Good question.

No idea.

Perhaps it would have happened a LOT more on the open seas givemn that impressment was such a problem.

there were a lot of unresolved tensions still left over from the Revolutionary war.

British troops were still occupying some areas in American you know.

The battle for fishing rights off the St Johns banks was very important, as well.

Other things I've forgotten were pressing issues that were annoying both sides, too.

I think we'd have gone war, personally regardless of our Navy.