War Of 1812 Canada. Canada won the War of 1812 US. The British had controlled much of the land that now comprises Ontario and Thomas Jefferson had hoped to wrest the land from their control.
The War of 1812 had a great impact on the United States although many Americans may not be aware of the specifics. The first US move into Canada in 1812 ended on 16 August when Brigadier General William Hull surrendered Detroit to Major General Isaac Brock. Jeremy Black notes that conquering Canada was the USAs principal strategic aim but that it is.
The war was fought in Upper Canada Lower Canada on the Great Lakes and the Atlantic and in the United States.
On August 16 1812 the United States suffered a humiliating defeat after Brock and Tecumsehs forces chased those led by Michigan William Hull across the Canadian border scaring Hull into. British traders and soldiers had supplied Indian tribes and afforded them moral support in their contest with the advancing US. Canada won the War of 1812 US. Historian admits In a relatively rare admission for an American scholar a leading US.