Make no mistake, we won the War of 1812. We forced Britain to respect us as a nation, which is what the war was about. Certainly we would have annexed Canada had we conquered it. That doesn't mean it was a central war aim.
As for there somehow being some kind of legitmiate reason for Britain to be arming and supplying natives in the U.S. (before the war), I would note the great animosity that Brits have today about private U.S. citizens funding the IRA. Britain had no business being allied to natives in another country's territory, regardless of how we treated them (which was despicable, don't get me wrong). Britain had no business occupying the Ohio Valley and points north. Do you think Britain would have turned a blind eye to the U.S. occupying Scotland during peacetime?
As to Florida, the Spanish had barely any presence there, maybe a few hundred colonists scattered about the state. They weren't even in control of the whole territory, as Amelia Island, on the border between Georgia and Florida, was occupied by Mexico!!! (Only place in the U.S. to have flown under the flags of eight different countries).
As for there somehow being some kind of legitmiate reason for Britain to be arming and supplying natives in the U.S. (before the war), I would note the great animosity that Brits have today about private U.S. citizens funding the IRA. Britain had no business being allied to natives in another country's territory, regardless of how we treated them (which was despicable, don't get me wrong). Britain had no business occupying the Ohio Valley and points north. Do you think Britain would have turned a blind eye to the U.S. occupying Scotland during peacetime?
As to Florida, the Spanish had barely any presence there, maybe a few hundred colonists scattered about the state. They weren't even in control of the whole territory, as Amelia Island, on the border between Georgia and Florida, was occupied by Mexico!!! (Only place in the U.S. to have flown under the flags of eight different countries).
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