Florida in an 1812 crippled America timeline

In this timeline, the United States in absolutely hammered by the war of 1812. We see cities like Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington set aflame, while in the south and north, the British and Spanish gain a variety of strategy victories. After reading more into the war and discovering that Spain was actually an Ally of Britain during the conflict spawned an idea: what if we see a more developed Spanish Florida?

Basically, I am asking the feasibility of Florida's importance in this alternate Treaty of Ghent. Would we see a recognition of Spanish control over the region? Would the Spanish try to take territory such as the disputed West Florida region or even take the current Mississippi Territory [M. Alabama and Mississippi]?
 
Basically, I am asking the feasibility of Florida's importance in this alternate Treaty of Ghent. Would we see a recognition of Spanish control over the region? Would the Spanish try to take territory such as the disputed West Florida region or even take the current Mississippi Territory [M. Alabama and Mississippi]?

If the British are doing that well, though to my mind burning lots of cities rather suggests desperation than domination*, then the last thing they will be looking to do is create a stronger Spain in the Western Hemisphere. Britain wanted access to the markets the Spanish had locked away in their Empire. Spain was a useful ally against the French but by the end of the OTL 1812 War the French threat was fading. A need to bribe Spain would suggest Britain had bigger problems than the US which tends to suggest a less broken America.

*Worth noting at the time the burning of Washington Government buildings was not exactly popular in the British press even though it was in fact a very specific retaliation for the burning of York (modern Toronto).
 
In my TL the Creeks get pushed into it by the Americans and it ends up pretty much a Creek nation that gets propped up by the British for a while. This is only really possible though because Spain gets outright smashed by Napoleon in 1813, causing its empire to fragment into local governments at best. (Spain is really restricted to Iberia for the rest of the TL if that matters)

- BNC
 
I can't see the war go so terrible for the Americans that all those cities get sacked. Baltimore and perhaps Philadelphia but that's about it.

I'd say there's about an 90% chance that America winds up with Florida after a decade regardless of how poorly they do in the war, with an off chance that Britain nabs it at Ghent. Spain was just too weak and they knew it, better to take the money and run than risk war.
 
I can't see the war go so terrible for the Americans that all those cities get sacked. Baltimore and perhaps Philadelphia but that's about it.

I'd say there's about an 90% chance that America winds up with Florida after a decade regardless of how poorly they do in the war, with an off chance that Britain nabs it at Ghent. Spain was just too weak and they knew it, better to take the money and run than risk war.

I agree with the city thing, perhaps a burning of the cities along the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays; Norfolk, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore. As for Florida, in this timeline we might see a Florida Purchase rather than a trade-off
 
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