The History Clown presents:
The British didn't invade us re: The War of 1812
Those three dumbasses, William Henry Harrison, Henry Clay, and James Madison declared war on THEM, because they wouldn't stop dicking around with our shipping (and impressing our sailors) We declared war w/o telling anybody, and sent a bunch of over the hill, alcoholic, cowardly generals and rag-tag soldiers north to invade British North America (Canada) And all of them either got their asses handed to them, ended up fighting each OTHER, or just giving up and coming back. LOL
We had pretty much resigned ourselves to the fact that we lost, and were going to sign away western territories (most of the upper mid-west) until Thomas Macdonough kicked the British Navy's *** at Lake Champlain. Followed by fending them off/holding Ft McHenry which turned it. The terms were changed, we kept Michigan and that was it.
Unfortunately nobody told Jackson (and the British Forces that were headed to New Orleans) that it was over, and so all of those Brits died for nothing.
It's remarkable how well our little Navy did against the most powerful one on Earth. Mainly because we had a bunch insane, don't give two ****s guys commanding them. Read about the Battle of Lake Erie and you'll see what I mean.
The entire war was reminiscent of Kentucky Football.
Oh yeah, Canadians still think they won.
Also, that POS Madison ran away like a b*tch, leaving his wife Dolly behind to pack up the White House/do the work and she barely got out of there before the Brits burned DC down. He was big on writing and noble ideas, not so big on living them.