Mexico during this era focused more on Farming rather than anything else. I think that is why many food products come from Mexico anyway.
One of the major long term effects of the War of 1812 was that, although it technically ended in a stand-off between America and Britain, it greatly boosted the confidence and nationalist sentiment of Americans, since it proved once again that they could fight of a major world power.
<span>it outlawed monopolistic business practices</span>
