The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA
Revolutionary | AMURICAN Loyalties | 29 | Female | Straight
Human Name: Andrea H. Franklin
Appearance:REDOING AGAIN 5'10" 145lbs
Allies: Within (former) America: New York, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts.
Worldwide: Allies of America, blah blah.
Enemies: Within (former) America: Southern states (though these could just be considered a tolerant dislike more than enemy status) and
JERSEYYY-Worldwide: American enemies, also isn't very fond of the English.
Personality: Andrea could be considered intellegent, though her common sense is a bit skewed. She has some tidbit of charisma, but nothing she could convince anyone with. She's a bit of a conspiracy theorist, and her own crazy thoughts bury her and she sometimes plain forgets what she's been talking about. She tries to be nice to people, as being an utter bitch seems to get her nowhere. She is a stereotypical American in a few ways, such as her belief that nothing can run without democracy. She is biased towards the southern parts of America and thinks of them as incompetent whiners. Andrea is awfully clingy of people and once she finds someone to befriend she'll become very emotionally attached even if she's known them for a few days. She's awfully forgetful and this troubles her. She tends to come off as more masculine in personality and isn't afraid to start a fight, but tries not to, though if something sets her off, expect a punch to the face in the best case scenario.
Background: YEAH THIS GOT A BIG OVERHAUL FROM THE LAST VERSION... Also, WARNING, I tend to not take anything seriously and I'll just insert humor everywhere. Pennsylvania was founded because William Penn wanted a place for the Quakers to live and the king owed his dead dad a buttload of cash. With the fact that the Quakers were as peace-loving as humanly possible, Andrea was a really wimpy, friendly kid who wanted to be friends with everyone. Pennsylvania was one of the earliest English colonies, and Andrea grew to become a leader among them, a big sister role. In the 1750s, Britain and France were against each other in the bitch-fight that would be known as the Seven Years War, and their territories in America were disputed along with all their European shit that no one in America really cares about today. The epicenter of the conflict was the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, where the French Fort Dusquesne stood in the Ohio territory. The British and American forces had gotten the crap kicked out of them the first few times they tried to take it, and the last time they came they found the fort burned to the ground. Wimps. After this they built what was to become the city of Pittsburgh, Fort Pitt. Thanks to the huge territory gain that was the Ohio territory, Pennsylvania (and other colonies that bordered the territory) expanded. In personification terms this means Andrea had a hugeass growth spurt. And with all this new territory, everyone wanted to move west. But of course, the good ol' King of Britain slaps the Proclamation of 1763 in the colonies' faces. What did that mean?
"HA U GAIZ CAN'T MOVE WEST 'CUZ I DUN WANNA PISS OFF DEM INJUNS." Of course, when you fight for land and then some fatass with money tells you you can't use it because of people everyone in your society looks down upon live there, people get pissed.
Really pissed. Two things happened. Andrea and the other colonies affected by the Proclamation got pissed at Great Britain. Then, not a fuck was given about the rules and it was a classic
"FUQ DA POLICE" moment as everyone moved west. After Massachusetts finally got in trouble for all their protests of British taxes (which were also a result of the war) Andy went all mama bear and started supporting Massachusetts. Being the badass-since-birth she was, Andrea’s largest city, Philadelphia, became a pivitol point in the eventual American Revolution. Though she was devoted to the cause of American independence from Great Britain, Andrea got her ass handed to her throughout the war, at least when it came to battles on Pennsylvania soil. Though, the winter in Valley Forge and the crossing of the Delaware both involved Pennsylvania
badassery, mannn-.
After America’s official independence, there were two governments. The government under the Articles of Confederation
which was just an epic fail and the government under the Constitution, both of which were created and signed in Philadelphia. A bit after the Constitution, the citizens of the western portion of Pennsylvania (along with other western settlers) got pissed because the government was messing with their booze (see: taxing whiskey pisses off farmers). Later known as the Whiskey Rebellion, the angry beer-loving farmers of Western Pennsylvania (aka that part that is on the other side of the mountains
where I live) went batshit and were going to take down the capitol... but didn’t get far at all. This was because number one, these guys were a bunch of farmers, and number two, Washington decided to intervene and tell those whiny farmers to go home. This basically making the new American government look badass.
You’re welcome, Washington.ANTEBELLUM, THAT THING THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT. Basically, nothing really happened other than a shift in industry. Like much of northern America, Pennsylvania tried manufacturing, which slowly overtook agriculture. Anti-slavery feelings had been around since colonial times, but really got a kick in intensity when it came to the growing separation in America. Then South Carolina decided to be a whiny douchebag and succeed from the Union, and suddenly the whole south was ballsy enough to make their own country. Of course, the north was pissed. And Andrea was stuck on the border of the Confederate States of America, as they had chosen to be called. She was
really pissed. Then when you throw in her abandonment issues you get one psychotic northerner kicking your ass to rejoin the Union. At least she won things this time
(Gettysburg, anyone?).
With the defeat of the whiny Confederates, Andrea kicked back and made cash. Immigrants from Europe who came to Ellis Island on the East coast went to two states in bulk; New York and Pennsylvania. New York had, well, NYC while Pennsylvania had things like factories, coal mining, and the steel industry to offer. With this burst in the work force, manufacturing fully dominated the economy and agriculture moved elsewhere. With large amounts of workers comes issues with labor rights. Labor rights were a big thing in Pennsylvania during this period, along with the growing women’s suffrage movement. Stuff was pretty much the same until WWI, and even then not much was different.
I sure do love when there are gaps in history, they’re awfully fun :I. WWII was when
A CERTAIN STATE became relevant again
because American history doesn't get un-boring again until WWII when it comes to Pennsylvania, sadly. Like the rest of the general American public, Pennsylvanians were opposed to joining in with European problems. And then Japan blew Hawaii the fuck up and everyone did an about face. Many people in the state were still opposed to the war, though at that point they couldn't really do anything about it. One fifth of the American forces were Pennsylvanian
BITCHES and Pennsylvania soon became known as the powerhouse of America, with it's huge output of supplies and weaponry for the war effort. This was possibly the high point in Andrea's life when it comes to being well off with money and such.
What goes up must come down, however, which is proven yet again with the decline of the steel and coal industries after the war, which were the big employers in the state. With everyone unemployed, the economy failed horribly and people moved south. This decline was not only in Pennsylvania but in other states as well, and the affected area was known as the rust belt. A sudden bounce-back occurred in the 1970s and as suddenly as the economy collapsed it was back on it's feet again with new industries like health care and technology... and public transportation
what a combo. This bounce-back resulted in Pennsylvania having one of the best economies out of the states.
Pangaea II-wise, she was one of the last to go when it came to the US, things just collapsed. She has chosen to become a revolutionary, because America is too much of a precious thing to her to loose just like that.
Occupation: None.
Weaponry: Third generation Glock 17, Sledgehammer
of DOOM.Strengths: Andrea has a decent aim, not perfect, but decent.
Weaknesses: She doesn't have good hand-to-hand skills at all. She's quick to anger and bad at convincing people. She is easily distracted by her own thoughts.
Likes: Chocolate, books, being in control of a situation, having someone to talk to, junk food, Autumn, Winter
Dislikes: JERSEYYY- and everything about it, Southern states
because they're annoying motherfuckers who decide to try and create their own country because a guy got into office, being alone, people leaving her.
Anything Else: She has a nearly obsessive stance on American history, and quotes many famous Americans. She suffers from chronic sleep insomnia and migraines. Chocolate Churros, bitchesssss-
Subject: Andrea H. Franklin [APP] 
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