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Akin to the American view that it was a "Second War of Independence" for the United States, the war was also somewhat of a war of independence for Canada. [282] Before the war Canada was a mix of French Canadians, native-born British subjects, loyalists and Americans who migrated there.
Second War of Independence may refer to: War of 1812; Second Italian War of Independence; Second War of Scottish Independence; See also
Langguth, A. J. Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence (2006) 495pp, popular history; Latimer, Jon, 1812: War with America (Harvard, 2007). A British naval perspective. Perkins, Bradford. Castlereagh and Adams: England and the United States, 1812–1823. (1964), the standard scholarly diplomatic history
The War of 1812 : writings from America's second war of independence (2013), primary sources online free to borrow; Horsman, Reginald. The Causes of the War of 1812 (1962). Kaplan, Lawrence S. "France and Madison's Decision for War 1812," The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 50, No. 4. (Mar., 1964), pp. 652–671. in JSTOR
He benefited from the expansion of suffrage among white males that followed the conclusion of the War of 1812. [153] [154] He was a popular war hero whose reputation suggested he had the decisiveness and independence to bring reform to Washington. [155]
While American popular memory includes the British capture and the August 1814 burning of Washington, which necessitated extensive renovation, [14] it focused on the victories at Baltimore, Plattsburgh, and New Orleans to present the war as a successful effort to assert American national honor, or a Second War of Independence, in which the mighty British Empire was humbled and humiliated. [15]
The absence of a national bank during the War of 1812 greatly hindered financial operations of the government; therefore a second Bank of the United States was created in 1816. From its inception, the Second Bank was unpopular in the newer states and territories and with less prosperous people everywhere.
The 1812 State of the Union Address was delivered by the fourth president of the United States, James Madison, on November 4, 1812.Addressing the 12th United States Congress, Madison reflected on the early stages of the War of 1812 and provided updates on the military, diplomatic, and economic situation facing the nation.