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Say that constitutional disagreements prevent the USA from being born after the Revolutionary War. Instead of one country, 13 or so.

So, 15 years later, Napoleon decides he can't hold on to Louisiana, not after failing to retake Haiti. But there's no USA to sell the territory to. What to do? Try to cling to New Orleans and environs despite the near certainty of failure? Give it in parcels to the various American republics? Toss it back to Spain to let them sell it out or surrender it to Britain?
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