Okay, this is my first attemtp at a TL. I've been working on it for quite some time, but never gone the nerve to post it. This is only a partial glampse of it. Please, constructive critiscism is greatly appreciated. POD is that in the Peace of Amiens, the British give in to all of its demands, and they evacuate Malta (which was one of the prime "indirect" reasosn that tensions escalated until the War of the Third Coalition was declared in 1805). This results in the War of the Third Coalition beginning a bit later, and France never sells Louisiana in 1803.
1802
The Peace of Amiens is signed, ending the War of the Second Coalition. Britain agrees to follow the Peace more truthfully, and evacuates its presence from Malta. This prevents the escalation of tensions, which in OTL, led to war in 1804/1805.
1803
The French colonial army in Haiti decisively defeats the Haitian rebels at the Battle of Vertières, in mid-November. Over the next few months, the French colonial army shall sweep through Haiti, defeating all resistance, and consolidating the colony for France.
In result of these victories, Napoleon realizes that there still might be hope for his secret North American empire, and talks of the US buying Louisiana are again scuffled.
1804-1805
These two years are marked by escalating tensions throughout Europe, as the major powers again becoem concerened of France, and the defeated begin to resent the charges pressed upon them at the Peace of Amiens.
1806
Despite the Peace of Amiens, war finally breaks out in 1806, and a belated War of the Third Coalition finally begins.
In late summer, British troops land in Louisiana, and capture New Orleans, effectively cutting off the scant French forces in the interior, basically eliminating the French presence in Louisiana, and giving them control of the Mississippi as well.
In September, one of the war’s most decisive battles, the Battle of Cabo de La Roca (Cape of the Rock in English) occurs in the waters off of Portugal’s Cape of the Rock. In it, the British fleet manages to decisively defeat the combined Franco-Spanish fleet, and secure their control of the oceans.
Napoleon, now realizing that he has lost most of his navy, decides to sell Louisiana, knowing that it is not doing him any good, and that with most of his fleet at the bottom of the sea, or in British hands, he will not be able to live up to his dreams of an “American Empire.” The US buys it for about $25 million (including interest), but with British troops already there, and unwilling to leave, tensions rise.