The Spanish choose the Bahamas over Florida

If Britain keeps Florida, then they probably retake the Bahamas during the Napoleonic wars. If they don't then the Bahamas probably end up sharing whatever fate this timeline has for Cuba and Puerto Rico.
 
Alot of Southern loyalists would end up fleeing over to Florida since the British maintain control of it. It would also make things like Louisiana and US relations pretty complicated for a while.
 
Alot of Southern loyalists would end up fleeing over to Florida since the British maintain control of it. It would also make things like Louisiana and US relations pretty complicated for a while.
I think John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State will negotiate with the British as he did with Spain to purchase Florida or trade territories in one of his many deals. He already worked a deal giving parts of the northern Louisiana Purchase territory for part of Canada to set the 49th Parallel as US-British Canadian border as well gaining more land for Maine. Perhaps he adjusts claims in the Oregon Territory. As for southerners fleeing to Florida, didn't the Union forces pretty much subdue and reoccupy much of Florida or key ports? Let me know if I am misinformed.
 
If Britain keeps Florida, then they probably retake the Bahamas during the Napoleonic wars. If they don't then the Bahamas probably end up sharing whatever fate this timeline has for Cuba and Puerto Rico.

I would argue that such a PoD certainly butterflies the Napoleonic Wars; however, it does not butterfly the balance of power in Europe enough that a similar outcome is unlikely.
 
I think John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State will negotiate with the British as he did with Spain to purchase Florida or trade territories in one of his many deals. He already worked a deal giving parts of the northern Louisiana Purchase territory for part of Canada to set the 49th Parallel as US-British Canadian border as well gaining more land for Maine. Perhaps he adjusts claims in the Oregon Territory. As for southerners fleeing to Florida, didn't the Union forces pretty much subdue and reoccupy much of Florida or key ports? Let me know if I am misinformed.


It really depends on how valuable the British feel like it is.

Florida caused disputes in otl between where the borders of West Florida were, here it'll be the British not the Spanish.

West Florida will be full of loyalist they'll probably want the border much further north.

They might end up with a semi shared New Orleans.
 
Would the US buy the Bahamas? It would expand slavery and could be acquired more easily than Cuba and Puerto Rico. The land is pretty poor though (at least until they'd invent air conditioning and put up condos everywhere). If the US still gets Florida, then it could be good to secure a close approach to the area.
 
Would Britain be willing to sell Florida to the US? Or would it end up as another Canada?

Too small to have the same clout as Canada though maybe the British decide to take more of the Caribbean from Spain later on and that becomes a nation along with Florida.
 
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