THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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US manufactured goods
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British manufactured goods again
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French manufactured goods
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Canadian manufactured goods
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Detailed explanation-1: -The War of 1812 provided tremendous stimulus to American manufacturing. It encouraged American manufacturers to produce goods previously imported from overseas. By 1816, 100, 000 factory workers, two-thirds of them women and children, produced more than $40 million worth of manufactured goods a year.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did the U.S. have a shortage of manufactured goods in 1812? During the War of 1812, the British blockaded American seaports and Americans could not import goods.
Detailed explanation-3: -These “War Hawks, ” as they were known, hoped that war with Britain, which was preoccupied with its struggle against Napoleonic France, would result in U.S. territorial gains in Canada and British-protected Florida.