We didn't do that well in the war of 1812, Canada kicked our asses in the north because w thought they wanted to be Americans and they were mostly displaced loyalist who escaped there or were sent away stripped of property and lands here in the new UNited States. If a nation doesn't control its own Banks and money, they are not sovereign. Wars weren't for land they were fought for the right to run your money system. Early 1800 king of England bankruptcy, Rothschilds loan money in exchange for marriage rights. Then Rothschild sends brits to America in 1812 to pressure us back into their bank.