Question

What was the War of 1812 and what was its impact on the United States?

Answer 1

The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two-and-a-half years, between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies and its American Indian allies. This had impacted war of 1812 because the USA lost the war, and has consistently lied about winning, or drawing, ever since.

Answer 2

The War of 1812 gave a dramatic boost to the manufacturing capabilities of the United States. The British blockade of the American coast created a shortage of cotton cloth in the United States, leading to the creation of a cotton-manufacturing industry, beginning at Waltham, Massachusetts by Francis Cabot Lowell.

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