I think it should be pointed out that there may have been only one War of 1812, but there are four distinct versions of it—the American, the British, the Canadian and the Native American.

The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President ...

The War of 1812 was ostensibly about securing American ... (against intrusive American “pioneers”). The British used Native American soldiers to contest U.S. expansion; Native Americans ...

Key’s inspiration was a battle during the War of 1812, which started 200 years ... Britain also was working with Native American tribes to stop the United States from expanding into the area ...

The only real losers were Native Americans ... would soon be outnumbered and pushed aside by a wave of American settlers. The War of 1812 produced its own Paul Revere, except this folk hero ...

When Congress declared war on Britain on June 18, 1812, former president ... General William Hull, the American commanding officer, afraid of the native warriors, surrendered to Maj.- ...

The War of 1812 was fought against Great Britain because ... The British also were supporting Native American tribes along the Great Lakes who were battling American settlers.

The Legacy of the War of 1812 and the impact it had on Native nations in North America. The Legacy of the War of 1812, including a look at U.S. and Canadian relations since 1812, the profound ...

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The War of 1812, sometimes referred to by historians as “the second War for Independence” between the United States and Great Britain, broke out in June, 1812, after more than two decades of a ...