jan 3, 1812 - War of 1812 (1812 - 1815)
causes:
*driven by GB restrictions on U.S. trade impressment US sailors, GB support for Native American resistance against American expansion, and U.S. ambitions to annex Canada (not successful)
* Embargo Act, Nonintercourse Act, Macon's Bill No. 2
*Election of 1810 brings to Congress the War Hawks; they want war w/ GB (nationalism b/c Dem. Rep mostly want war w/ GB —> unify)
- After both GB and US sides see no reason to continue fighting after war in Europe ends