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It was to some extent because they didn't gain or lose anything but they did finally free themselves form Britain. England still considered America to still be under the English crown but after the war they finally realize that America was Independent. This made them stop attacking American ships and the U.S. was seen as an independent country.

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It was to some extent because they didn't gain or lose anything but they did finally free themselves form Britain. England still considered America to still be under the English crown but after the war they finally realize that America was Independent. This made them stop attacking American ships and the U.S. was seen as an independent country.

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As evidenced in the Treaty of Ghent, shown here, the war didn't actually do much to cause any kind of change, other than an emotional one in the hearts of the American people. So, the War of 1812 was only to some extent a second war for American Independence.

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The War of 1812 was so inspirational to Francis Scott Key, and his sense of nationalism was so supported that he penned what would eventually become the national anthem of the United States of America.

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According to some historians, the war was considered "the real American Revolution" because America gained both nationalism and became a major player in world trade. However, it is not considered to be a great extent of America's "victory" because there were no territorial gains nor losses, therefore there is no actually confirmation of which side won the War of 1812.

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The War of 1812 stoked a new sense of American nationalism. Patriotism soared after the end of the war and the American people finally felt unified as a strong nation, one that had a role in a much more global context.

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British officers inspect a group of American sailors for impressment into the British navy, in a drawing by Howard Pyle from 1810. The practice angered Americans and was the main cause of the War of 1812. American naval officers even began to engage in the same practice against British sailors.

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On Christmas Eve, 1814, America and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812 (yet that was not entirely the case since in 1815, Andrew Jackson battled against Britain and its Native American allies at the Battle of New Orleans). The treaty did not state about the two main issues that started the war- the impressment of US sailors and the rights of neutral American vessels- but it did open up expansion to the Great Lakes, and overall the war was hailed as a victory for the United States and, significantly, sparked nationalism worldwide.

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One of the most significant things that the War of 1812 inspire was Nationalism. First because it was one of the first wars that they fought as an independent country. After Washington D.C. was burn to ashes, the White House was repair. This was very significant to a lot of people because it increase their nationalism. They view it as "a renewal of the nation, rising from the ashes of another devastating domestically fought war."

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President at the time, James Madison declared war on Britain after much impressment of American sailors saying, "We consider a neutral flag on the high seas as a safeguard to those sailing under it. . . . [N]owhere will she [Great Britain] find an exception to this freedom of the seas, and of neutral ships, which justifies the taking away of any person not an enemy in military service, found on board a neutral vessel."

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The impressment- the act of taking men to join the military or naval force by compulsion- of American sailors was the primary cause of the war, because it angered Americans that Britain were still in control over them, despite the result of the American Revolution. Of course, they didn't decide on declaring war until the War hawks, colonists who were tired of the Red-coated Englishmen and wanted to declare war on them, pushed James Madison into warfare.

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To what extent was the war of 1812 a second war for American independence?

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What is the most significant impact of the War of 1812?

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What was the main cause of the War of 1812?