Differences between the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812?

Question

I'm curious. I'm not expert on the War of 1812, and I am wondering, what was the difference in military strategy? Did they still line up and shoot at each other in 1812? Or did the tactics change? What other differences were there between the two wars?

Answer 1

In the War of 1812, the Americans actually fought in the water too.  In the Revolutionary war, Americans didn't have the naval capabilities and relied on the French and the Spanish when they joined the war.  This time though, they would fight in the water, taking over ships and doing hit-and-runs like bombarding vessels or stealing the British's "prizes."

One problem the British had in the first one was, it had naval but not enough land people and 90% of that war was fought on land.  In 1812, they were able to blockade goods coming to America but America still fought on even though they had no money for this war or the man power.