The Outcomes of the War of 1812 Many historians have said that the War of 1812, fought between the United States and Great Britain, was "senseless and meaningless." This statement, for the most part, is not true. Without this war, many of the changes that resulted from it would not have taken place. The War of 1812 caused many important events to occur. These events were both direct and indirect. Although the war accomplished none of the goals it began, it became a turning point in American history. Most of the problems that America began to fight for disappeared shortly after the war, right around the same time that the indirect effects of the war began to become apparent. These direct effects mainly focused on impression and blockades, while the indirect effects mainly concerned the rise of Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, and the decline of the Federalists. After the war, the United States was at peace with Great Britain. Peace did not give the English the need to perform such impressive acts...