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Originally Posted by Tribesman
Celebrate your freedom ???
Is this the war where they tried to take Canada but got their butts kicked and their trade devestated?
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That would be British Canada in 1812 it was a British colony at the time not a free nation and at that time territory used by an enemy of the United Sates so it was not a stupid strategy.Also the British where threatening American trade prior to the war and these actions where the primary cause of the conflict.
Actually the US was ill prepared for the start yet we did still win the war you don't have to win every battle:
"The War of 1812 gave a dramatic boost to the manufacturing capabilities of the United States. The British blockade of the American coast created a shortage of cotton cloth in the United States, leading to the creation of a cotton-manufacturing industry, beginning at Waltham, Massachusetts by Francis Cabot Lowell. The war also spurred on construction of the Erie Canal project, which was built to promote commercial links yet was also perceived as having military uses should the need ever arise.[22]
As the charter of the First Bank of the United States had been allowed to expire in 1811, the federal government was ill-prepared to finance the war and resorted to such expediencies as the suspension of specie payment and the issuance of Treasury Notes. These actions set a precedent for future Federal responses to financial crises. Also, this exposure of the nation's financial weaknesses explained in part the Congressional decision to charter the Second Bank of the United States in 1816. The readiness of Southern leaders especially John C. Calhoun to support such a measure also indicates a high degree of national feeling.[23] Perhaps the clearest sign of a new sense of national unity was the victorious Democratic-Republican Party, its long-time foes the Federalists vanished from national politics. The result was an Era of Good Feelings with the lowest level of partisanship ever seen.[24]
Canadians, however, contrasted their post-war economic stagnation to the booming American economy, which Desmond Morton believes led to the Rebellions of 1837.[25]"
In the end it was the actions of the British government that caused the war in the first place to protect its sovereignty the US had no choice but to declare war.The Canadian actions where not a success that is true.
Sean Connery is Scottish Yubba and if you do not like what is shown on Goodmorning America why are you watching it and the Uk has been our closet ally for a very long time 1812 is ancient history there is a value to knowing about it but to hold bitter feelings towards the UK still is..... well odd.