THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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blocking our harbors and fighting with each other over trade.
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claiming new land in the U.S.
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sending spies into the U.S.
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refusing to trade with the U.S.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The warring nations of Britain and France both imposed trade restrictions in order to weaken each other’s economies. These restrictions also disrupted American trade and threatened American neutrality. As time went on, British harassment of American ships increased.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because the British had an overwhelming superiority at sea, though, enforcing the system proved disastrous for Napoleon. His efforts to halt evasions of his blockade stretched French forces too thin, and ultimately provoked his calamitous invasion of Russia in 1812.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1807, British Orders in Council mandate that US ships dock in British ports and pay a British tax before trading with any part of Europe under Napoleon’s control (compare with Navigation Acts). French seize American ships bound for or leaving England.
Detailed explanation-4: -The tensions that caused the War of 1812 arose from the French revolutionary (1792–99) and Napoleonic Wars (1799–1815). During this nearly constant conflict between France and Britain, American interests were injured by each of the two countries’ endeavours to block the United States from trading with the other.