Question

How did thw war of 1812 affect the public opinion in the united states

Answer 1

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The seizure of American ships and sailors, combined with the British support of Indian resistance, led to strident calls in Congress for war against Great Britain. The loudest came from the “war hawks,” led by Henry Clay from Kentucky and John C. Calhoun from South Carolina, who proclaimed that they would not tolerate these British insults to American honor. Many Federalists opposed the war, since they believed it would disrupt the maritime trade on which many northeastern Americans depended. In a narrow vote, Congress authorized the president to declare war against Britain in June 1812.

The US military strategy focused on seizing parts of Canada in the hopes of forcing British concessions on Indian issues and neutral shipping rights. However, the US army was small, disorganized, and poorly equipped. Despite these shortcomings, the Americans managed two significant victories over the British in battles on or near Lake Erie in the fall of 1813. In the Battle of the Thames, Tecumseh was killed and the American Indian resistance was crushed. The British would never again attempt to create an Indian buffer state between the United States and Canada.

Meanwhile, events in Europe continued to influence the course of the war. With the abdication of Napoleon in April 1814, the British were able to devote more of their resources to the war with the United States. The end of the war in Europe, moreover, made some of US President James Madison’s demands, such as the return of neutral shipping rights and the immediate cessation of impressment, irrelevant. With the British no longer at war with France, these practices were abandoned before the end of the war with the United States.

In the Battle of Bladensburg in August 1814, the British sacked and burned Washington, DC, plundering the White House and wounding US national pride. The British continued their march north but were unable to capture Baltimore in the Battle of Fort McHenry, during which Francis Scott Key penned the poem that would later become the US national anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner.  

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Answer 2

In this war, the people were treated badly and the united state faces financial problems.

Why the war of 1812 is important?

• This war was fought between the United States of America and Britain
• The war was started on 18 June 1812
• The Americans won this war and defeated Tecumseh's confederacy
• 12000 men of United States participated in the war
• The commander of the American army was William Hull
• During this war, United States Capitol was destroyed
• After this war Treaty of Ghent takes place
• This war ended on 17 February 1815