JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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to help France defeat Great Britain.
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to take over British colonies in the Caribbean
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to stop British influence among Native Americans
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to gain more land for settlement by invading Canada
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to protect New England’s economy from trade restrictions
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Detailed explanation-1: -The War Hawks pushed for war against Britain to punish them for hurting American prestige and to stop the alleged British instigation of American Indians upon American settlers. But most importantly they wanted to seize control of British Canada, which was still controlled by the King of England.
Detailed explanation-2: -The War Hawks pushed for a war against Britain to restore national honor. They insisted that invading British-held Canada would deprive the Indians of their main source of arms and drive the British out of North America.
Detailed explanation-3: -The War Hawks were a group of Republican Congressmen who, at the end of the first decade of the 1800s, demanded that the United States declare war against Great Britain, invade British Canada, and expel the Spanish from Florida.
Detailed explanation-4: -The War Hawks cited multiple tensions between the two 19th-century powerhouses as arguments for war. Tensions included violations that the British committed regarding U.S. maritime rights, the effects of the Napoleonic Wars, and lingering animosity from the Revolutionary War.