Who won the War of 1812
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Started: | 1/21/2018 | Category: | Education | ||
Updated: | 3 years ago | Status: | Debating Period | ||
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The War of 1812 was a war between the United States of America and the British Empire that lasted between June 18, 1812 " February 18, 1815.
Pro will argue that the British Empire won and con will argue that the United States won. Burden will obviously be shared. Winning a war is to be defined as "The desired territorial, economic, military, political or other benefits expected following successful conclusion of a war"
The goals of the British Empire in the War of 1812 was to prevent the U.S from annexing Canada, and than invaded the nation, but didn't gain or lose any land. The U.S's goals was to annex Canada, and was pushed back, but prevented the British from conquering them, and was deemed the Second War of Independence, and also lost no land, but got fishing rights in the Great Lakes. Canada, with British help repelled the U.S, but also, like the others, gained nothing of importance. If the British/Canadians forces really won, it would've been by invading and annexing the U.S. |
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The reasons for war was a bit more then this.. The United States declared war for maritime reasons. The United States failed to achieve any of their objectives that they set out to win.
Britain maintained the right of impressment. Britain maintained the right of blocking neutral trade. Those actions stopped not cause the United States made them too but cause the British defeated their much larger enemy in Europe. By the end of the war the British still occupied 40,000 km2, a crushing blockade that nearly ran the US to bankruptcy, won majority of the battles both on land and at sea, retained their 'rights' that the United States fought to end, and kept Canada. Status Quo kept everything as it was prior to the war. Hence, The United States failed their primary objectives and the British Empire didn't. This round has not been posted yet. |
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