Short And Long Term Effects Of The War Of 1812

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February 18, 1815, marked the signature of peace and time of no more battels ending the war of 1812. This war would fundamentally shape the history of America bringing us up to par in the eyes of the world as a legitimate country, furthering American expansionism in the form of manifest destiny and labeling the federalist party as traitors fundamentally insuring their doom. This war brought about a lot in the history of America while the war is often forgotten it leads to at least one of Americas biggest ideas of the 19th century. After bloody battles such as the battle of fort Mc'Henry on September 13-14, 1815, or the battle of New Orleans on January 8-26, 1815, American troops had proven that once again they were able to stand up to and defeated the world super power of the time. This showed the world at large that America was no joke of a nation that America could defend herself and wasn’t a nation that would tolerate being pushed around. This show of power had a great implication with Spain helping to achieve clear borders between the countries through the Adams-Onis treaty of 1819 and allowing Florida to come into the fold of the United States. This treaty may have never happened if Americans had not fought and proven their might once again in the war of 1812 …show more content…

This increase of nationalism lead America to the birth of her newest ideology manifest destiny. This ideology helped America to move further west and lead to the statehood of Texas California and to the continental United States as we know it. This all comes from the increased nationalistic spirit as the young new nation has just defeated the global super power twice. This lead to the era of good feeling and really allowed for the concept of manifest destiny to take

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