War of the 1812

Well, it was technically a tie since no one actually WON, but both sides thought the war was pointless, so they both resigned. It's important in U.S. history because, even though there was no winner, we held out own again the british army (at that time the best army in the world) TWICE! (One in the American revolution, even though we had help.)

You have a point. But getting your capital burned down when America declared war on Canada