I am curious what the British response would be if the meeting had turned out differently. Say Barron isn't ineptly unprepared for battle and fights back. For the sake of argument, say the Chesapeake wins and tows the captured Leopard into Newport News (I don't care about the battle or if Barron could have won etc etc). What would the American and more importantly the British response be?
IMHO I don't see the British going to was over it, just increase naval presence off the Atlantic seaboard. I can see the Americans being pressured to return the ship. Barron would be a hero. Could it also butterfly the disastrous Embargo Act?
IMHO I don't see the British going to was over it, just increase naval presence off the Atlantic seaboard. I can see the Americans being pressured to return the ship. Barron would be a hero. Could it also butterfly the disastrous Embargo Act?