. Midwest. It's quite possible that only Illinois & Ohio are true Dixies. Mercantilism became a major issue in 1860-61 as the Deep South states seceded from the United States before Lincoln took office. Lincoln advocated Mercantilism for Northern Industries. The old Confederacy was killed in cold blood in 1865. However, secession has become a hot political issue in the 21st century. The centralization of power in the District of Corruption & Corperatism should signal alarm as the United States government is heading towards bankruptcy with no chance of real reform in the democratic process & elections.

Washington D.C. is like a small corrupt corperatist country that thinks it owns the rest of America. There is not one state that identifies itself 100% with D.C.