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The British - American War of 1812. Who Won?
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[@SweetBrazyN]

I’d say that as the American main goal was to take Canada and force Britain into a less favourable peace negotiations and failed and all Britain wanted was for the Americans to not trade with France and succeeded, Britain defended which technically would mean they ‘won’

[@TheIceman567]

Wrong, the USA had no plans to annex Canada and after the war they were trading again with France you need to study.

[@getass3290]

Disappointed he didn’t talk about the Battle of New Orleans. It took place during the time after the peace treaty was signed but didn’t reach many people. This battle is to this day considered the greatest victory of America in terms of Americans killed compared to enemies killed. With a 71-2037 casualty ratio. It was this victory that led to many Americans claiming victory in the end.

[@neilcameron1716]

Only battle they one

[@getass3290]

@@neilcameron1716 It wasn’t the only one.

[@MsMikeytt]

The Canadians were the real winners. The Americans were humiliated multiple times trying to invade Canada. The British (and Canadians of-course) drove them back again and again despite being reluctant to fight the war (as they were busy fighting their real enemy ,the French), the Brits also had naval supremacy and successfully blockaded America. Despite the odd victory here and there for the Americans to at least salvage some pride, they were fortunate the British did not have serious intentions to retake parts of North America once Napoleon had been defeated (meaning the French would be unable to get involved this time around like the Revolutionary war)

[@TheIceman567]

Drive them back where? The USA was in Canada until July 1815 and the British did have plans on taking part of the USA specially a native state and Maine.

[@archersfriend5900]

Yep.

[@benelder6431]

The war of 1812 was started by the usa trying to expand into Canada. Since they did not gain one square inch, they lost.

[@user-ni1hj2ht2g]

The US were British, they committed treason to create the US. What became Canada remained loyal to the King and government of Britain. The natives were the people colonized. The newly formed US wanted the whole continent not just to wipe out the native people but to keep slavery. Britain was trying to force other countries to stop trading in humans. Even when slavery was legal, there was very few slaves and most of them were native, not black in Canada. Slaves escaped via the underground railroad to Canada and freedom, loyalists also moved North. Canada is where people came for actual freedom. Even during the Vietnam war, US citizens fled the draft and found asylum in Canada. Canada didn't break with Britain until 1982 and still has close ties to Britain and of course are part of the Commonwealth of countries that were former colonies. Many of the people who became heroes and heroines in Canada through their bravery and brains were actually born in the US. Most notably, Tecumseh and Laura Secord. The US was founded on greed. No matter what the cost in human life. That's how it started and how it still is today. A handful of super rich and 300 million people working with no mandatory benefits. They just traded slavery for blacks, for super low wages for all. That's why they have the right to bear arms. The US government wanted everyone armed to keep what they stole from the natives and to keep the Canadians - Britain from taking it back. That paranoia has led to the citizens now having guns to defend themselves against their own fellow citizens and now they have an average of 2 mass shootings per day. Don't know how anyone in the US could be proud of their country. Please check out how the people of both countries treated the native peoples. Both did and still do treat them horribly. Somehow you seem to have the idea that the US were the good guys in this conflict. They weren't. They were traitors who didn't want to live by the same laws as Canadians were at the time. Didn't want to pay taxes and didn't want to give up slavery and certainly didn't want the native people to have guns to defend themselves.

[@PhilHug1]

Wearing a British flag shirt while watching a video of Britain burning down the White House? Ouch lol

[@Ballenheimer1]

He didn't talk about the Battle of New Orleans which possibly is the best U.S victory in its history. The U.S suffered about 71 casualties while the British suffered 2,037 casualties and the battle only lasted 40 minutes.

[@pipercharms7374]

Apart from the fact it happened after the peace treaty? I can see why its used as a victory for the specific battle but I don't think it quite makes sense to use it as a victory for the war as some Americans like to do...considering the war was already over? Though yes it was a great victory for the US for the specific battle. The War of 1812 overall however? Considering the battle was never meant to happen because the peace treaty had already been sighed, it would be more like just meaningless bloodshed because their reason for fighting and for this battle to take place(not that they knew it at the time) no longer existed.

[@TheIceman567]

@@pipercharms7374 wrong the war did not end until the treaty was ratified by both side which didn’t happen until February 1815.

[@pipercharms7374]

@@TheIceman567 peace had still been decided between both sides before the battle so that battle was an aimless loss of life. Battle wise it was of course a victory for the US but for the entire war, both sides shed needless blood and soldiers died for nothing.

[@TheIceman567]

@@pipercharms7374 but still needed to be ratified, in fact why after New Orleans the British kept trying to take back west Florida until news reach then it was ratified.

[@TheIceman567]

@@pipercharms7374 are you British?

[@fritoss3437]

04:05 "idk what year we are " yeah bro me to idk what year was the war of 1812

[@Zarflame99_Alt]

The War of 1812 lasted from 1812-1815. I am an American from the state of Ohio

[@benelder6431]

Your map is totally wrong. The area above the usa never was the United Kingdom it always was called Canada as Canada always was colonized both by the u.k. and France. The same with the usa before they became a country they were not the u.k.

[@pauloverfield9732]

Nobody won loss of life all round.

[@yushclayystaguan]

On paper it was a draw. But in reality, the events leading after the war probably favored the US more. The UK no longer meddled in domestic Native American affairs in the US and stopped kidnapping US citizens to fight for the British Navy. These conditions were normal after US independence, so after the War of 1812, the US was free from British interference. If the American Revolution was about US independence from British rule and sovereignty, the War of 1812 was about US independence from British imperialism. Additionally, Spain aided the UK in the War and lost control of West Florida to the US, which was the beginning of the end for Spanish control of Florida. So it was also kind of a US victory over Spain in this war. It could also be considered a win for Canada as it helped build a sense of solidarity and unity among Anglo-and French Canadians in the remaining British colonies in North America and arguably to a lesser extent Bermuda and the British Caribbean, as they got more investment and their voices started to matter in order to counter the US and protect British interests. I don't think the British in the British Isles lost in particular as they only wanted to resume trade with the US for commercial interests. The only clear loser of the war was Tecumseh's Confederacy and other Native American tribes allied to the British, as they lost British support to resist American expansionism and their ability to pit the two powers against each other.

[@pipercharms7374]

Wasn't the UK kidnapping US Citizens to do with wanting more men to fight Napoleon as well as not wanting the US to trade with the french because of the Napolonic wars? I can't imagine that they cared about it once Napoleon was gone? Wasn't the whole mess of 1812 in the first place due to the Napoleonic wars? You make it sound like the UK only stopped messing in US affairs because the US made it happen when it reality they wouldn't have bothered with it anyway after the war anyway due to the Napoleonic wars being over?

[@yushclayystaguan]

@@pipercharms7374 Answer to the first couple of questions is yes. But for the last one, the UK still had interests in North America. If the US was defeated, it would have absolutely meddled in US domestic affairs to protect Canada and arm Native American tribes in the Great Plains to stop Americans from populating the Oregon territory. If the UK could arm Native Americans in the Great Plains, it can meddle with American immigration to the Pacific, and the UK could have either all of the Oregon territory, or the Oregon territory north of the Columbia river. It would be in UK's interest to meddle in US affairs as over a third of the North American continent hadn't been settled by a Western power yet, not even the Louisiana purchase was in firm US control. Napoleon wasn't the sole reason the UK meddled in US domestic affairs, but it was the reason UK meddling intensified at the time that it did.