War Of 1812 Dbq Essay

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The war of 1812 happened between June 1812 and February 18 1815 and was a conflict between the u.s and britain. Which also included native americans which were divided since some decided to help britain and others the u.s. And in this war I believe that the u.s won, the war of 1812 due to the many positive outcomes thanks to the war. The war happened due to u.s sailors being impressed which means being taken off their ships and into british ones. since britain could say that they thought they were british runaways and also due to other british aggressions. And britain decided to go to war since british policies supported the defense of canada which the us were planning on attacking which was one of the causes for the wars and we know that …show more content…

We know this since it says in “one war three perspectives”. That “native americans fought in the war of 1812 to secure british support for their own war”. And after so much fighting the outcome for the natives was that they were pushed off their land to the west of the Mississippi and this was the last time natives tried defending their land from settlers. And for their allies, the British, the defense of Canada proved beneficial since Canada turned into a transcontinental country and became an important part in the British empire. And since it says it in the text “ canada grew into an transcontinental country which played an increasingly important role in the british empire and commonwealth”. And for the United States the war of 1812, helped the US expand westward with the natives being weekend due to the war. And the US was now seen as a power and now being respected internationally. In this war most people say that no one won but i feel like the us won since they gained so much power and now had much more control of their land since the natives who were fighting them in that land were greatly weakened and were now respected due to them beating a britain who were at the peak of their power and england gained nothing except dead soldiers and keeping canada which was only one of the multiple things that the us wanted so in my opinion it's clear that the us won the war of

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