redcoat
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Britain recognized the USA as a sovereign power in the Treaty of Paris after the American War of Independance.Charge_7 said:I'd suggest "The Second War for Independence" as it was the central issue of having Britain recognize us as a sovereign power that drove it.
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In the British-American War of 1812 ( we Brits really can't call it The War Of 1812, because we were already fighting a far more important war against the French at that time as well ), US maritime rights was a major factor in the US declaring war on Britain, but the USA's sovereignty as a nation was never under any threat from Britain.