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Let's say that, in response to the Napoleonic Wars, Britain's leadership ATL decided to ensure victory by exploiting its population (and the population of its colonies) a bit harder that it did OTL. Consequently, let's say that whatever measures Britain took to ensure its ultimate victory in the Napoleonic wars lead to a Canada with 50+1% of its population supporting secession from Britain and unification with America. (Secessionists would be clustered in the same places and found in the same classes that they were OTL, but be far more common.)

* Could American decisively win this alternate war of 1812, or is the British Naval blockade too powerful?
* Would Britain have pulled out of the Napoleonic Wars to ensure that it would maintain control of Canada? What knockon effects would that have?
* If Canada successfully seceded, what impacts would that have had on the evolution of Britain's colonial empire?
* Would an unsuccessful Canada be granted autonomy, and then independence on a similar timeline to OTL?
* Would a Canada later granted independence ask for annexation by the US?
* Assuming Canada gets annexed, how would the American Civil War change? Would it happen earlier due to an abolitionist canada?
* Would America be as focused on Manifest Destinying Mexican territory?
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