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===The War of 1812===
The young USA would engage in its own concurrent fight against the British. In 1812, the U.S. declared war on the British over press-ganging of American sailors... two days after the British put a stop to it (transatlantic communication at the time could go no faster than transatlantic ships, which took roughly two months). The official ''casus belli'' aside, the real reason the United States declared war on Britain was in retaliation for British support of Tecumseh's Shawnee Confederation and a desire to conquer Canada. Despite terrible results for the US on land, which saw the White House burned down by Canadians, the U.S. did better than expected on the naval front. Even with Napoleon tying up most of the Royal Navy, the hastily raised and underfunded U.S. Navy matching them was a serious accomplishment. 

One especially notable U.S. vessel was the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_floating_battery_Demologos United States floating battery ''Demologos''] (retroactively renamed the ''Fulton'' after its creator), the first documented steam warship. However, the principle muscle of the USN was the nation's first six frigates, originally constructed to fight the Barbary pirates. Although they were relatively old ships by the start of the war, they were still well armed, sturdy, exceptionally fast for their weight and virtually cannon-proof due to their composite-armor-like hulls, built from American live oak instead of comparatively flimsy European wood. This is where USS ''Constitution'' got her nickname of "Old Ironsides"; during a battle with HMS ''Guerriere'', one of her crewmen watched shot after shot bounce off ''Constitution'''s hull like a Tau punching a Space Marine and famously shouted "Huzzah! Her sides are made of iron!" After a string of high profile defeats the Royal Navy forbade their captains to engage them with less than a two-to-one advantage.

In December 1814 both sides declared peace since they weren’t getting anywhere and the original cause for the war was no longer applicable. On 8 January 1815 [sic] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans Battle of New Orleans] was fought and ended in an overwhelming U.S. victory, despite the war already being over (see the above point of communication being slow).