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=During the War of 1812.....= During the war of 1812, we, America didn’t exactly have great foreign affairs at the time. We were a weak country, with powerful nations surrounding us to the west and we were controlled by Great Britain. We fought against great Britain in the war of 1812, so we weren’t the best of partners. But we had fairly good relations with France after about half way through the war. But the relations with France put us in a very delicate and explosive situation. The war between them would make the two bitter enemies, and when we got help from France, it just made Great Britain even more angry. But after the Treaty of Ghent, our brawl with Great Britain was less volatile. http://ucpatriots.wikispaces.com/file/detail/HSP04.AH2.Barry.pdf http://www.gilderlehrman.org/search/pop_photo.php?id=GLC03562.34 =During the Mexican-American War.....= During the Mexican-American war, we had very slim relations with Mexico, but enough to get settlers in the Texas territory. But the Texans wanted to be free, so they revolted. This made our relations with Mexico completely shot. So we fought a war with Mexico, which was also called the "Texan Revolution."

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761559370/Mexican_War.html =During the Civil War.....= During the Civil war, our foreign affairs depended on which side they wanted to support. The South was a major revenue for cotton to Europe, but most of all to the British. The British and the French were both telling everyone that they were siding with the South but they never did. They didn't side with them because of the surplus of cotton in 1860, the Europeans didn't need their cotton, also due to cotton sources in Egypt and India. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h251.html

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