THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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To weaken the U.S Navy
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To show their strength and power
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To promote fear in the U.S
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To prevent the U.S from trading with France
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Detailed explanation-1: -Great Britain continued to stop American merchant ships to search for Royal Navy deserters, to impress American seamen on the high seas into the Royal Navy, and to enforce its blockade of neutral commerce.
Detailed explanation-2: -From 1803 to 1807, the British seized 528 American flag ships for failing to comply with British regulations. This license, signed by King George III, was intended to protect the United States merchant ship Fame from being added to that number.
Detailed explanation-3: -Period Cartoon. In 1803, war broke out between Great Britain and France. American ships seized the opportunities for commerce presented by the war. The British, however, soon imposed a blockade on French ports and began seizing American ships.
Detailed explanation-4: -The two leading causes of the war were the British Orders-in-Council, which limited American trade with Europe, and impressment, the Royal Navy’s practice of taking seamen from American merchant vessels to fill out the crews of its own chronically undermanned warships.
Detailed explanation-5: -The British accosted American merchant ships to seize alleged Royal Navy deserters, carrying off thousands of U.S. citizens into the British navy. In 1807 the frigate H.M.S. Leopard fired on the U.S. Navy frigate Chesapeake and seized four sailors, three of them U.S. citizens.