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I'll tell you who won! We did!
50,000 British troops (fresh from the just-ended Napoleonic War) were
surging into New York State & Maine when hostilities ceased. Those were the
days when battles were with only a couple of thousand troops (1000 or so
Brit troops vs 6000 US troops at the pivotal battle of Crysler's Farm --
several thousand of the US troops crossed back over the St Lawrence during
the night, so it was really 4 to 1).
An interesting side-bar is another cause of the War of 1812, cited as one of
the "Intolerable Acts" of the British in Canada: permitting the French to
continue with their religion, system of law and language, after being
vanquished in battle.