THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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The Americans fired on the British
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The British fired on the Americans
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The British sailed off and there was no war
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -When the British commander requested permission to search the ship for deserters, the American commodore James Barron refused to muster his crew for inspection. Moments later, the captain of the Leopard responded with a barrage of broadsides, killing three Americans and wounding eighteen.
Detailed explanation-2: -Captain Barron of the Chesapeake refused to allow the British to board his ship and arrest the four men. The Leopard fired a warning shot across the bow of the Chesapeake. When Captain Barron still refused to comply with British demands, the Leopard opened fire. Within minutes, the American warship was a battered hulk.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chesapeake and her crew were taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the sailors were taken to prisoner-of-war camps; the ship was repaired and taken into service by the Royal Navy.
Detailed explanation-4: -The United States Congress backed away from armed conflict when British envoys showed no contrition for the Chesapeake affair, delivering proclamations reaffirming impressment. Jefferson’s political failure to coerce Great Britain led him toward economic warfare: the Embargo of 1807.
Detailed explanation-5: -3. Explain why the British fired on the USS Chesapeake. A: Captain Leopard ordered the frigate to stop and then fired at the Chesapeake when the American Captain refused.