How To Write An Essay About The War Of 1812

The War of 1812 was America's way of proving to the World that they were a force to be reckoned with. Although at first they had nothing to do with the war between the British and the French, eventually they were caught between the battles and saw that there were reasons for them to go to war. First, the British attempted to restrict U.S trade to Europe. Second, the British Royal Navy's impressments of American seaman enraged many Americans back home. Lastly, Americans saw the war between the British and the French as a chance to take advantage and try expanding its territory into Canada and Florida. The very interesting thing about this war is that even after they had called a truce nothing was ever resolved but it established America's credibility as a powerful nation.
When the Napoleonic wars began, both Britain and France tried to stop the United States from trading with the other. The United States, which was neutral at the time, was caught in the crossfire between these two countries and ran the risk of being considered an enemy if it traded with either of the countries. In 1806, the French established the Continental System, which stopped British trade in Europe. In 1807,
The Treaty of Ghent was the treaty that ended the war and was signed on December 24, 1814 In the negotiations nothing was resolved, American backed down on their demand for a British renunciation of impressment and the Canadian borders remained the same. As seems as though the war was fought in vain, no one gave up or gained anything. This was the last war in which America was the underdog and the British would no longer try to invade it. Though this was war did not resolve much, it did show people around the world that this country was "The land of the free and the home of the brave" like Francis Scott Key so eloquently put in a poem, written during a battle in the war of