POD: sometime after the War of 1812 starts.
The British are at war with the USA and with Napoleon’s France. The USA is seen as a minor problem, while France is the big threat. Events prove Britain right, as they suffer some serious defeats in Europe. At the same time, a more determined American effort seized a good portion of Canada.
Britain needs peace in North America, but the US won’t settle for status quo ante bellum. Eventually, the treaty of Ghent gives the USA most of Canada in exchange for both cash payment and America’s joining the war against Napoleon.
Assuming that Napoleon is defeated, and the US becomes somewhat isolationist again, what is holding most of Canada going to do the next half century’s North-South dynamics?
Will there even be a Civil War?
The British are at war with the USA and with Napoleon’s France. The USA is seen as a minor problem, while France is the big threat. Events prove Britain right, as they suffer some serious defeats in Europe. At the same time, a more determined American effort seized a good portion of Canada.
Britain needs peace in North America, but the US won’t settle for status quo ante bellum. Eventually, the treaty of Ghent gives the USA most of Canada in exchange for both cash payment and America’s joining the war against Napoleon.
Assuming that Napoleon is defeated, and the US becomes somewhat isolationist again, what is holding most of Canada going to do the next half century’s North-South dynamics?
Will there even be a Civil War?