This paper discusses America after the Revolutionary War. A fledging nation was still in the process of finding itself, as well as forging the laws of the new land as well as its identity. It is also a fact that a tension still existed between the United States and Britain that originated from the American Revolution but did not end with its conclusion. The War of 1812, sandwiched between the Revolution and the Civil War, is an oft-overlooked chapter in United States history. But its events and aftermath, for the reasons mentioned here and more, were as influential and far reaching as any other period in our countries growth and development.