Why Was The War Of 1812 Necessary?
No, I do not believe the War of 1812 was completely necessary. Although we did achieve our initial goal of stopping impressment, the execution was done very sloppily. One factor was the communication. For example, Britain actually stopped impressing two days before war was even declared. This basically means that the War of 1812 did not accomplish anything. Not only that, but there was another communication error at the end of the war. After the Treaty of Ghent was signed, the Battle of New Orleans took place for some reason. These communication errors absolutely were unnecessary and so was the war. In fact, the aforementioned Treaty of Ghent, it states there would be a cease fire, meaning no one had actually won the war. It’s even more disheartening