“Americans had problems with great britain because they had to pay taxes to britain that made american people mad. fighting broke out between the british and america won and the declaration of independence was written. After the war ended a war with france  and great britain started and america joined the war against great britain making it hard for the united states of america to trade with countries of europe in 1814 the british captured and burned washington d.c philadelphians feared an attack on there city was next  although the british never marched through philadelphia many citizens rushed to protect the city one group was led by two african american preachers named absolom jones and richard allen

The war finally ended  when great britain and the united states signed a peace treaty in belgium late in 1814 one of the people who helped to work out an end to the war was albert gallatin a pennsylvanian who was active in