Hickey, D.R.;
(2021)
The Legacy of 1812: How a Little War Shaped the Transatlantic
World.
London Journal of Canadian Studies
, 28
(1)
pp. 1-14.
10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2013v28.002.
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Abstract
The War of 1812 may have been a small and inconclusive war, but it had a profound and lasting impact of all the belligerents. The war may be largely forgotten, but it left a huge legacy that is still evident today. Wars can best be measured by their consequences, and the legacy of this war was both multifaceted and lasting. The conflict shaped both the United States and Canada as well as their relationship with Great Britain for nearly a century thereafter. It helps to explain how the Anglo-American alliance originated and why the British welcomed the Pax Americana in the twentieth century, as well as why Canada never joined the American Union and why American expansion after 1815 aimed south and west rather than north. It was during the War of 1812 that the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh earned his reputation, Laura Secord became famous, and Andrew Jackson began his rise to the presidency. Its impact on American culture was also far reaching and produced ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’, Uncle Sam and ‘Old Ironsides’, amongst other symbols of United States nationhood.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Legacy of 1812: How a Little War Shaped the Transatlantic World |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2013v28.002 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2013v28.002 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2013, Donald R. Hickey. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10136978 |
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