Faeelin
Banned
Okay, here's an odd thought, inspired by reading.
One of the side effects of the end of Civil War was the end of the Elgin-Marcy Treaty, which was a free trade agreement on raw materials ibetween the US and British North America.
The Treaty was ended after the Civil war; some thought it had outlived its usefulness, while Canada's own tariffs on manufactured goods (British and American) angered quite a few people.
It was poular in the midwestern farming states, however. And in a world where the mouth of the Mississippi is controlled by a foreign power that the US was just at war with, shipping goods through Canada would be a welcome prospect.
Of course there are other implications. So, let's assume that it isn't one of the typical "the war ends with the Enfield Rifles burning Washington" TLs.
One of the side effects of the end of Civil War was the end of the Elgin-Marcy Treaty, which was a free trade agreement on raw materials ibetween the US and British North America.
The Treaty was ended after the Civil war; some thought it had outlived its usefulness, while Canada's own tariffs on manufactured goods (British and American) angered quite a few people.
It was poular in the midwestern farming states, however. And in a world where the mouth of the Mississippi is controlled by a foreign power that the US was just at war with, shipping goods through Canada would be a welcome prospect.
Of course there are other implications. So, let's assume that it isn't one of the typical "the war ends with the Enfield Rifles burning Washington" TLs.