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==== 3rd Anglo-Virginian War (1874) ====
Throughout the early 1870s, Britain expressed concern over the growing Zoekerist influence in East Africa. In March 1874, Lord Belmont of Britain allegedly sent the Virginian government an ultimatum to stop sending colonists to Salvatia. Receiving no response from the Virginian government by the end of the month, British ships started attacking Virginian ships en route to Africa. In July of 1874, British forces from the Gambia marched south to Salvatia. They occupied the Salvatian outposts of Clarke and Grandchurch after a minor skirmish with Virginian soldiers. British troops attacked and occupied the fort in Victoria. In September of 1874, Virginia conceded defeat and ceded Salvatia to the British. Salvatia was annexed as a British protectorate, and would be one of the colonies in what would become British West Africa.
==== The Protectorate (1875-1899) ====
Following the 3rd Anglo-Virginian War, the Economic Collapse of 1875 began to the bankcupcy of the major Virginian banks. This caused great turmoil in Virginia. General Matthew Washington ran for the Presidency as a Passionist, but opposed Prime Minister George Smith due to his defeat in the war. Washington won the Presidency but the supposedly fraudulent victory of Prime Minister George Smith, caused him to assume Emergency Powers and purge dissenting voices from the government. He would continue his Emergency Powers until 1877 as he had a new constitution written that granted him permeant dictatorship powers as the Protector of Virginia.
During the Protectorate, Washington brought order and stability to the nation. Foreign investment led to internal development mainly in cities and industrialization. However, this came at the cost of social and political rights. Thousands in political opposition were arrested and imprisoned. Black Virginians faced the most persecution since Virginian independence. Secret societies such as the Prohibitionists were hunted down and forced to hid. Wealth generated during his time disproportionally went to the Virginian Aristocracy. However, when Washington began to target them in his War Against the Valorists, he was soon pushed out of power and resigned on 2 May 1899.
===20th Century===
==== The Third Virginian Republic (1899-1911) and political crisis ====
The Third Virginian Republic continued the domination of Virginian Aristocracy. Key industries such as mining, manufacturing and banking were monopolized. Harsh living conditions and low pay for the lower class caused unrest. Christian Communards like the Grave Brothers and Mercy Hills rose up in short rebellions against the political system. Despite that, there was greater social freedom than before especially for religious minorities like Catholics, Zoekerists, and the Prohibitionists this would accumulate into the Religious Revival of the 1910s.
The new constitution did not do away with nor remove powers from the president as the ruling elites saw it as a way to control the nation. In 1907, President Luke Highland of the Centralists won and championed himself on worker relief despite being born from a prominent family. However, after after a brutal strike putdown at a mine owned by his brother, many reformists abandoned him including Reverend Jonathan Woods. Woods was the most popular evangelist in the country and announced his candidacy for the presidency in 1911. When it became clear that he would win, President Highland enacted Emergency Powers had Woods arrested for treason due to violent political protest and cancelled the upcoming election.
This angers a group of junior officers in the Virginian army, known as "The Lieutenants." The Lieutenants execute a coup and remove President Highland from Power. The Lieutenants, led by Colonel Jacob Taylor, oppose Woods more democratic and communard views and wish to make him only a junior partner in the new government. The Lieutenant Constitution is rejected by Woods and his militia known as the Horsemen. Neither group is able to complete control the nation a minor groups begin to arm themselves and take over parts of Virginia.
==== Virginian Civil War, and Prohibitionist Rule (1911-1914) ====
In 1911, following the Lieutenants' Coup and the collapse of the Third Republic of Virginia, the nation quickly splintered into factions vying for political control of the nation. This period was known as the Virginian Civil War. There were three major factions in the civil war:
* The Black Forces are a coalition of evangelical, religious
** The Prohibitionist Faction, The Horsemen, The Martyrs, The Tidewater Shipbuilders, Saint Paul Commune, The American Christina Organization, The Plebian Prayer Warriors, The Free Territory of Conroy
* The Green forces are composed of an uneasy alliance between the remnants of the old government, the Lieutenants, and other conservatives and religious minorities who fear persecution by some groups within the Black forces. This faction includes:
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