The opposing parties in the conflict were the United States of America and the British Empire along with the Canadian Provincial Army.
The American War of Independence, commonly known as the American Revolution established the United States of America as an independent nation on the world map.
This intrusion on the behalf of Great Britain irked the US.
Another aspect that has been set up for the war of 1812, the conflict between the Indians and the United States of America. America on the question of Indian sovereignty.
The Amerindians became allies of the British during the war in the lure of attaining independent status.
Finally, it was the consistent trade policies between French, British and Americans, including the likelihood of war in 1812 had.
The incompatibility of the trade policies owed their origin to certain laws passed by Napoleon pertaining to British vessels.
As a result of laws that U.S. economy has suffered a setback as a huge majority of trade was with the Europe.
Another policy that aggravated the situation was that the British took over all American ships wherein British sailors were on staff.
Also, the War Hawks that formed a part of the Twelfth Congress of the United States of America immensely supported and pushed forward the idea of initiating a war against the British to resolve the contradictory issues.
However, the only consequential aspect of the war was the signing of the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814 between the United States of America and the British Empire.
Also, the British conferred about 10,000,000 acres of land around Lake Superior and Michigan to the United States.
Some aspects of the treaty, such as establishing a neutral ground for the liberation of slaves, Indians and slavery, as promised by the British was not in the original Action Plan.
However, after this war the United States abandoned their conflicts with the Amerindians and made efforts to grant them regular citizenship.
Moreover, this war is an awakening among the leaders of the United States when the war projected lack of potential U.S. military caused when struck against the British.
Consequently, the US stepped up its military policies and started concentrating on enhancing its military strength.
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