THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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So the 13 colonies could win independence.
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No taxation without representation!
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Britain was violating American maritime rights.
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To free the slaves.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Overview. The War of 1812, which lasted from June 18, 1812 to February 18, 1815, was fought over issues that continued to plague relations between the United States and Britain after the Revolutionary War, like impressment of American sailors and trade restrictions on American shipping.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Britain’s effort to control the world’s oceans, the British Royal Navy encroached upon American maritime rights and cut into American trade during the Napoleonic Wars. In response, the young republic declared war on Britain on June 18, 1812.
Detailed explanation-3: -Maritime Issues Since 1803 the British navy had forcibly drafted approximately 6, 000 American merchant sailors into its service. This practice of “impressment” violated America’s neutrality and the rights of its citizens.
Detailed explanation-4: -The War of 1812 is also, perhaps, America’s most diversely interpreted war. Everyone agrees that Britain’s disrespect for American maritime rights-its interference with American trade and its illegal impressment of seamen off American ships-severely strained Anglo-American relations in the years before 1812.