USA War With Great Britain

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There exist several reasons that manifest the war of the United States and Britain in 1812. The first reason that accounted for the conflict between the United States and Britain in 1812 was to abrogate the practice of impressment against the American sailors. The United States traded with France and Britain during the war of 1812 which was an attempt against the blockade in both states. The primary purpose of Britain was maintaining their merchant marine ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"DN0huE6v","properties":{"formattedCitation":"({\\i{}A British Perspective | War of 1812 | PBS})","plainCitation":"(A British Perspective | War of 1812 | PBS)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2067,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/H8YOvGFC/items/5JVSLNS5"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/H8YOvGFC/items/5JVSLNS5"],"itemData":{"id":2067,"type":"webpage","title":"A British Perspective | War of 1812 | PBS","URL":"http://www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/essays/british-perspective/","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",2,11]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (A British Perspective | War of 1812 | PBS). Since the USA deemed it free to trade with whichever state they desired, the impressment of Britain was regarded as a potential threat and insult to their sovereignty.

The second reason was the pervasive belief that Britain was involved in inciting the Native American battles against the American settlement in specific areas. Despite the ruling of the Treaty of Paris, British forts were still occupying the area ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"XynmumwY","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(\\uc0\\u8220{}A Brief Overview of the War of 1812\\uc0\\u8221{})","plainCitation":"(“A Brief Overview of the War of 1812”)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2069,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/H8YOvGFC/items/RSB4CXPP"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/H8YOvGFC/items/RSB4CXPP"],"itemData":{"id":2069,"type":"webpage","title":"A Brief Overview of the War of 1812","container-title":"American Battlefield Trust","abstract":"This article provides a brief overview of the events that occurred before, during, and after the War of 1812.","URL":"https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/brief-overview-war-1812","language":"en","issued":{"date-parts":[["2017",3,30]]},"accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",2,11]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (“A Brief Overview of the War of 1812”). The essential source of native animosity was the encroachment made by whites on their inherent lands. Thus, this was the second prominent reason that caused the Americans to fight a battle against Britain in 1812.

Third and last, there was a small group in Congress called the war hawks. They were of the staunch belief that the US might annex Canada in the future. It is noteworthy to mention that the Canadians were the British colonial subjects in that time ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"yWuMF8aV","properties":{"formattedCitation":"({\\i{}Short History of the War of 1812 - USS Constitution Museum})","plainCitation":"(Short History of the War of 1812 - USS Constitution Museum)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2075,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/H8YOvGFC/items/XR3HC5PI"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/H8YOvGFC/items/XR3HC5PI"],"itemData":{"id":2075,"type":"webpage","title":"Short History of the War of 1812 - USS Constitution Museum","URL":"https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/history/essays/short-history-war-of-1812/","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",2,11]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Short History of the War of 1812 - USS Constitution Museum). They assessed that the period of the Napoleonic war would be the best suited for the annexation because Britain refrained from paying attention to the Canadian provinces. The Canadians battled the Americans in their poorly managed invasion while the British army confronted with force to repel the American invaders.

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ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY “A Brief Overview of the War of 1812.” American Battlefield Trust, 30 Mar. 2017, https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/brief-overview-war-1812.

A British Perspective | War of 1812 | PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/essays/british-perspective/. Accessed 11 Feb. 2019.

Short History of the War of 1812 - USS Constitution Museum. https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/history/essays/short-history-war-of-1812/. Accessed 11 Feb. 2019.