That's just straight up wrong. The US started the war when they invaded Canada. The British Empire did not want to fight the war. To them, the United States was just a sideshow of the much larger and much more important Napoleonic Wars.
If anything, it was the British and Canada that repelled a malevolent United States, who had had eyes on annexing Canada since independence.
> In the following decades the US became an economic juggernaut, while the British Empire began to fade into the history books.
Uh, what. The 19th century was the golden age of the British Empire, whilst the US remained a small player on the world stage. You must be confusing the War of 1812 to the first or second world wars.
I know its the Fourth of July for you yanks, but this comment is just straight up propaganda.
And quoting Wikipedia to prove that it was a victory for the US is ironic given that Wikipedia states that the war resulted in stalemate and status quo ante bellum. The only real losers were the Native Americans.
That's just straight up wrong. The US started the war when they invaded Canada. The British Empire did not want to fight the war. To them, the United States was just a sideshow of the much larger and much more important Napoleonic Wars.
If anything, it was the British and Canada that repelled a malevolent United States, who had had eyes on annexing Canada since independence.
> In the following decades the US became an economic juggernaut, while the British Empire began to fade into the history books.
Uh, what. The 19th century was the golden age of the British Empire, whilst the US remained a small player on the world stage. You must be confusing the War of 1812 to the first or second world wars.
I know its the Fourth of July for you yanks, but this comment is just straight up propaganda.
And quoting Wikipedia to prove that it was a victory for the US is ironic given that Wikipedia states that the war resulted in stalemate and status quo ante bellum. The only real losers were the Native Americans.