How Did The French Revolution Affect The American War

England was locked in a long and bitter war with France and an attempt that was made was to cut off US supplies from reaching other countries that they had traded with. In 1807 British parliament passed the Orders in Council which required the US to gain a license to trade with France or French colonies. The American colonies were upset with Britain at their practice of Impressment. Impressment was when they would remove American sailors and force them into service on British warships. In 1809 the US Congress repealed the Embargo Act. It restricted trade with all countries then it was replaced with the Non-Intercourse act which restricted trade with only Britain and France. Then there was a bill that stated if either Britain or France dropped
All the land that was east of the Mississippi River was American land but British fur traders were still being sent into the area. Napoleon Bonaparte was a french monarch who shook up nations from Russia to the American midwest. Napoleon ruled in the aftermath of the French revolution. The federalist party had control over the US until the 1800’s when Thomas Jefferson took over the presidency. When Jefferson replaced John Adams it was considered the first major transfer of power in the US. Soon after Jefferson took office. After Jefferson took office Napoleon made him an offer that Jefferson couldn’t pass up. Napoleon sold Jefferson the entire land east of the Mississippi which came to be known as the Louisiana Purchase.("The Louisiana")
In 1811 William Henry Harrison led a group of US troops into the Battle of Tippecanoe and came out victorious. Congress which some were also called War Hawks which kept pressuring Madison to war. Finally on June 18, 1812 Madison signed the declaration of war against Britain. The Western and Southern Congressmen voted for the war. Federalists that depended on trade from Britain voted against war. ("War of
The commander ordered his fleet to engage the ships. British forces had one day’s worth of supplies left inside Fort Malden which forced the British to attack the Americans for supplies. The commander of British forces had fought against French forces and lost most of his arm. ("The Battle").The British forces wanted to capture the nation’s capital Washington D.C. Then in August of 1814 a British force marched into Washington and forced the president's wife Dolley Madison to gather up all important papers and flee the White house. The British set fires to buildings including the first white house.(Davidson and Stoff [Page