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2039-01-01: The new year is ushered in as North California representatives vote unanimously in favor of annexation by Jefferson and subsumption of their briefly independent state into Lewis.
2039-01-29: The Cascadian public approves a referendum rewriting the constitution and creating a unitary state governed from Seattle.
2039-02-05: The Virginian government, without allies and fearing a repeat of what happened in Illinois and New York, narrowly votes to become a signatory of the Patriot Compact, leading to riots in liberal coastal cities both within and outside of Virginia.
