What is the name of the war of 1812?

Answer 1

Another name for the war of 1812 was the "The Second War For Independence".

"Mr. Madison's War" is a lesser known name, but at least more accurate, in that President Madison was stampeded into attacking a neighbour.

The problem with calling it "The Second War For Independence" is that term implies that Britain started the war, and had any intention of reversing the 35-year-old revolution.

The Americans, with a 20-to-1 advantage in population over the territory of Canada, believed that forcibly annexing Canada would be, in the memorable words of Thomas Jefferson, "a mere matter of marching." Not so much, as it turns out.

At the heart of Canada's defence was a small core of British regulars, with three times as many Canadian militia and natives. While the defenders were vastly outnumbered, they scored a series of decisive victories that sent the invaders retreating back over the border and beyond: Detroit, Buffalo, and Fort Dearborn (Chicago) were taken.

The British counter-offensive took place on the ground of the original invaders: the British took the coast of Maine, took the capital, Washington, and famously, burned down the White House. The Royal Navy's blockade of American ports devastated the US economy. There were some American victories on US ground, but something major was about to change.

Having just defeated Napoleon after a much larger, much bloodier, much longer war, the British, (having fought off the invasion of Canada with 5,200 regulars,) suddenly had close to 100,000 battle-hardened troops who could be shipped immediately to North America to finish the job, and, if they chose, take back the colonies.

They didn't. War weary after that bloody European conflict, and having never even seriously discussed using those huge numbers to reclaim the US, they agreed to return to the old borders.

Answer 2

nobody really won the war even though both sides thought they did i believe James Madison signed the peace treaty and by the time the war was over the news came around that they signed the treaty.

Answer 3

"War of 1812" is the name of the war fought between the U.S. and the U.K. from 1812 to 1815. (The British know the war as the "American War of 1812" since they had another war going on at the same time.)

Answer 4

The war against Great Britain in 1812, was called the second American war of independence by US sources.

It's an inaccurate description, however. Had Britain started the war, invaded the US, and kept captured American territory, it could be seen as a Second War for Independence...but none of those things is true.

The United States started the war and attacked a neighbour, but was decisively defeated and pushed out of Canada in a series of battles, retreating so quickly that it surrendered Detroit, Buffalo and Fort Dearborn (Chicago).

The British also landed an force that captured Washington. Had they intended to reverse the American Revolution, they would have held on to Washington and NOT burned the White House, but they had no intention of doing so.

In fact, the British had just ended a much, much bigger war against Napoleon, and so hundreds of thousands of battle-hardened British troops were suddenly available to cross the Atlantic. Consider the effect that many troops would have had, given that just 5200 British troops had repelled the American invasion of Canada.

Even with a much, much smaller force, the British now occupied large portions of the US...but Britain was weary of war after the long struggle with Napoleon, and when the Americans asked for peace talks, Britain agreed, AND turned captured American territory back to the US: obviously not something it would do if it had any thoughts of of ending the US rebellion of 37 years before.

Answer 5

The name of the 1812 war is a tough one to remember but considering you remembered what year it started in, I have trust in the fact that you can remember the name. The name of the war between Britain and the United states is commonly refereed to as "The War of 1812"

Answer 6

it is called the war of 1812

Answer 7

the second american revoultion