1812 was the “War of British Aggression”...
It was also a war of American aggression..
ask the non-combatant Canadian women who lost their houses when the Americans came through Ontario in 1814 burning village after village..
ask Hannah De Forest the 10 yo who was imprisoned in Fort Dayton, Albany, NY ...
As a widow with little children of her own, her house in St Davids was burnt down by the aggressive Americans in July 18/19, 1814..
That’s a negative, American warhawks kicked that one off, after winning the revolutionary war, certain folks thought they could keep going.