As a Canadian with an GGGrandfather who was a soldier in the 1812 War on the Canada / British side I believe Canada/Britain won the war. The war ended with Canada's borders intact, and the Americans having a healthy respect for their northern neighbours. I believe the most important evidence is the fact that no further attacks on Canada were carried out in Canada following 1814. In fact, the USA alerted Canada to an attempt by the Fenians ( Irishman in the US ) to attack and take over Canada following the American Civil War. I believe America realized that the cost to take Canada met a nasty war with Britain, Canada and the Indian allies without any guarantee of success. This of course has proved mutually beneficial to Canada and America with trade and good relations throughout the years that have followed and to this day. Joe in Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose Jobe Unrue" <runrue@zoominternet.net> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:08 PM Subject: [WARof1812] More about the War >>>>>>My take on WHO WON revolves around achievement of set goals. The US >>>>>>goal > was to conquer Canada and the British goal was to prevent this. The US > ended the war in the last quarter of 1814 fighting a defensive action on > their own soil, thus not achieving any of their original goals, in fact > facing the real delemma of loosing their country (however, this was never > a > British goal). By 1815, the US lacked the funds to continue the war, and > the British must have been strained financially as well after many years > fighting Napoleon > > What about the Orders in Council? That was much of the problem. Those > were rescinded, albeit too late to stop the War. What about British > impressment? It stopped. While it is true that the "War Hawks" in our > Congress wanted to take Canada, most people weren't in favor of that. > They were mad about the trade issues and the impressment. > > Rose in KY > > > ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== > UNSUBSCRIPTION DIRECTIONS > Warof1812-L-request@rootsweb.com UNSUBSCRIBE <as subject> > Warof1812-D-request@rootsweb.com UNSUBSCRIBE <as subject> > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >