Any ATLs with U.S. joining anti-Napoleon coalition?

Can anyone tell me if there are any ATLs with the U.S. joining the anti-Napoleon coalition in 1812 (and thereby obviously being at war against France rather than Britain at the time)? And has anyone ever speculated on the possibility of U.S. representation at the Congress of Vienna? I'm sure that is very unlikely even if the U.S. was at war against France at the time, but if anyone has any thoughts on the matter I'd love to hear them.
 
Glen's Dominion of Southern America has a joint Anglo-American conquest of Louisiana, IIRC.

EDIT: Here's the relevant excerpt.

The Federalist Adams Administration was Pro-British, but America had a number of outstanding complaints against the British, including impressment of Americans into the Royal Navy, the lingering border adjustment between the USA and North Carolina, and the status of Prince Rupert's Land, and rescinding of the contentious fishing rights off the North American Coast. All of these the British were willing to cede to the Americans if they would support the war against France, as well as reaffirming the Mississippi as free for navigation and the right of Deposit in New Orleans should they prove victorious. The Anglo-American Convention of 1803 settled these issues, and Adams went to Congress for a declaration of war.

The Americans never joined the Coalition officially, and in fact due to the Washintonian admonishment to avoid entanglement in European wars as well as lingering affection for France among the Democratic-Republicans and the Quebeckers, though this had been eroded by some of the high-handed actions of the French on the high seas. Thus not only was the vote for the declaration of war one of the closest in American history, it was also one of the oddest due to the political sensibilities of the time. Thus did the United States not declare the War of 1804 on France, nor commit to battle anywhere outside the continent, but instead declared it upon "Napoleon in North America".

The British rapidly seized control of New Orleans and Louisiana south of latitude 36-30, while American forces took control of the Mississippi north of there. In addition, American forces took the small islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. In the ensuing peace, France ceded these lands to the United States, as well as releasing their own fishing rights off the North American coast. Britian would hold the vital port of New Orleans as well as the Louisiana region below 36-30.
 
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Can anyone tell me if there are any ATLs with the U.S. joining the anti-Napoleon coalition in 1812 (and thereby obviously being at war against France rather than Britain at the time)? And has anyone ever speculated on the possibility of U.S. representation at the Congress of Vienna? I'm sure that is very unlikely even if the U.S. was at war against France at the time, but if anyone has any thoughts on the matter I'd love to hear them.

One thing you'd have to establish is why. What reason is there for the U.S. to be at war with Napoleonic France?
 

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One thing you'd have to establish is why. What reason is there for the U.S. to be at war with Napoleonic France?

The only reason that the U.S. would be at war with Napoleonic France would be if Napoleon refused to sell Louisiana and tried to garrison it. Jefferson once said that the moment French troops landed in New Orleans, France would be the enemy and Britain the ally. And this one of the great Francophiles of American history.

I don't see any scenario in which American representation would be present at the Congress of Vienna. What would be the point?
 
The only reason that the U.S. would be at war with Napoleonic France would be if Napoleon refused to sell Louisiana and tried to garrison it. Jefferson once said that the moment French troops landed in New Orleans, France would be the enemy and Britain the ally. And this one of the great Francophiles of American history.

I don't see any scenario in which American representation would be present at the Congress of Vienna. What would be the point?

Well, given that Jefferson sought only New Orleans/the Delta, and not all of Louisiana, I don't think that there's much of a chance of war over the region under anything close to OTL circumstances. The only reason I could see for war would be if a Macchiavellian occupied the White House after Jefferson and somehow thought that he could declare war on France and Spain so to reach the Pacific, but that's so unlikely as to be unrealistic, and Congress would have no reason to be on board with that either.
 
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