What was a surprise to Americans and a shock to the British during the early fighting in the War of 1812?

Tecumseh was killed in battle.

The small American navy fought well.

The Americans conquered Canada.

The American militias were reliable.

The correct option is "The small American navy fought well."

The War of 1812 was a conflict that confronted the United States against the United Kingdom and its Canadian colonies that developed between 1812 and 1815. The clashes occurred by land and by sea. At a time when the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had to endure a great war effort to confront Napoleonic France, on June 18, 1812 the United States declared war on it in order to invade the Canadian territories. belonging to the British Empire. These had been populated for forty years by English speakers and maintained numerous cultural and commercial relations with the United States. Among other causes of the war are the restrictions on trade imposed by the United Kingdom because of the war it maintained in Europe against France, the forced recruitment of US merchant sailors to serve in the Royal British Navy and British support for indigenous peoples of North America that opposed the expansion of the United States.

the answer is B. just took the test