War of 1812 - American Victory?

Imre Szabo:

> Let's get this straight. The U.S. launches an

John Atkinson:

> Actually got well more than status quo ante bellum.

> All against the best and largest navy on the planet,

Which was involved in the second world war at the time. And rather busy
winning it. (and saving the "world" from French domination
*grin*)
As regards to the naval theatre, which I know more about than the land
theatre; the British sent their frigates to take on the US frigates
which outclassed them in size - it's not too inaccurate to describe the
US
frigates as pocket battleships - able to outgun anything they couldn't
outrun and vice versa.

> --- Donogh McCarthy <donoghmc@hotmail.com> wrote:
Which had been an agreement in the Treaty of Paris which ended the
Revolutionary War. The British would likely have done so eventually anyway.

> >Stopped impressment (wasn't in the treaty, but it

Impressment had been stopped at this time already. All one has to do to see
the true outcome of the war is to look at how American attitudes changed from
start to finish. When war was declared, people were demanding that the US go
take Canada (which we got our asses kicked trying to do for the second time,
damned Canucks). By the end of the war, Americans were celebrating "Not one
foot of territory given up!" I don't call that a win, I call it spin:).

On Fri, 31 May 2002 08:35:00 +0000 "Donogh McCarthy"
> <donoghmc@hotmail.com> writes:

First and last time that worked! <grin>

Gracias,