THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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The French were forcing U.S. merchants to sell goods in Paris.
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The U.S. was capturing British soldiers and forcing them to join our Army.
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The British were forcing U.S. sailors to join the British Navy.
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The placement of trade restrictions.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Further angering Americans, the British Royal Navy also took part in impressment, a practice that forced captured American sailors into service for the Royal Navy. Britain initially practiced impressment to look for deserters of the Royal Navy who had joined American merchant ships for better pay, food, and conditions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Impressment, or “press gang” as it was more commonly known, was recruitment by force. It was a practice that directly affected the U.S. and was even one of the causes of the War of 1812. The British navy consistently suffered manpower shortages due to the low pay and a lack of qualified seamen.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the months before the war, Americans interpreted the ongoing British practice of stopping American merchant vessels as implying that the United States was not an equal in international relations. Such an insinuation was vexing for Americans, as it seemed to discount their victory over Britain in the Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -By British law, naval captains had the right to stop ships at sea, search for deserters and other British citizens, and force them to join the crews of warships-a practice called “impressment.” Some British captains seized almost any able-bodied, English-speaking sailors they could find.