War of 1812 Question

How can you extend the War of 1812 long enough for the results of the Battle of New Orleans to reach the diplomats back in London? So, at least three to four months.
 
I don't think it would change anything. The British have already backed down from their demands and agreed to status quo antebellum and ignoring issues that couldn't be resolved. The Americans have done the same. The British have bigger fish to fry because the "Monster" has escaped from Elba or there are serious diplomatic issues to hash out still in Vienna. The Americans are broke, and while they stopped 3 different invasions and broke the Eastern Indian tribes, the treasury is empty and they can't raise any more troops and another attempt at Canada is out of the question (for financial reasons alone, not counting all the other good reasons it wasn't going to happen). Plus the American invasions went badly aside from a single raid that burned down York.

Seriously both sides were pretty relieved with the terms they had so I don't think any new ones would come up.

Unless the British took New Orleans and decided not to give it back .. then there is a war within a few years probably. Possibly another one after that too.
 
As galveston says, there's little change in the negotiations. By this time both sides had already agreed to status-quo and weren't about to restart hostilities for the hell of it, especially not over New Orleans. For negotiations to even drag on Britain would have to have accomplished something of note in the north on the border to try and drag on about.

Otherwise issues in Europe will simply be more pressing.
 
so, basically, the Brits learn that their invasion force was beaten at NO? Can't see it making much difference. It's not as if the USA can make any real demands on the UK, they don't hold anything other than their own territory, and are likely happy to have that. Status quo all around seemed like a good idea at the time, and this wouldn't change that...
 
Most of this war was about grievances by New Yorkers and New Englanders who were not in favor of the war anyways. That was part of the supposedly secessionist Hartford Conference. They were going to tell off the constantly Virginian-run government to end the war or at least keep them out of it. Wars get rather harder to keep going when the people you are supposedly supporting were bankrupted not by the enemy but the policies of the leader. This was part of why the Americans didn't hold British territory. The Yankees refused to support an invasion into the vulnerable areas of Canada, leaving the Southerners to dog paddle over the Great Lakes.
 
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