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The War of 1812 between the United States andGreat Britain was lasting from 1812 to 1812. This war was aconflict fought over the right of neutral countries to participatein foreign trade without the interfere of other nations and thedesire of many in the United States to end British occupation ofCanada. Although the United States naval squadron under the command of Oliver HazardPerry captured the British fleet on Lake Erie in 1813, battles innorthern New York and Ontario, Canada, proved inconclusive. AfterU.S. forces burned the city of York (now Toronto), Ontario, theBritish attacked Washington, D.C., on September 13 and 14, 1814.The British burned the U.S. Capitol and the White House. On January8, 1815, general Andrew Jackson led his troops to a decisivevictory over the British forces, providing the U.S. public with theillusion that the United States had won the war.

The end of the Napoleonic Wars ended both the needfor a British naval blockade and the impressing of U.S. seamen.Although the United States did not acquire Canada, American Indianopposition to expansion was weakened, and U.S. nationalismincreased.

In the war, the United States forces were vastlyoutnumbered and their opponent was the same British Army that hadjust defeated Napoleon Bonaparte.

It was a war that was essential a failure for theUnited States but thanks to this victory made us seem like a muchmore powerful nation. And In the War of 1812, AndrewJackson's soldiers fired at British soldiers from behindbales of hay, killing hundreds of British soldiers. It helpedAndrew Jackson become President in 1828 and one of the mostpowerful Presidents in American history. This war was a majorAmerican victory over the British army that included regiments thathad successfully against Napoleon in Europe.

During the war, more than 2000 American soldiersand sailors were killed and it cost the United States about 200million dollars. However the local population increased, thepopulation had grown to approximately 95000.

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