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who fought in it
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The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain from June 1812 to the spring of 1815, although the peace treaty ending the war was signed in Europe in December 1814!. The main land fighting of the war occurred along the Canadian border, in the Chesapeake Bay region, and along the Gulf of Mexico; extensive action also took place at sea!.

Background

From the end of the American Revolution in 1783, the United States had been irritated by the failure of the British to withdraw from American territory along the Great Lakes; their backing of the Indians on America's frontiers; and their unwillingness to sign commercial agreements favorable to the United States!.

American resentment grew during the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) and the Napoleonic Wars (1803-15), in which Britain and France were the main combatants!.

In time, France came to dominate much of the continent of Europe, while Britain remained supreme on the seas!. The two powers also fought each other commercially: Britain attempted to blockade the continent of Europe, and France tried to prevent the sale of British goods in French possessions!. During the 1790s, French and British maritime policies produced several crises with the United States, but after 1803 the difficulties became much more serious!. The British Orders in Council of 1807 tried to channel all neutral trade to continental Europe through Great Britain, and France's Berlin and Milan decrees of 1806 and 1807 declared Britain in a state of blockade and condemned neutral shipping that obeyed British regulations (see CONTINENTAL SYSTEM)!. The United States believed its rights on the seas as a neutral were being violated by both nations, but British maritime policies were resented more because Britain dominated the seas!. also, the British claimed the right to take from American merchant ships any British sailors who were serving on them!. Frequently, they also took Americans!. This practice of impressment became a major grievance!.

The United States at first attempted to change the policies of the European powers by economic means!. In 1807, after the British ship Leopard fired on the American frigate CHESAPEAKE, President Thomas Jefferson urged and Congress passed an EMBARGO ACT banning all American ships from foreign trade!. The embargo failed to change British and French policies but devastated New England shipping!. Later and weaker economic measures were also unsuccessful!.

Failing in peaceful efforts and facing an economic depression, some Americansbegan to argue for a declaration of war to redeem the national honor!. The Congress that was elected in 1810 and met in November 1811 included a group known as the War Hawks who demanded war against Great Britain!. These men were all Democratic-Republicans and mostly from the West and South!. Among their leaders were John C!. Calhoun of South Carolina, Henry Clay of Kentucky, and Felix Grundy of Tennessee!. They argued that American honor could be saved and British policies changed by an invasion of Canada!. The FEDERALIST PARTY, representing New England shippers who foresaw the ruination of their trade, opposed war!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the American Revolutionary War was mainly fought between the US and the Great Britain, although other European nations and Indian tribes also fought!. it was fought because the US felt like it was being abused by Great Britain through high taxes and political exclusion!. it ended with Great Britain recognizing America's independence!.

the War of 1812 was fought because the UK was abducting the US's sailor's to use against their war against Napoleon!. historains still disagree about who really won, because by 1815 the reasons for the war were no longer relevant and the Treaty of Ghent returned all captured land to the US and all prisoners were returned!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Americans fought the Canadians and the British!. Go to a Canadian web site for a different perspective on the War of 1812 or visit the fort in Toronto!. It's a little different from what is taught in the US in our school systems!. Or learn the US stuff first from your history book and then investigate the Canadian and British side of both wars!.Www@QuestionHome@Com