Compare and contrast the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War.

The War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War are two wars that physically appear two opposites. The War of 1812 involves plenty of naval battles and a few major land battles, while the Mexican-American War involves numerous land battles and few, if any, naval battles. However there are numerous similarities. The War of 1812, The US saw Great Britain as a major problem because of their definition of "contraband" and the impressment of American sailors into the British …

…huge amounts of land ceded to the US. There was also no dealings of money in the Treaty of Ghent. The Mexican American War eventually led to the Gadston Purchase and ultimately the fulfillment of Manifest Destiny. The War of 1812 eventually led to the Joint Occupation of America the Rush-Baggot Agreement, and the agreement of the 49th parallel from the lake of the woods to the rocky mountains as the northern border of the US.