![]() ![]() George Robert Gleig, A Narrative of the Campaigns of the British Army: at Washington, Baltimore, and New Orleans by an officer (John Murray, 1821)ĭonald R. Professor Frank Cogliano at the University of EdinburghĬarl Benn, The War of 1812 (Osprey, 2002) Professor Kathleen Burk at University College Londonĭr Lawrence Goldman at the University of Oxford Professor of American History at the University of Edinburgh Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at University College Londonįellow in Modern History at St Peter's College, University of Oxford The war also led to Native Americans losing hundreds of thousands of acres of land in a programme of forced removal. America's national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner began life as a poem written after its author, Francis Scott Key, witnessed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore. After three years of largely inconclusive fighting, the conflict finally came to an end with the Treaty of Ghent which, among other things, helped to hasten the abolition of the global slave trade.Īlthough the War of 1812 is often overlooked, historians say it had a profound effect on the USA and Canada's sense of national identity, confirming the USA as an independent country. On 18 June 1812, the United States formally declared war on Great Britain due to that nation’s continued attempts to restrict trade on the high seas, the Royal Navy’s impressment of American. ![]() In June 1812, President James Madison declared war on Britain, angered by the restrictions Britain had imposed on American trade, the Royal Navy's capture of American sailors and British support for Native Americans. Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the War of 1812, the conflict between America and the British Empire sometimes referred to as the second American War of Independence. ![]()
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