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An American history text I'm reading says there were four reasons why the War of 1812 was not as successful as it could have been.
The reasons were:
1. Although 35,000 troops were called for only 10,000 were raised by the US.
2. The military leadership such as Henry Dearborn and William Eustis were quite incompetent.
3. The country was not united with New England opposed to it.
4. The US congress would not impose taxes to fund the war.
5. Due to above reasons the US did not try to capture the strongholds of Quebec City and Montreal instead aiming at Ontario.
So how can the US:
1. Raise a lot of more troops then OTL
2. Have a somewhat better leadership
3. Have stronger support for war in New England
4. Have the US congress impose more taxes
5. Have US forces drive toward Quebec City and Montreal
Could this have happened and if so could the US have won the War of 1812 and possibly even conquer parts of Canada?