THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -On June 18, 1812, President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain, marking the beginning of the War of 1812.
Detailed explanation-2: -On June 17, 1812, the Senate approved a House-passed resolution declaring war with Great Britain, with three amendments, by a vote of 19-13. President James Madison signed it into law the following day.
Detailed explanation-3: -On June 1, 1812 President James Madison sent his war message to Congress. That message outlined what he believed to be America’s chief diplomatic grievances with Britain: impressment, the British Orders in Council, and Britain’s incitement of Indian warfare on America’s western frontier.
Detailed explanation-4: -On June 18, 1812, buoyed by the arrival of “war hawk” representatives, the United States formally declared war for the first time in the nation’s history. Citizens in the Northeast opposed the idea, but many others were enthusiastic about the nation’s “Second War of Independence” from British oppression.