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America won the War of 1812 because (((inappropriate language redacted)))

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USA did not win the war of 1812

Canadians like to say we did but Canada did not really exist in 1812 (1867)

The truth is that this one was fought to a draw. Between the English and Americans.

We invaded to New Orleans and burnt the White House

USA invaded us and burnt our house of Parliament allowing us to build a better one thanks.

The USA just rebuilt what they had

There was virtually no difference in the boarders before and after.

AnswerTo say there were no Canadians, and no Canada, until 1867 is like saying there were no Irish until 1922. The fact is, while it was a British territory, like Australia or India, it was called Canada, and residents of Upper and Lower Canada had been known as Canadians (and Canadiens) since the 1500s.

Britain and the US fought to a stalemate, with even the US Federalist Party calling it a failure for the US. Britain barely noticed; it was fighting it's biggest war in centuries against Napoleon.

But Thomas Jefferson had said driving the British out of North America was "merely a matter of marching", and full scale invasions of Upper and Lower Canada were launched. The were opposed by six thousand British regulars, and fourteen thousand Canada regulars and militia, as well as Tecumseh's coalition of Indians.

The Canadians, and the smaller force of British regulars, won decisively, not only pushing US forces out of Canada, but capturing Detroit, Buffalo, and Fort Dearborn (Chicago), and preserving Canada by defeating the second US invasion in 35 years.

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