The War of 1812, fought from 1812 to 1817, saw the end of the United States of America. The war was fought between the United States and the British Empire, mostly British North America. This war is seen as an offshoot of the Napoleonic Wars. The British were distracted by France in the first three years of war (1812 - 1815), resulting in the Treaty of Ghent in 1814 with no changes in border (same as OTL). The word of peace did not reach the region of the Gulf of Mexico before the Battle of New Orleans, though. The British were victorious in this battle, and the irate Americans declared that Great Britain had broken the treaty. This was due mainly to that fact that British General Edward Pakenham refused to give the city back to the United States. The "anti-revolutionary war", officially d