THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Napoleon had been defeated.
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The British started a draft to have a bigger army.
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The British decided to double the pay of the soldiers.
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The Canadians decided to join them in the war.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the Battle of the Thames, Tecumseh was killed and Native American resistance was crushed. Meanwhile, events in Europe continued to influence the course of the war. With the abdication of Napoleon in April 1814, the British were able to devote more of their resources to the war with the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -When the War of 1812 started, the British were still at war with France. In 1814, they won that war. This made it possible for them to send more troops to fight in America.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815 between Napoleon’s French Army and a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher. The decisive battle of its age, it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon’s imperial power forever.
Detailed explanation-4: -Napoleon sold America the Louisiana Purchase to help fund an army. This purchase doubled the size of the United States and enabled the expansionist mindset of the Americans. Americans began to push further west which caused conflict with Native Americans and their British allies.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.