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Causes And Consequences Of The War Of 1812

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The war of 1812 was also known as the “second War of Independence”, for some it may even be known as the “Forgotten War”. It was an important conflict with long lasting consequences, especially for the Native Americans in North America. The main cause of the war was America’s desire to expand its territory (history.com “war of 1812”). Just like everything else in America’s history people were greedy and always wanted more. More land equals more workers which equals more money. Native Americans did not own land, land was known Mother Earth, everyone shared all she had to offer, nothing was taken for granted, nothing was wasted, everything had its own importance. When new settlers came to the Americas they were looking for new land, new territory for their settlements. Some did not know that the land already had settlers; Natives. Think of when you have visitors at your home, are you welcoming? Most of the time you are. That is exactly how the natives were with these new settlers. Though they did not speak the same language the natives offered a helping hand, just to get spit on in return. Not literally, but figuratively, the new settlers seen natives as people that could be changed. So that's what they did, they tried to assimilate the Indians teaching them the white man's ways. Many Indians did not know what was happening at the time and others caught on causing many uproars. The War of 1812 is just another one of those uproars. The war was not fought between American and

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