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Today, the 3000 mile boundary between Canada and the United States is known as the
longest undefended boundary in the world. But for three years in a row1812, 1813 and
1814U.S. armies invaded Canada. When both sides failed to win a clear victory, and the
costs of the war kept growing, the two countries decided that peace was the best policy.
On June 18, 1812, the United States declared war on Great Britain. The United States had
proclaimed their independence from Britain in 177636 years earlier. There were still bad
feelings between the two countries. Great Britain was not treating the United States as an
equal independent country. British ships were stopping American ships from trading with
Europe. British sailors went aboard American ships looking for deserters from the British
Navy. If an American sailor could not prove that he was an American, he was taken to
work for the British.
At the same time, the population of the United States was expanding. Americans wanted
to move west into lands held by various American Indian tribes. Some Americans felt that
Britain was encouraging the Indians to fight them and was supplying guns to the Indians.
In 1812, Canada was made up of a small number of British colonies just north of the
American border. Americans felt that it would be easy to take over Canada; then
Canadian land would provide homes for their growing population. Since Americans
outnumbered Canadians ten to one, the U.S. government thought that no one in Canada
would dare to oppose them. Moreover, Britain was fighting a terrible war in Europe
against Napoleon, the Emperor of France, and could not spare any troops to help defend
Canada.
But, in 1812, Canada had one advantage over the U.S.A.good leadership. British
General Isaac Brock had served in Canada for ten years. He knew how to inspire both his
own soldiers and the ordinary people of Canada to fight for their country. He was a bold
and energetic leader who moved quickly to attack American positions before they could
attack him.
Brock found a valuable ally in the American Indian Chief Tecumseh. Tecumseh had been
trying to unite the scattered groups of Indians to fight together against American
expansion. He convinced the Indians that their best chance for success was to join the
British and Canadians against the Americans. Although both Brock and Tecumseh were
killed in battles, their example continued to inspire the defenders of Canada to fight
against the American invasions. Before the end of 1814, all American forces had been
driven out of Canada.
By 1814, Britain had defeated the French Emperor Napoleon. Now it was the turn of the
United States to be invaded. A large British force attacked the heart of the United States,
and burned the government buildings at Washington. Another British force attacked the
U.S.A. near the mouth of the Mississippi River, but it was defeated at the Battle of New
Orleans.
Both sides were tired of fighting by this time, and a peace treaty was signed on
December 24, 1814. This agreement restored everything to the way it had been when the
war began. Although this really meant that no one had won the war, both sides claimed
victory. The Americans felt that they had gained full recognition of their independence.
Britain would no longer board their ships, or encourage the Indians to fight them.
Canadians felt that they had shown Americans that they wanted to develop their own
country in their own way, separate from the United States. But the biggest result of the
war was the decision by both countries never to fight each other again.
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