Despite the fact that the POD is in 1200, my Chaos TL has a Canada, and it has the north of Maine, Alaska, Hawaii and a great colonial empire in the whole Pacific and SE Asia.
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Despite the fact that the POD is in 1200, my Chaos TL has a Canada, and it has the north of Maine, Alaska, Hawaii and a great colonial empire in the whole Pacific and SE Asia.
If Britain wins the War of 1812 it could have (reasonably) picked up the Great Lakes region as well as Maine. Once it has the Great Lakes regions, a new more northern Oregon trail might have been established which leads to a dominance of Brit/Canadian settlers in the Oregon country. If the California gold rush still occurs, Britain is in a far better position to take advantage of it, which could lead to a British California. Alaska could just as easily be in Canada as well.
Due to the complex circumstances of that war, both sides, at least from their modern descendants' perspective, fought defensive wars. Since neither side lost an inch, then one can argue that both sides 'won'.IF...?!? How do you define a win in a defensive war? I think burning down the opponents' capital, dominating the seas/Great Lakes and so choking trade, and not losing an inch of territory to the agressor would put this paticular conflict in the win column for the British.
Regardless; Here's a map I submitted a while back of where the borders between BNA and USA are set along the 40th parallel rather than the 49th.
That is wrong: there was a clear winner, and its name was Canada: for 1812 created the Canadian identity, or, at least solidified it to a degree beyond 'Loyalist North American Colonial'.
Due to the complex circumstances of that war, both sides, at least from their modern descendants' perspective, fought defensive wars. Since neither side lost an inch, then one can argue that both sides 'won'.
That is wrong: there was a clear winner, and its name was Canada: for 1812 created the Canadian identity, or, at least solidified it to a degree beyond 'Loyalist North American Colonial'.
Due to the complex circumstances of that war, both sides, at least from their modern descendants' perspective, fought defensive wars. Since neither side lost an inch, then one can argue that both sides 'won'.
That is wrong: there was a clear winner, and its name was Canada: for 1812 created the Canadian identity, or, at least solidified it to a degree beyond 'Loyalist North American Colonial'.