War Of 1812
The encyclopaedia documents certain historical events. The purpose of this documentation is to have a more dispassionate and less jingoistic view of historical events. The hope is that these unbiased views will show people what really happened in the past. This is not what is always achieved. Some times the views can be distorted and the historical accuracy is lost. That is why it is important to evaluate the accuracy of these documents. By doing this, we ensure that there is a clear understanding amongst people of what happened in the past. In our assignment, I believe version one shows greatest accuracy and least bias in its account for the war of 1812. Initially, version one is written differently than version two. In version one, the article is broken into four different sections. These are: background, campaigns of 1812-13, campaigns of 1814, peace treaty and the battle of New Orleans. In version two, there is no reference to pre-war, war, and post-war documentation. By not having specific chapters to the war, you do not grasp the progression the war took. For these reasons, I believe version one of the war of 1812 was more organized. I was able to get a better understanding of the sequential events that occurr
I felt both versions from the encyclopaedia addressed the actual war very well. Although version two is more random than version one, the events are nevertheless still documented. Through both descriptions of the war, you get a good understanding of the rise and fall of both nations through the war. The British clearly dominated the war, which was not expressed by either encyclopaedia version. This leads me to think that both descriptions are tainted. I see this because both descriptions share the idea that this war was balanced, when it was clearly not. The British, despite and initial soldier drought, still had superiority over the Americans by land troops and especially by the seas. The end of the war is something that is quite important between these two documents. The first version makes reference to the end of the war, while the second version makes little reference to the end of the war. It is important to understand that both sides felt they won the war. In a sense both sides did win the war. It is important to note that the British were able to hold off the Americans. Yet the Americans received the nationalism they craved by defeating the British at New Orleans, after the treaty was signed. These two events can be interpreted to having either side win. 4)Along with that, Americans were caught in between the French and English in a European war. The Napoleonic war caused two blockades. The British tried to channel all neutral trades through England. The French condemned any neutral country that participated through this British trade. So the Americans realized they would have to apply pressure on both countries to retract their policies. 3) The Americans felt the British were backing Amerindians to settle on American territory. 2) The Americans believed the British were unwilling to sign commercial agreements favourable to the United States
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