Original sentence: Both nations eventully agreed to a peace that left the prewar boundaries intact.Canadians remember the war as a victory by avoiding conquest, while Americans celebrated victory in a "second war for independence" personified in the hero of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson.The War of 1812  (in Britain, the American War of 1812, to distinguish from the war with Napoleon) was fought between the United States of America, on one side, and on the other side the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its colonies, especially Upper Canada (Ontario), Lower Canada (Quebec), Nova Scotia, and Bermuda
Edited sentence: Both  nations eventully agreed to a peace that left the prewar boundaries intact.Canadians remember the war as a victory by defeating the attempted invasion and by forceing the Americans to retreat across half their country, while the Americans celebrated victory in a "second war for independence" personified in the hero of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson.During the course of the conflict the British decisively defeated four American armies, however with out the resources nessacery to hold the land taken they were unable to capitalize on thier gains.Madison's War or the War of 1812  (in Britain, the American War of 1812, to distinguish from the war with Napoleon) was fought between the United States of America, on one side, and on the other side the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its colonies, especially Upper Canada (Ontario), Lower Canada (Quebec), Nova Scotia, and Bermuda