THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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France gave weapons to the American Indians to fight settlers.
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Great Britain captured American sailors and forced them to serve in the British navy.
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War Birds urged Congress to declare war on Great Britain.
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Great Britain and France restricted trade with the United States.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The two leading causes of the war were the British Orders-in-Council, which limited American trade with Europe, and impressment, the Royal Navy’s practice of taking seamen from American merchant vessels to fill out the crews of its own chronically undermanned warships.
Detailed explanation-2: -Causes of the war included British attempts to restrict U.S. trade, the Royal Navy’s impressment of American seamen and America’s desire to expand its territory.
Detailed explanation-3: -Leading up to the official declaration of war, the United States used trade restrictions in an effort to pressure Britain to stop its impressment of American sailors and its enforcement of the Orders-in-Council-Britain’s set of legislation that restricted trade with the United States prior to the War of 1812.
Detailed explanation-4: -In June 1812, the United States declared war against Great Britain in reaction to three issues: the British economic blockade of France, the induction of thousands of neutral American seamen into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of Native American tribes along the Great Lakes frontier.