I realize this is considered ASB, but a combination of improved American leadership and nerfing the Mexican leadership could do it. What would have been the effects?
Don't forget the US still being a united nation as the North was not happy about their boys dying with no gain to satisfy the interests of some planters in the South. This led to Garrison's idea of "No Union with Slaveholders" becoming a popular one amongst Northerners, which led to the secession of the Federation of Columbia consisting of all the Free States. The result was a predictable Northern/rebel victory due to the North's industrial base.Well, had the U.S. won, they certainly might have kept the Oregon Country instead of being forced to cede the southern portion* as well as claims to the northern half to Mexico after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. To this day, southern B.C. is still a sore spot between Ottawa and Mexico City.
Plus, the Centralist Republic formed by President Polk led to a number of other particularist rebellions across the United States, such as the Yankee Republic and Zachary Taylor's Rebellion of 1835. If only the United States could have had the capable, middle-ground leadership of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.Don't forget the US still being a united nation as the North was not happy about their boys dying with no gain to satisfy the interests of some planters in the South. This led to Garrison's idea of "No Union with Slaveholders" becoming a popular one amongst Northerners, which led to the secession of the Federation of Columbia consisting of all the Free States. The result was a predictable Northern/rebel victory due to the North's industrial base.
Was America a republic? I thought it was more of an Oligarchy than a Republic. Andrew Jackson losing the election should have been the red flag for Republicans everywhere. Some shady shit right there.Anyways, your thoughts on how republicanism was discredited in Europe for a generation or even more by what was happening in America? Even today, Germany, France, Italy, and Russia are all constitutional monarchies.
Makes you wonder why they even declare war on Mexico in the first place. They were fighting amongst themselves before, during and after the war.Plus, the Centralist Republic formed by President Polk led to a number of other particularist rebellions across the United States, such as the Yankee Republic and Zachary Taylor's Rebellion of 1835.
I doubt it. Name a single American General that could defeat the Napoleon of the West? The Battle of Buena Vista and Veracruz are Examples of this. Santa Anna by all accounts should have lost those battles yet he won them anyway.If only the United States could have had the capable, middle-ground leadership of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
Any thoughts on this?Anyways, your thoughts on how republicanism was discredited in Europe for a generation or even more by what was happening in America? Even today, Germany, France, Italy, and Russia are all constitutional monarchies.
Any thoughts on this?
Improbable but not implausible.OOC: What do you think of me having America's instability result in constitutional monarchies being the norm ITTL?