Cause And Effect Essay On The War Of 1812

The War of 1812 The War of 1812 lasted from June 18, 1812 to February 18, 1815. The war took place in Atlantic, Central and Eastern North America and Pacific. There were many causes. On the foreign side, France and England had been attacking American merchant ships, forcing impressment. Impressment is forced recruitment into Britain's Royal Navy. It is much like kidnapping or enslavement. For many years, Washington stayed out of the French Revolution. In 1793 they drafted the Neutrality Proclamation of 1793. Through Washington and Adams’ presidencies, war was avoided. There were several events that caused the war; impressment, embargoes, the War Hawks of the south and west being convinced the Brits were arming and helping the Indians. Henry Clay and other young congressman used the Native American issue to really scare people and make a big push for the war they wanted. When Jefferson became president, an Embargo Act was enacted that prevented trade with any country. This was disastrous to the U.S. economy. To avoid a total economic collapse, the Nonintercourse Act was enacted, which allowed trade with everyone but Great Britain and France. On May 14, 1810 Macon’s Bill No. 2 was
The nation’s capital, Washington D.C. was captured and burned in August 1814. American troops were able to attack British invasions in Baltimore, New Orleans and New York. American got a boost of belief in their confidence to develop a new spirit of patriotism. The confirmation of the Treaty of Ghent on February 17, 1815, ended the war, but left many questions unanswered. Unlike most wars, very little was accomplished as a result of this war. Nobody gained any new territory and subject of impressment was never really addressed, it just went away because of Napoleonic wars had ended and the British navy didn’t really need to steal American sailors