Compare And Contrast Essay On The War Of 1812

In the war of 1812 America took on Great Britain due to British attempts to regulate American trade and the impressment of American sailors. Because of the impressment, in 1807 Jefferson did pass the embargo act that prohibited the ship to travel to foreign ports, but later it was changed to the Non-Intercourse act and all trade with France and Britain was prohibited so that other routes were created to alleviate the economic distress. Some men, called the War Hawks welcomed the war with Britain because they thought the impressment was an insult to Americans national honor and they wanted to put an end to it. Some war Hawks also expansionist that wanted to expand into Florida and threaten Canada. The war Hawks got defense expenditures approved and the army quadrupled in size and they were ready to fight a war. In June 1812 Congress declared war on Great Britain. New England on the other hand was opposed to the War because they thought there would be a negative impact on commerce. British had just announced that they would stop the impressment of American sailors but unfortunately the war did not come to a halt. Instead The foreign relations

The Hartford Convention was held in late 1814 to discuss constitutional changes to lower political power in the south. Claims over British tyranny were put to rest and instead there was pride and a more equal connection with Britain. In 1817 both of the counties signed the Rush-Bagot disbarment treaty, which basically limited each country to four naval vessels with only one cannon on each. The Hartford Convention was a secret meeting that consisted of American Federalists to discuss changes to reduce political power in the south. Just like most of the wars in Americas history the Indians suffered the most. Tecumseh died and a very large and vast part of the creeks homeland was taken away from