Assignment # 10: Questions

- On Friday April 17, my class had a class discussion about the War of 1812. At he end of the class, we had to answer a couple of questions Ms. Pollock gave us. Here are the questions:

- In your own opinion, who won the War of 1812? Explain.

- In my opinion, I think that the British won the War of 1812 because not only did they fight harder and smarter, they won more battles than the Americans did. When the Americans burned some of Canada's houses and land, the British wanted revenge so they burned Washington, including the White House. Also out of all the important battles, the Americans won only one battle but the British won six. These examples prove that the British were more committed to win and they should have won the war.

- Does there need to be a winner?

- I think that there should always be a winner at a war because if there is no winner, then the countries that were at war would have earned nothing at the end, and many lives would have been lost for nothing. They would also suffer a lot of destruction and financial instability because weapons and ammunition cost a lot of money . Victory at the end of a war would somehow cover up for these losses.