Which of the following contributed to the United States going to war in 1812?
a. Madison's refusal to support Macon's Bill no. 2
b. Great Britain's announcement that it would end the impressment of American sailors
c. congressional War Hawks who pressed for territorial expansion into Florida and Canada
d. Tecumseh's victory at the Battle of Tippecanoe
e. the Republican insistence on high tariffs
Answer: c. congressional War Hawks who pressed for territorial expansion into Florida and Canada
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