<span>Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions.
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Machine Guns, Artillery Fire, and Mines
<span>The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and the United Kingdom and their respective allies. Historians in Britain often see it as a minor theatre of the Napoleonic Wars; however, in the United States and Canada, it is seen as a war in its own right.</span>
On October 7, 1763 King George issued a Proclamation nation that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian mountains. In so doing, he hoped to placate Native Americans who had sided against him during the recently concluded seven years war.
