Americans trounced the British in two wars...

While one could argue about the military supremacy of the protagonists in the War if Independence, the use of "trounced" in regard to the War of 1812 only points out your total ignorance of the nature, history & outcome of that colossal U.S. clusterfu$k.

Here, try this:

Hickey, Donald R.: The War of 1812. Chicago, Univ. of Illinois Press, 1989.