The War of 1812 was a small-scale war with less than 6,000 Americans killed or wounded. This did not however, mean that it was unimportant, because it showed that America would fight back when it thought it had been wronged. Charles Beard called the War of 1812 the second war of American independence because of the huge effects that it had on the American people, government and economy.
The effect that the War of 1812 had on the American public is very significant. The War of 1812 sparked a sense of national unity.
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