Why was the war of 1812 significant to the United States?
1 Answer
Mar 5, 2017
It was the Second War of Independence and the national anthem is even inherited from this conflict.
Explanation:
No precise reason can be referred to explain why the 1812 War with Great Britain occurre. It was a conflict to end the hegemony of the old colonial power over the newly-independent colonies.
The bombing of Washington in 1814 inspired Francis Scott Key to write the famous national anthem "the Star-Spangle Banner". This war led to the emergence of a real national feeling in the United States. The former colonists had considered themselves as being British and defending their rights as British subjects not to pay taxation without representation, following John Locke's principles of freedom and property rights.
