To: Bubba Ho-Tep
If the Brits had won New Orleans, the unratified treaty would have been out the window.
127 posted on
05/20/2015 1:08:39 PM PDT by
iowamark
(I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
To: iowamark
If the Brits had won New Orleans, the unratified treaty would have been out the window.Unlikely. The entire goal of the New Orleans campaign was to add a bargaining chip to the negotiations. The last thing they wanted was an extended war across the Atlantic like they'd lost 30 years before.
128 posted on
05/20/2015 1:38:58 PM PDT by
Bubba Ho-Tep
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