Some DOOMER way back in December 1813 named Richard Rush wrote to his old friend John Adams about the mood in Washington D.C.: "The prospect looks black. It is awful. Is not another torrent rolling too fiercely upon us to be turned back?" Adams replied, “The times are too serious to write.” AND YET—
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I've noticed the War of 1812 isn't discussed much.
It's a rabbit hole all on its own. Like the original 13th amendment
Our true American patriots on GAW here teach us Canadian mods so much about the true history of the USA (even tho I have a "minor" in US history from "College"). Love having you guys around here
Up vote for "college."
KEK, it totally was
Tell me more. A red pill moment in my past before I knew it was the the local library costing over 15 mil pre-2005 had every movie imaginable but not The Patriot. Come to think of it seem like Hollywood wants no part in telling the American roots. There is unbeatable when the people unite in a true common cause. Look to Brazil
Reading about it now. Absolutely brutal treatment of prisoners by some tribes.
Looks like the Brits lost in large part for the same reason they lost in 1783. A long supply train from Britian to the Americas. They couldn't live off the land. Seems odd they couldn't feed guys in Canada, even.
Brits were shocked by the effectiveness of the large US frigates. Nelson saw one of them in Gibralter in 1805 and said they were going to be trouble.