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They've had strong trading relations with Britain and the last thing they wanted was to go to war
因為他們與英國有緊密的貿易關系，開戰對他們來說是下下策
They also, again they didn't want stronger power in the western states fearing that it would dilute their own power
再者，他們不想看到西部各州的日益強大，擔心自己的權力被稀釋
Yeah, here's some other maps that shows here was Spanish Florida at the time
從這些地圖可看出當時佛羅里達在西班牙人的控制之下
You can see West Florida coming all the way over to Baton Rouge even
他們在西佛羅里達的觸角甚至已延伸到了巴頓魯治
and through the Louisiana purchase, the United States had the Mississippi river
通過"路易斯安那購買地"，美國控制了密西西比河流域，
but Spain had claimed all the way earlier, They even claimed this area here
但西班牙人更早前就在此宣示了主權，他們甚至將整片區域都占為己有
and then you can see actually in the conduct of the war of 1812 most of battles were along this boundary with Canada into Ohio
你會發現，在1812年的戰爭中，大部分戰役都是在加拿大至俄亥俄邊界
and then a number of other battles down here, Those were sort of the main theaters of the war
以及西佛羅里達一帶打響的，它們是這場戰爭中的主戰場
in 1812 you can see that New England with the exception of Vermont which is interesting
在1812年的大選中，新英格蘭地區除了佛蒙特州
part of the mid-Atlantic including New York very much against Madison
大部分大西洋中部地區包括紐約在內都是非常反對麥迪遜的
the president who was agreed to conduct the war of 1812 against British
他就是那位發動了1812英美戰爭的總統
You can see it called Fusion party not the federalist
你會發現競選黨名變成了聯合黨而不是聯邦黨
because an important branch of the New York democratic party broke with the democratic republicans over thisissue
因為紐約民主共和黨的一個重要分支，因開戰問題上與民主共和黨分裂
I should say of the New York democratic republican party
紐約民主共和黨之所以這么做
because again, it threatened the New York's commercial interests abroad commercial interests with Britain
還是因為開戰會威脅到紐約在國外的商業利益，影響其與英國的貿易關系
At least that's how it's usually understood
至少大部分人是這么認為的
