While 1813 began with great hope and promise for the Americans, campaigns on the borders of Niagara and St. Lawrence encountered a setback similar to that of the previous year.
As in 1812, smaller British forces turned out to be involved activists, and Canadians showed a willingness to fight for the protection of their homes, rather than reject the yoke of British rule.
Only in the northwest and Lake Erie did American forces reach an undisputed victory. While the triumphs of Perry and Harrison helped bolster national morale, they occurred in arguably the least important theater of the war, as a victory on Lake Ontario or St. Lawrence brought British forces around Lake Erie to "where the wine is."
Forced to endure another long winter, the American public was subjected to a sharpening blockade and the danger of increased British power in the spring as the Napoleonic wars drew to a close.
To write a good compare-and-contrast paper, you must take your raw data—the similarities and differences you've observed—and make them cohere into a meaningful argument. Here are the five elements required. Frame of Reference. This is the context within which you place the two things you plan to compare and contrast; it is the umbrella ...