�PAGE � �PAGE �1� THE WAR OF 1812: THE AMERICANS WERE JUSTIFIED Over the years The United States of America has forged itself a reputation of declaring wars. Ironically‚ declaration of war was most justified in one of its least acknowledged conflicts‚ the War of 1812. The United States was justified in its attack on British North America‚ which was a colony of Great Britain at the time. The reasons for this justification were Great Britain’s breach of Maritime rights‚ their support for the Natives
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Around the time of the War with 1812 the U.S was capitalizing from the war between Britain and France by trading goods to both‚ but swearing support for neither country. We got rich off of both nations‚ our trade expanded and the economy grew while we were able to stay free of foreign entanglement. A number of things though caused the War of 1812 1) Violations of the American Sovereignty by Great Britain.. a) Impressments Imprisonment or kidnapping of U.S. citizens and merchant marines on
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Among the bustling port cities of the early American eastern seaboard‚ Baltimore was the only one that was firmly in the Democratic-Republican camp at the onset of the War of 1812. The young and dynamic boomtown stood antithetical to the aged‚ ordered‚ and settled civilization of southern Maryland whose economy was founded in the eighteenth century on the backs of African slaves and tobacco production; a crop which remained during the grain transition of northern Maryland and southern Pennsylvania
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United States went to war with Great Britain in 1812 was the trade restrictions that England had placed on America. At that time‚ Britain was at war with France‚ and they depended on a maritime economic blockade to defeat France. However‚ America was a neutral side‚ so American merchants tried to get commercial interests by trading with the French. England wanted to block this trading‚ so they issued twelve “Orders in Council” to impeded American trade with France during 1783-1812. The new laws caused
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In the War of 1812‚ some Americans thought that the war was a great idea‚ (A.K.A. the war hawks)‚ but others thought the idea of a war was absolutely terrible‚ (A.K.A. the doves). In this situation even though the people that wanted the war had there opinions like if the U.S. won they could maybe get land in Canada‚ the people who were against the war(which was mostly people around the East Coast) were mostly right when they claimed that the war was a terrible idea for things like losing big cities
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the end of it all American troops replaced the first flag that had been tattered and torn from blasts‚ with the second flag. Key and many other Americans saw and were over joyed at the sight that the flag was still there. The War of 1812 appropriately named The Second War of Independence‚ created the American identity and strengthened the nation. Americans now had leaders to be proud of‚ shared culture and national pride. The proud patriots of America proved to the
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The War of 1812 can be considered a second American Revolution for many factors‚ although many events led up to the final decision to engage in war with Britain‚ these are the results of Britain violating American sovereignty and laws‚ as well as having a disruptive presence at the time. It can be argued whether or it was or wasn’t a second revolution‚ yet the cause of the War was for our own American Rights. The first American Revolution was a battle for independence and to create our own country
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consider the war of 1812 to be the war‚ where people died for nothing‚ money was spent foolishly and battled were led incorrectly. However‚ it wasn’t all for nothing. The war of 1812 had its impact‚ maybe not so largely visible‚ it is still there. Firstly‚ it led to increase in nationalism‚ even though United States didn’t win the war. It was the first war that the USA had fought without any foreign help. It led to manifest destiny‚ which increased the size of the US by ⅓. Sometimes this war is even
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The War of 1812 was America’s way of proving to the World that they were a force to be reckoned with. Although at first they had nothing to do with the war between the British and the French‚ eventually they were caught between the battles and saw that there were reasons for them to go to war. First‚ the British attempted to restrict U.S trade to Europe. Second‚ the British Royal Navy’s impressments of American seaman enraged many Americans back home. Lastly‚ Americans saw the war between the British
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In 1812 the young nation of the United States decided to dive into a fierce conflict with a powerful European nation again. Shortly after obtaining their independence from Britain‚ the overzealous young nation assuming an easy victory were unprepared for what laid ahead of them. The United States was recovering from an economic cutback which sparked a political backlash. Because of this meager time and the conspiring events happening across the ocean‚ citizens became precarious. Shortly after the
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