1812 Split

Max Rakus

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OOPs Wrong Section I'm so embarrassed' What If the US lost the war of 1812 and the states broke up in to new countries? What would be the government types?Would some states like Delaware or Rhode Island Be countries?
 
The Treaty of Ghent says otherwise - correct me if I'm wrong, but the United Kingdom didn't gain anything more than the United States, so, pray tell, how did the United States lose? By what metric, precisely?
 

Sior

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The Treaty of Ghent says otherwise - correct me if I'm wrong, but the United Kingdom didn't gain anything more than the United States, so, pray tell, how did the United States lose? By what metric, precisely?

They had their arses handed to them in most battles and gained NOTHING!
 
The Treaty of Ghent says otherwise - correct me if I'm wrong, but the United Kingdom didn't gain anything more than the United States, so, pray tell, how did the United States lose? By what metric, precisely?

They were the aggressor and got nothing for it.
 
I remember someone saying that, and forgive me for forgetting the person who said it, "The only person to gain anything from the war of 1812 was Tchaikovsky"
 
They were the aggressor and got nothing for it.

Basically this. The UK did not want a war with the US; the US pushed it, and didn't achieve any of their war aims while having some embarrassing setbacks (viz burning the Executive Mansion better known as the White House) against an enemy seriously engaged in another major war.
They could hardly have picked a better moment to attack the UK, and they still didn't win.
 
It was a win for both sides as it made them no longer wish to fight each other in the future. The NewEnglanders had never wanted war anyways and stayed neutral, so there was little way for Canada to be invaded. The Southerners did gain Florida and recognition of the Louisiana Ourchase, though. Still, that area would have been considered Western back then so it is up in the air.
 
I remember someone saying that, and forgive me for forgetting the person who said it, "The only person to gain anything from the war of 1812 was Tchaikovsky"

For which they robbed every church in a battle scarred city to make the percussion section.
 
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