The war of 1812 was a very important, yet overlooked war that had a great affect on the history of early America. The clash was between the United States, and the British forces. The War was unique in many ways; Britain was currently involved in another struggle called the Napoleonic Wars at the same time. And, In December of 1814, a peace treaty to end the war was established and signed. Interestingly, the last battle of the war, the Battle of New Orleans, was not fought until spring of 1815.
Ever since the United States won its independence in 1783, the status of relations between the United States and Britain had been steadily decaying. As a result of the war between England and France in 1793, the British set up blockades of European ports to prevent American neutral shipping from helping the French commerce. Consequently, the American economy was damaged, and this quickly brought demands for retaliation in the United States. Until the 19th century however, tensions......
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