Tuesday, April 2, 2013

What I learned about the War of 1812 (STEP 9)

Today, in history class we went over some of the leading factors of the War of 1812. The factor that I was assigned to was "The Orders of the Council" in Britain. The Orders of the Council in Britain was basically a Trade Embargo that unlike the French, Britain could maintain. France's Continental Supply                   was a failure because France didn't have the naval power to uphold it. However, Britain did have the naval power to withhold it, and upheld it. I believe that this was the main factor that led to the War of 1812. Impressment wasn't as important. It could lead to a revolt but it wouldn't lead to the government declaring war. The Chesapeake Affair was a battle between Britain and USA, but there were battles during the trade embargo as well. Finally the Incitement was probably the 2nd most prevalent. With Britain arming Native Americans and having them attack us is call for a war. However, I still believe that the trade embargo is more important because it cut us off from British resources, and it was an international issue.

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