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Originally Posted by Mutt
i wonder what would have happened if the Brits hadn't been busy fighting Napoleon and had put all their military might into North America and defeated the United States soundly. What would have become of the US, a country only 40 years old at the time? I don't think the Brits would have wanted to occupy and govern the US, they knew it would have been impossible to endure for long.
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Britain was only really interested in the US for its tobacco which is why it didnt pump all its power into your war of independance, it just wasn't worth the bother over a vast wasteland when there were much more important things to think about, like India and those damn Frenchies.
BTW, the wiki entry on that 1812 war is interesting - things like Britain buying freedom for slaves from the US.