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Smarten up down there (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

Um. The US got crazy in 1812 because the British were kidnapping our citizens. I don't know what you think that war was about.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Multiple factors led to the US declaration of war on Great Britain that began the War of 1812:[26]

    • Trade restrictions introduced by the UK under the orders in council of 1807 to impede trade with France, with whom Britain was at war (the US contested the restrictions as illegal under contemporary international law).[27] The impressment (forced recruitment) of seamen on US vessels into the British Royal Navy (men who Britain claimed were British subjects).
    • British military support for American Indian tribes who were offering armed resistance against the US expansion of the American frontier in the Northwest Territory.
    • A possible desire by the US to annex some or all of Canada.[28]
    • US desire to uphold national honor in the face of what they considered to be British insults, such as the Chesapeake affair.[29]

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812>

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