![]() The British burned Washington, DC, and launched an attempt to seize Baltimore but were repulsed at Fort McHenry. The same practice aboard American ships led the United States to declare war on Britain in 1812.Īlthough the war was primarily fought in and around the Great Lakes and Canada, fighting erupted elsewhere on U.S. ![]() ![]() By 1812, these violations had become so outrageous that Congress declared war on Great Britain in June 1812.īritain routinely impressed its own civilians into the navy during times of war in order to maintain the nation’s massive naval force, as shown in this caricature of a British press gang in 1780. Britain was seizing American ships and impressing its sailors into service, which was a common practice of the royal navy in British seaports. The major powers of Europe, primarily Great Britain and France, were constantly challenging the neutral rights and sovereignty of the United States. However, challenges for the young republic were only just beginning. The United States declared its independence in 1776, won its independence in 1783, and started a new constitutional government in 1789. This Narrative should follow the Tecumseh and the Prophet Narrative and be assigned to students along with the Fort McHenry and the War of 1812 Narrative to paint a picture of the War of 1812.
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