Results And Effects Of The War Of 1812. Mixed Results for American Forces. On June 18 1812 the United States declared war against Great Britain.
As a result after the war the Federalists were viewed as traitors and as a result the party died out. The British blockade leading up to the War of 1812 strengthened the United States economy by requiring workers to manufacture most goods normally imported diminishing foreign dependence. After the federalist did not support the war and were considered traitors for attempting to secede at the Hartford Convention the party was destroyed.
It was a tumultuous time for the New Republic and some of the battles of the war shamed the new nation.
New Englanders particularly seafaring ones were against it. The War of 1812 did not have the same glorious honorable and just cause of the American Revolution. After the federalist did not support the war and were considered traitors for attempting to secede at the Hartford Convention the party was destroyed. The reasons the course and results of the war of 1812 showed the tough stance of Russia in protecting its own interests and helped it to take its rightful place in European politics.