How's everybody doing?

Now I figured I would give you guys a brief update on the condition of each country after the various battles in the war of 1812. The battles were numerous and the casualties ranged in the thousands. Both sides have accomplished a lot, but also have failed in things as well.

The Americans have kept a strong hold on the states surrounding the western great lakes. They have restored their dominance on the water and have even taken over part of upper Canada. The city of York (Toronto) had been destroyed. Regions like Essex county and London were in control of the American soldiers and the battalions that occupied them.

The British have lost part of upper Canada, which was their responsibility to keep, but in exchange have taken much of the American territory. They retaliated by burning down the Whitehouse with amazing style in order to show the Americans that they meant business. The British had control of Fort Detroit, Fort Baltimore as well as many others. Another positive element going for the British was that although they’ve been significantly outnumber up to date they had received many more soldiers from Great- Britain. The Napoleonic war ended in 1814 and so the British sent thousands of more soldiers to Canada to restore the territory that was once theirs. Therefore, I believe that though the Americans were doing fairly well, the British had the advantage now with the increase in size and the amount of territory taken.

Below is a picture of the British and American campaigns as well as the regions they occupied buring the War of 1812.

As you can see the regions of upper Canada were taken by the Americans. States like Virginia, Ohio and New York were won over by the British.