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since we seem to have a rash of 1812 threads going lately, I thought I'd add to them. WI the US and UK don't quite go to war in 1812? Let us suppose that the whole impressment thing gets resolved peacefully, or maybe Napoleon is defeated a little earlier, and the US suddenly realizes that the UK can now gun for them alone? In any event, the war doesn't happen.
Personally, I think there would be some kind of US/UK war later on... when you read the literature of the time, it's obvious that the US was a bit...arrogant. They had the idea that their called-up militia forces could beat anyone, anywhere, and the RN was apparently never even considered. Without 1812 to put the issue to rest, it's likely there'd be a war sooner or later over Britain's plan to set up an Indian buffer state, or over the final border between the US and Canada.