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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To go to war over how the British had been treating the US. & to take Canada
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To fly far away from war
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To use aircraft in the war against the British and take Canada
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To kill all the Democratic-Republicans and let Federalists rule
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Detailed explanation-1: -The War Hawks, led by Henry Clay in Congress, were mainly Westerners interested in eliminating the threat of the Native Americans in the Northwest. The Westerners believed that the British had incited and supplied the Native Americans against them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Causes of War 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-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: -War Hawks favored the war because they wanted British aid to Native Americans stopped, british to stop impressing american sailors and they wanted the British out of Canada. Conquering Canada would open up a vast new empire for the Americans.