There are long-term effects for the Canadian side and the American side. The long terms effects of the war of 1812 on the United States were that they did not gain a measure of International respect to managing to withdraw the empire. There is also significant military development that increased emphasis by General Winfield Scott, on improved professionalism in the United States, army officer corp. The war of 1812 also had a dramatic affect ton the manufactured capabilities of the United States America. The British blockade of the American coast created a shortage of cotton cloth in the United States. This led to the creation of cotton manufacturing industry, which was created by Francis Cobat Lowell.
The effects of 1812 on Canada had very little impact, in Great Britain in what was generally forgotten. It was considered to be insignificant when the effects were compared to the defeat of Napoléon Bonaparte. However, this was not the case in Canada. The war had been a matter of national survival. After the war, the French speaking and English speaking colonies united against the common enemy. This gave many inhabitants a sense of national hood and a sense of loyalty to Britain. In the early years of the war of 1812 it was estimate that one third of the inhabitants of Upper Canada were American born. For example, Laura Secord was original an American immigrant to Upper Canada, but she did not hesitate to make her long trek to warn the British forces of the American plans to attack Upper Canada.
This nationalistic sentiment also cost a great deal of suspicious of American ideas. Examples would be the responsible government that would frustrate the political reform of Upper and Lower Canada, until the rebellions of 1837. The war of 1812 also started the process that ultimately led the country to Canadian confederation in 1867. Even though there were later events such as the Rebellion and the Fenian raids of the 1860s, were more directly pivotal.
The effects of 1812 on Canada had very little impact, in Great Britain in what was generally forgotten. It was considered to be insignificant when the effects were compared to the defeat of Napoléon Bonaparte. However, this was not the case in Canada. The war had been a matter of national survival. After the war, the French speaking and English speaking colonies united against the common enemy. This gave many inhabitants a sense of national hood and a sense of loyalty to Britain. In the early years of the war of 1812 it was estimate that one third of the inhabitants of Upper Canada were American born. For example, Laura Secord was original an American immigrant to Upper Canada, but she did not hesitate to make her long trek to warn the British forces of the American plans to attack Upper Canada.
This nationalistic sentiment also cost a great deal of suspicious of American ideas. Examples would be the responsible government that would frustrate the political reform of Upper and Lower Canada, until the rebellions of 1837. The war of 1812 also started the process that ultimately led the country to Canadian confederation in 1867. Even though there were later events such as the Rebellion and the Fenian raids of the 1860s, were more directly pivotal.