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The American Revolutionary War was a melting pot of anti-British sentiment, enlightenment ideology, the want for freedoms and self governance, and much more. The legacy of the revolution is still felt throughout history as many revolutions, nations and ideologies are either directly inspired by or call back to the American revolution and its ideals. But after the United States gained independence from Great Britain, the constant fears and stirred up ideologies of the revolutionaries both living in the US and running the country still persisted even after independence had been achieved. This would culminate when after a series of events during the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and Britain seizing and conscripting American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, and ideological differences caused the US to declare war on the British on June 8th 1812, starting the war of 1812. In this research proposal I wish to demonstrate how the ideologies from the war of independence persisted even after the war and influenced how American diplomacy and actions led to and were both tested and influenced the War of 1812.