John· C· Calhoun And The War Of1812

The war of1812was one of the most important wars in American history. As the mainrepresentative of the so called “Eagle Faction,” John C. Calhoun was one of the mainpromoters of this war.After the Revolutionary War, the anti-British power which always existented in theUnited States society, with the Great Britain take careless actions which seems an outrage tothe Untied States sovereignty, make the nationalist sentiment stronger, and also theexpansionism is deep rooted in the Americans, these two kinds of thought are mainly held inthe West and South.During the war of1812, John C. Calhoun as the southern representative, temporized theAmerica nationalisim and expansionism at that time, become the speaker for theexpansionists and nationalists in the war. Colhoun led them to crush the anti-war federalistand conservative Democratic Republicans, and take great effect in push the Untied Statesgovernment to declaring the war to Great Britain, which this action brought reputation to him.After the outbreak of the war, he became the most active agitator and supporter,made Congress to take effective measures in speeding up the military construction andsupplements for war. After the war, Calhoun, whom still through the “Eagle Eyes” to viewthe peace, which is the United States need to taking big steps in development, and to get thereal peace in expanding the power in the world.