St John Republic
St John Republic | |||||||||
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| 1863–1865 | |||||||||
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| Status | Dominionist revolutionary state | ||||||||
| Religion | Sotirianity (Amendism) | ||||||||
| Government | Revolutionary republic | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1863-1865 | John Brown | ||||||||
• 1865 | Jacob Burnham | ||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||
| Historical era | Capois Rebellion | ||||||||
• Established | 1863 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1865 | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1863 estimate | 70,000 | ||||||||
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The St John Republic, sometimes known as the Amendistes, was an unrecognised revolutionary state in modern day Carucere that sought to gain independence from the Viceroyalty of the New Aurean and the Gaullican Empire during the Capois Rebellion.
The origins of the republic began after the Congress of Torrazza in 1856, which ended the War of the Triple Alliance, affirmed the Gaullican occupation of the Estmerish Colony of St John. Bahian Amendists, who opposed being governed by a Catholic power, caused small scale unrest and violent revolts took place until the outbreak of the Capois Rebellion in late 1862. An armed revolt led by John Brown in December led to the full withdraw of colonial regular forces and the collapse of the colonial administration. In January, the rebels established a provisional government which declared independence as the Republic of Saint John, the first independent black state in the Asterias. The Amendisties then established a parliament, a provisional constitution, and a militia force.
Its two year existence was dominated by a power struggle between the radicals led by John Brown, who sought to create a fundamentalist Amendist state and the moderates led by Jacob Burnham, who were inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment. Brown believed he was "on a mission from God" to establish a Sotirian state for the Bahians of Carucere. He led violent pogroms against Catholics and the Carucerean Maroons whose religious practices he deemed as heresy. John Brown was assassinated in early 1865 by members of the moderate faction, fearing that Brown's radicalism would lead to harsh reprisals by Gaullica. The rebels surrendered to a Gaullican expeditionary force in August 1865 and the Republic was dissolved shortly thereafter.
Despite its brief existence, the St John Republic has left a legacy as the first independent Carucerean state since colonization, although it is viewed with some controversy. The Republic and John Brown have been criticized by historians for its religious fundamentalism and violence against other faiths. Nevertheless it is generally viewed positively as an anti-colonial revolt and a progenitor of the current Carucerean republic. The republic continues to be commemorated on the 15th of January by Black Carucereans with festivals and speeches.