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* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: Battlefield success launched the presidential careers of William Henry Harrison and Andrew Jackson.
* [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]]: Used in several major battles.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Oliver Hazard Perry
* [[Badass]]: General Isaac Brock on the Canadian side and Andrew Jackson on the American side, as well as the Native leader Tecumseh.
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* [[David Versus Goliath]]: A complicated example at sea. In the over all picture the US Navy was the ''David'' but it was often the ''Goliath'' in a given engagement. This is actually fairly common in warfare but worth remarking on.
** Advancements in ship-building by the Yanks allowed the U.S. Navy to float fewer but vastly more powerful ships than the British. While the British were able to adapt new tactics and develop improved ships as the war progressed, the early victories by the U.S. enhanced their navy's reputation to [[Worthy Opponent]] status.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: As British troops were burning Washington DC, a ''[http://www.cracked.com/article_18894_6-real-historic-battles-decided-by-divine-intervention.html goddamn tornado]'' touched down in the city, [[Didn't See That Coming|for the first time in known history]], causing a [[Mass "Oh Crap"]] amongst the occupying British forces. The wind was so strong that ''it lifted cannons into the air.''
* [[Didn't See That Coming]]: Tens of thousands of slaves used the opportunities the war provided them to escape from their owners, often incurring great risks and hardship. This put a dent into the then still widespread belief that slaves were generally content with their lot.
** And then there was the fact that the Canadians ''fought back'', and effectively at that. Many Americans were stunned.
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** There is also the "militia myth". Basically, no, Canadian militia didn't beat back the invasion of British North America; that was a combination of British regulars and native allies.
* [[Kill It With Fire]]: The Burning of York (today's [[Toronto]]) in 1813 by Americans, and the [[Infernal Retaliation|retaliatory]] Burning of Washington by British forces in 1814.
* [[Know When to Fold
* [[La Résistance]]: After the capture of Fort George on the Niagara River in May 1813, a force of 50 British and Canadian soldiers under Lieutenant James FitzGibbon, along with a number of Native allies, carried out raids up and down the Niagara peninsula and kept ''thousands'' of American regulars and militia off balance and unwilling to advance. With prior warning of a coming American attack, courtesy of local resident Laura Secord (yes, [[I Thought It Meant|that Laura Secord]]), FitzGibbon and his 50 soldiers were able to enlist the help of a large Native force to trap and capture over 500 American soldiers in the Battle of Beaver Dams (now located in present-day Thorold, Ontario). The American forces eventually abandoned the eastern side of the Niagara River in December 1813.
* [[Losing the Team Spirit]]: The death of Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames forever ended the dream of a united Indian confederacy.
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