What were the main causes of the War of 1812? What were its most important economic consequences?
What will be an ideal response?
The War of 1812 began as a conflict between France and Britain. The United States was drawn into the war when its attempts to maintain neutral trade with both nations were challenged. Both Britain and France began seizing American cargo, and Britain impressed American merchant seamen into service in the British navy. Jefferson's attempt to restore successful neutral trade through "peaceable coercion" failed. In addition to the economic harm the War of 1812 caused American trade, many Americans blamed the British for arming Native Americans and encouraging them to attack American settlers in the Northwest. Finally, when a British warship fired on the Chesapeake, an American navy ship, Jefferson prepared to enter the war.
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