When the United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris in September 1783, ending the American Revolution, the tensions between the two nations did not cease. The War of 1812 (1812–15) would become a by-product of this conflict and others. America was still in its infancy and trying to demonstrate its might as an independent nation. The Napoleonic Wars (1803–15), fought by Britain and France in a quest to dominate Europe, exacerbated the existing tensions with the new United States, which was heavily impacted by the fighting between the two countries and their endeavors to block trade.