WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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the British were taking over American ships
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The Americans were playing football
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the British attack Germany
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the French attacked the British
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Detailed explanation-1: -War of 1812, (June 18, 1812–February 17, 1815), conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent.
Detailed explanation-2: -Britain effectively won the War of 1812 by successfully defending its North American colonies. But for the British, the war with America had been a mere sideshow compared to its life-or-death struggle with Napoleon in Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of New Orleans (January 8, 1815) – Andrew Jackson inflicted over 2, 000 casualties on attacking British troops while suffering 333 in the entire campaign. The battle became a touchstone of American pride, despite it occurring after the war had technically ended.
Detailed explanation-4: -On June 18, 1812, buoyed by the arrival of “war hawk” representatives, the United States formally declared war for the first time in the nation’s history.