1812 - 1815
Yakin 1812
Yakin 1812 rikici ne da aka gwabza tsakanin Amurka da kawayenta, da kuma Burtaniya ta Burtaniya da Ireland da kuma kasashen da suka dogara da ita a Arewacin Amurka da kawayenta.'Yan kasar da dama ne suka yi yaki a bangarorin biyu.Tashin hankali ya samo asali ne daga bambance-bambancen da suka dade kan fadada yankuna a Arewacin Amurka da kuma goyon bayan Birtaniyya ga kabilun Amurkawa wadanda suka yi adawa da matsugunin Amurkawa a yankin Arewa maso Yamma.Wadannan sun ta'azzara a cikin 1807 bayan da Sojojin ruwa na Royal suka fara aiwatar da tsauraran takunkumi kan kasuwancin Amurka da Faransa da 'yan jaridu da suka yi da'awar a matsayin 'yan Burtaniya, har ma da wadanda ke da takardar shaidar zama dan Amurka.[1] Ra'ayi a Amurka ya rabu game da yadda za a mayar da martani, kuma ko da yake mafi yawan 'yan majalisa da majalisar dattijai sun kada kuri'a don yaki, sun raba tare da tsauraran matakan jam'iyya, tare da Jam'iyyar Democratic-Republican Party da ke goyon bayan Jam'iyyar Tarayya.[2] Labaran ba da izini na Birtaniyya da aka yi a ƙoƙarin gujewa yaƙi bai isa Amurka ba har zuwa ƙarshen Yuli, lokacin da rikici ya riga ya fara.A cikin teku, mafi girma na Royal Navy ya sanya wani shinge mai tasiri a kan kasuwancin teku na Amurka, yayin da tsakanin 1812 zuwa 1814 masu mulkin Birtaniya da sojojin mulkin mallaka suka ci nasara da jerin hare-haren Amurka a Upper Canada .[3] An daidaita wannan ta hanyar nasarar da Amurka ta yi nasara a yankin Arewa maso Yamma tare da nasara a Lake Erie da Thames a 1813. Haɓakar Napoleon a farkon 1814 ya ba Birtaniya damar aika ƙarin sojoji zuwa Arewacin Amirka da Royal Navy don ƙarfafa su. tare da gurgunta tattalin arzikin Amurka.[4] A watan Agusta 1814, an fara tattaunawa a Ghent, tare da bangarorin biyu suna son zaman lafiya;Takunkumin kasuwanci ya yi matukar tasiri ga tattalin arzikin Birtaniyya, yayin da 'yan Tarayyar Turai suka kira taron Hartford a watan Disamba don tsara adawarsu da yakin.A watan Agustan 1814, sojojin Burtaniya sun kona Washington, kafin nasarar da Amurka ta samu a Baltimore da Plattsburgh a watan Satumba sun kawo karshen fada a arewa.An ci gaba da gwabza fada a Kudu maso Gabashin Amurka, inda a karshen shekara ta 1813 yakin basasa ya barke tsakanin wani bangare na Creek da ke samun goyon bayan 'yan kasuwa na Spain da Birtaniya da kuma wadanda Amurka ke marawa baya.Da taimakon sojojin Amurka karkashin Janar Andrew Jackson, Amurkawa da ke goyon bayan Creeks sun yi nasara a jerin nasarori, wanda ya kai ga kame Pensacola a watan Nuwamba 1814. A farkon 1815, Jackson ya ci nasara a wani harin Birtaniya a New Orleans, wanda ya kai shi ga shahararren kasa kuma daga baya nasara. a zaben shugaban kasar Amurka na 1828.Labarin wannan nasarar ya isa birnin Washington a daidai lokacin da aka rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar Ghent, wanda a zahiri ya mayar da matsayin da aka yi kafin yakin.Yayin da Biritaniya ta nace cewa wannan ya hada da filaye na 'yan asalin Amurkawa kafin 1811, Majalisa ba ta amince da su a matsayin kasashe masu zaman kansu ba kuma babu wani bangare da ya nemi tilasta wannan bukata.