American African Colonial Empire

The colonies that became under American ownership were initially under the British African Colonial Empire until the end of the World War. Within the control of Great Britain, the two colonies were known as Senegal in the north and Sierra Leon in the south. When the World War concluded in 1951, Great Britain was forced to cede the territories to America, who renamed them to Freedonia and Liberia respectively.

Upon receiving the territory, America came under very heavy criticism. Many decried the move as hypocritical and a violation of the Continental Ordinance. Chancellor Cordell Hull defended the move, as well as the acquiring of the Viceroyalty of the Philippines from Japan, as necessary to guide the regions towards peaceful independence, citing the chaos left behind by the fall of the Dutch African Colonial Empire and the East Indies. The move threatened to kill the Pan-American Confederation that America had delicately been managing, as nations such as Gran Colombia threatened to leave the alliance should America retain the colonies. The Mexican Empire likewise protested, and while also further stoking the instability in the territories of Rio Grande and Yucatan.