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What if the Trent Affair was not resolved? What if the two diplomats James Murray Mason and John Slidell were not released or perhaps some British citizens were accidentally shot in a dispute during the arrest? Britain would have to defend Canada and it's Caribbean islands first off and fierce sea battles would take place in Atlantic between Britain and the Union. Would British be able to fight them off? Would France join Britain in the fight against the Union? Who would win the war? What would the aftermath be? Most likely if there was a Southern victory there may be wars between the North and South for year afterwards, perhaps if World War One still happens the North side with the Central Powers and the South with Britain and France. Or if the North won perhaps the notion that the South will rise against actually happen and there may be another Civil War soon after the first. How would such a war change America, it's relationships to Europe, and history? What you think?
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