The Americans launched an invasion of Canada right away, but it was repulsed. However, the young U.S. Navy had more luck against the British at sea and especially on the Great Lakes.
When Napoleon fell in 1814, the British were able to turn their attention to the United States and won a series of victories and established a blockade of the American coast. One of these victories resulted in the burning of the nation's capital at Washington, D.C..
The tide turned on September 11, 1814, when a rousing American victory on Lake Champlain forced the British to abandon their objectives in the U.S. northeast and retreat.
On December 24, 1814, the Treaty of Ghent was signed, though it would take weeks before the news got to the United States (and, of course, the Battle of New Orleans was fought January 8, 1815).As per the treaty, all occupied lands were returned and relations between the two countries remained peaceful until their alliance in World War I which joined them together in a bonded relationship that has lasted to this day.
--Brock-Perry
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