War Of 1812 Causes
The immediate causes of the war of 1812 were a series of economic sanctions taken by the British and French against the United States. Both Britain and France tried to block the United States from trading with the other. In the early 19th century, Great Britain was involved in a long hostile conflict with Napoleon Bonaparte’s France. In 1807 Britain passed the Orders of Council. This would require neutral countries to get a license before they would be able to trade with France or other French colonies. These orders were crippling to the American trade. Thomas Jefferson tried to retaliate by setting embargoes. Those embargoes would hurt the US far more than they helped. Congress eventually repealed Jefferson’s unpopular Embargo Act and introduced the Non-Intercourse Act which
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Initially the battles in Canada proved to be more difficult than the Americans thought it would be. U.S. troops were inexperienced and unprepared at the time of the attack. They were up against an army that was well-managed and coordinated. On August 16th 1812 The U.S. suffered an upsetting defeat. The American troops led by William Hull, were chased across the Canadian border into Michigan and forced to surrender without even firing one shot. On the Mid-Atlantic Coast, the British landed in the Chesapeake Bay area and marched towards Washington. The U.S. weren’t led properly, the city of Washington had been evacuated, and the British burned the Capitol and the White house. The British moved to bombard Baltimore’s Fort McHenry and was unsuccessful in taking it. An American Lawyer named Francis Scott Key was detained during this event on one of Admiral Cochrane’s ships, tis inspired him to write the Star-Spangled Banner which is now the national anthem of the U.S. The British left Chesapeake Bay and began putting a plan together to invade New
Initially the battles in Canada proved to be more difficult than the Americans thought it would be. U.S. troops were inexperienced and unprepared at the time of the attack. They were up against an army that was well-managed and coordinated. On August 16th 1812 The U.S. suffered an upsetting defeat. The American troops led by William Hull, were chased across the Canadian border into Michigan and forced to surrender without even firing one shot. On the Mid-Atlantic Coast, the British landed in the Chesapeake Bay area and marched towards Washington. The U.S. weren’t led properly, the city of Washington had been evacuated, and the British burned the Capitol and the White house. The British moved to bombard Baltimore’s Fort McHenry and was unsuccessful in taking it. An American Lawyer named Francis Scott Key was detained during this event on one of Admiral Cochrane’s ships, tis inspired him to write the Star-Spangled Banner which is now the national anthem of the U.S. The British left Chesapeake Bay and began putting a plan together to invade New