In the end, while it wasn't in the treaty, the americans gained some land in Maine and around the great lakes.
The Declaration of War was made because of British ships blocking trade with Europe and impressing American sailors and merchants into service against the French. The Americans invaded Canada to gain land, and because they thought the people of lower and upper Canada would join and they could get easy land. When were the Americans Pushed back to washington? At the end of the war the Americans and the British were basically in a stalemate along the border. The burning of Washington was done by a raiding party that came from the mediteranian after the Napolean wars were over, that group went to Baltimore where the Americans had fortified because they thought that is where the british were coming pushed the britih back to the sea. The british tried to attack Baltimore from the sea, but that failed, and the poem about that later became the national anthem -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 2/16/2007 6:07 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: New French Anti-Tank Missile what territory did they gain again? Maybe it's me, but I don't remember that part. What I learned, and still appears to me to be true, is that the US invaded Canada. Unsuccessfully. Britain won because it didn't lose what it was defending. The US lost because it invaded Canada (as a result of its treaty with France, by the way) and was repudidated, then had its but kicked all the way back to Washington. Things were a little messier around the great lakes though -- perhaps the territory in question is Belle Isle or something? ;P On 2/16/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I recall the US torched York twice, and the US was the only part of the > war to gain territory, and a formal recognition from Britain in regards to > US Sovereignty. My question is who did win the War of 1812? Britain > certainly didn't win, they were trying to retake the entire country, that > didn't work out so well. > > Just because a word is said by somebody of a certain color doesn't change > the definition of the word, the definition of the word is based on the > intent of the speaker. If a word isn't ok for one person to say then it > isn't ok for anybody to say. > > It is a word, a simple word, malicious intent comes from the speaker, a good > comedian can use the word in a joke regardless of the color of his skin. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 3:09 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: New French Anti-Tank Missile > > > > Actually, most people's history reflects what they've been taught. For > > instance, people on this list refuse to believe that the United States > > lost the War of 1812. Even though the White House was torched. > > ::shrug:: I'm used to the distortions, so it doesn't surprise me that > > people accept unquestioned an idea like the French have never won a > > war. They aren't military geniuses either, but the statement just > > isn't true. > > > > But coming back to nigger jokes, you guys might want to notice who is > > *not* in the thread agreeing with you about how ok they are. Cause > > see, my understanding is this. "Nigger" means an ignorant person and > > it's ok for one black man to call another black man that. When it > > comes from a white man though it means he is ignorant *because he is > > black,* which makes all the difference in the world. So if you really > > do think it's ok to tell such jokes, you may want to watch who you > > tell them to. Ditto the blonde jokes, which, take it from me, follow > > pretty much the same rule. > > > > Peace out. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228302 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
