What won the politicians to the idea of an anti-British war were the prizes that a victory would bring: 1) Bringing Canada into the union, long an ambition of the northeastern elite. 2) Forcing the Indians in the west, who had formed a separate peace with the British, to submit to American authorities that wanted to expand the frontier. The War accomplished neither of these objectives nor did it settle the matter of impressments of sailors and neutral rights, neither of these issues was even mentioned in the peace treaty of Ghent. ... I leave you with a quote I found and the brutality of w...

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THE LOST BRITISH IDENTITY Britain had always been the land of opportunities, prospect and welfare. At least, that is how the most emigrants who wanted to come to the island had seen it. The country separated from the rest of the continent always seemed as a promised land for everyone who se...

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