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"The War of 1812 can largely be traced to the Anglo-U.S. rivalry in the fur trade. British traders and soldiers had supplied Native Americans and afforded them moral support in their contest with the advancing U.S. frontier. Britain had surrendered the western posts by the Jay Treaty of 1794, but the cause of the Canadian fur trade and of the First Nations remained the same: preserving the wilderness. Certainly, apart from single-ship actions and privateering, the war was fought for the conquest of Canada and elimination of the British as an ally of the First Nations. In the end, the war was a stalemate and closed with no concession by either side. However, it did push back the Indigenous peoples’ frontier, increase the breach between the United States and the British North American colonies, and confirm the U.S.-Canadian boundary. In addition, it gave Canadians a stake in their land: they had fought for it, sometimes English and French together, and successfully staved off invasion."