THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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Many Americans pretended to be British to join the navy
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Many British people claimed to be American and were forced into service.
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Many people deserted the Royal navy
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Britain’s insistence on pressing sailors into naval service sprang in part from its wars against Napoleon. The number of seaman needed to crew British ships nearly tripled between 1793 and 1812, from 36, 000 to 114, 000.
Detailed explanation-2: -By the early nineteenth century, oak forests in England were disappearing. This created a problem of timber supply for the Royal Navy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The impressment or forcible seizure of American seamen by the British Royal Navy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries has traditionally been viewed as a primary cause of the War of 1812.
Detailed explanation-4: -Impressment was seen as the only way to properly man its massive naval fleet and therefore defeat Napoleon. For the United States, the impressment of its sailors was too great a reminder of British disrespect since the American Revolution.