Diplomacy: Britain vs America #4 (Patreon)

In this latest installment, we see how Alexander McLeod's fate was finally sealed. Did he serve as the cause of an Anglo-American War? SPOILER - not quite, but he did compel the new Conservative government under Sir Robert Peel to send out a diplomatic mission to Washington. For the first time in many decades, Britain was knocking on America's door, and the reception was unlikely to be welcoming. As Palmerston scoffed, Lord Ashburton carried the banner for improved relations, and his list of talking points was as long as it was difficult...