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This 5 page report briefly discusses the war of 1812, its causes, some of its battles, and whether or not it was a meaningful war determining American independence or an exercise in futility. The attitudes, politics, and economics of the period are discussed in terms of their impact on the war. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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that was fought over the maritime rights of "neutrals." Because the Royal Navy had been "more than a little high-handed" during the first decade of the 19th century in boarding
American ships and pressing any sailors deemed to be British or selling them along with their cargoes, typically American goods and products. Nearly 1,500 American vessels were seized between 1803
and 1812! The efforts of Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to deal with the problem through means other than war repeatedly failed (Gordon 16).
James Madison was against war in general and was also against the United States maintaining any serious army or navy, seeing them as expensive and dangerous. Madison
was convinced their existence placed a dangerous amount of power in the hands of the federal government and encouraged rash international adventures. Ostensibly the war was fought to stop the
British from interfering with American men and ships on the high seas. Because the British were in the midst of fighting Napoleon (1793-1815), they felt entitled to press American seamen
into British service. In addition, Great Britain issued executive orders to blockade the coastlines of the Napoleonic empire and then seized vessels bound for Europe that did not first call
at a British port. Napoleon retaliated with a similar system of blockades, confiscating vessels and cargoes in European ports if they had first stopped in Britain. Madison first tried to
discourage such practices with economic sanctions such as the Embargo Act of 1807 that essentially prohibited American ships from free ability to put to see. Obviously, the Act was
destined to fail and ultimately the Americans were boxed into war (Gilbert 24). A "Needless War" or the "Second War for Independence" Historians and social scientists have debated for 180
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