The War Of 1812: The Worst War In America

I believe it is valid to call the war of 1812 the worst fought war in America. First off, The United States Capitol was burnt down by the British and everything was destroyed except a picture of George Washington and The Colonial Flag. The United States believed that they were going to win Canada 's land and they weren’t able too. The war ended in a tie because they were extremely focused on the French Revolution and Napoleon. Issues within the country also created conflict with the American people. New England for example wanted to avoid the war and they actually sided with the British. The United States also didn’t have a big enough army to defend themselves from many other major countries. In order for other countries to not look down upon us, they had …show more content…
The country came together after the war. New England 's Secession was ignored for some time. Slavery in the West became an issue but wasn’t a very big deal until later.

5.)The Missouri compromise allowed for slavery to be somewhat forgotten about.This allowed for their to be more states in the U.S. and they didn’t effect the South or the North for Political reasons. They simply allowed for more people in congress. When it was stated that there was to be free states west of Missouri 's Northern Border would be free states. This settled all the issues for slavery then but later slavery issues picked up.

6.) Marshall gave the Supreme court the power of Judicial review. In the case Gibbons vs. Ogden it gave the the federal government the right to regulate commerce. In Marbury vs. Madison, the supreme court ruled that the constitution and the laws if the government were supreme to the laws of the states.This isn 't fair because it takes away power from the states. This was unfair and wasn’t what the founding fathers would have wanted for our country. The supreme court should be elected because they have an extreme amount of power over elected