I’m going to say it is Henry VIII
The United States suffered many costly defeats at the hands of British, Canadian and Native American troops over the course of the War of 1812, including the capture and burning of the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., in August 1814.
The correct answer is that<span> they diverted men and money from Europe to the American theater
They needed to do this to make France weaker in Europe since France would do this too and they would have to send troops or lose their colonies. This included famous battles like the battle for Fort Duquesne or any of the other battles in the war.
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