War Of 1812 Causes

The War of 1812 was influenced by a variety of factors that all started in 1803 when James Monroe and Livingston aided the United States in buying the Louisiana Purchase off Napoleon, ruler of France at the time, for 15 million dollars. With this money, Napoleon restarted war with the rest of Europe as he tried to conquer it. While all of this is happening, the United States decides to stay neutral. However, during the war, England makes a series of Orders and Council and France makes decrees that puts the United States in a difficult situation. Basically, if the United States was to trade with either country, the other country would consider the United States an enemy. Since the United States declared to be neutral and traded with both countries,
This, however, created an American depression. So, in 1808 when James Madison was elected, he replaced the act in 1809 with the Non-Intercourse Act, which opened trade except with England and France. There was also a clause in this that stated if either France or Great Britain agreed to respect the United States declaration of neutrality, trade would commence with the country who agreed and the other country would be embargoed. The United States made several agreements many times with both sides, but neither of them kept to their word and made the United State cease trading with them
In response to this, William Harrison was ordered by Washington D.C. to attack the Shani, which became known as the Battle of Tippecanoe. As the American winners investigated after the battle, they found clear evidence that the Native Americans were being backed-up and supported by the British. This was a clear violation of the Treaty of Paris and a grave national security threat to the newly formed country. So, on June 18, 1812, President Madison asked and received a Declaration of War against Great Britain from the newly elected “War-Hawks” of Congress. After the War of 1812 ended in a draw, there was a surge of diplomacy after the Treaty of Gent was signed in December of 1814. There were two key diplomatic outcomes between the United States and Great Britain. The first one was in 1817 and was the Rush-Bagot Agreement. This Agreement demilitarized the Great Lakes. The other was the Convention of 1818, and this created the border between the United States and present day Canada which was the longest border of that time. It also created the western border of the United States, which became the Rocky Mountains and created the Oregon