Wars at Home: America Forms an Identity (1812-1820)
| By: | Michelle Quinby |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Print ISBN: | 9781422224014 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781422293119 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2013 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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By the beginning of the 1800s, America was a young country led by people who were ready to fight to defend American rights on the seas and at home. They were eager to teach Europe's older nations a lesson, and they wanted to add to America's land. America fought the War of 1812 as well as a war in Florida. The US came out of these wars stronger than ever— and the people of the United States were ready for America to grow still bigger.