Anyone have any ideas?
2007-01-24 10:56:05 · 14 answers · asked by jeremy g 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
which war?
There was a War of 1812 between the United States of America and Great Britain and its colonies. The Americans declared war on Britain on June 18, 1812, whilst we were at war with France.
In Britian we see it as nothing more than an extension of the Napoleonic Wars fought to prevent Napoleon Bonaparte's imperial rule over France (1805–1815).
2007-01-24 11:05:42 · answer #1 · answered by DAVID C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It had been going on for years. The 1812 part was just when America joined in. It was part of the Napoleonic Wars. The British signed a peace treaty with the U.S. in 1814, BEFORE the Battle of New Orleans. They didn't surrender. The two sides made the decision to drop hostilities and have never re-opened them. If communications had been better, the Battle of New Orleans would never have taken place. The British actually came out on top in the much larger war.
The Americans for their part got FULL diplomatic recognition from the Crown, which worked out better than a British surrender would have. The US government then leveraged full recognition from the French, (they had it before the French Revolution, but it was from the French Crown and not the Emperor Napoleon) from the Holy Roman Empire and the Turks and North African states, like Libya.
American sailors were being "impressed" into service on warships from all 20 sides in that war, just so happened that the British were the ones who were first to get called on it.
It's only called the War of 1812 in the US, kind of provincial of us to look at all world history only in the context of "How this affects the U.S." perspective.
2007-01-24 11:17:29 · answer #2 · answered by brotherjonah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1812
2007-01-24 10:59:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1812-1814. And, no, it is NOT what the "1812 Overture" was written for. That was about Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
2007-01-24 10:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL. yet heavily all of it started on June 18, 1812 (it is whilst conflict became declared; the conflict of Tippecanoe and a few riots all started formerly) and ended on February 18, 1815 (whilst the treaty of Ghent became ratified).
2016-11-01 05:02:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1935
2007-01-24 11:05:43 · answer #6 · answered by MIGHTY MINNIE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1812...
2007-01-24 11:00:02 · answer #7 · answered by ♥vegetarian♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats a toughy bro. my guess goes with 1812 though.
2007-01-24 10:59:26 · answer #8 · answered by emehms 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um....... 1812? i'm just guessing though, don't hold me to that.
2007-01-28 09:06:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll get back to this answer in a couple of days... I'll have a lot of research to do to find the answer to that :)
2007-01-24 11:05:30 · answer #10 · answered by Tina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋