Explain What Would Happen If We Have Prevented The War Of 1812

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Although anti-war elements often argue that war could be avoided if only the prospective protagonist would sit down and talk things over, it is important to understand how a sit down works to be successful. Communication between two conflicting parties is a tough process whether it is between two people, two businesses or two or more countries. There is no way to know for sure if sitting down and talking things over could have prevented the war of 1812, it may have helped, but it would have just delayed the inevitable. A disagreement that leads to conflict is no different whether it is between two people or two countries. The only difference is the scale of the people affected. When two people are involved in a dispute the scope is way less then when two countries are disagreeing. A major necessity is that both parties have to be willing to sit down and want to talk things out. Some keys …show more content…

The main reason that America was being dragged into it was due to the fact both Great Britain and France were attacking the American trade ships because both Britain and France did not want any supplies reaching the enemy. So America was an innocent bystander that was caught up in someone else’s conflict. The problem with trying to sit down and talk this situation out is you would have to get Britain and/or France to care about the issues that they were causing us. Even though, many people believe the war would have been avoided had the word of the British ending the search and seizures of American ships gotten here sooner there were other things going on that would have continued leading towards war. A group of people know as War Hawks believed the British never really accepted the loss from the American Revolution. The pressure from the War Hawks most likely would have ended up leading to a war with Great Britain. Therefore, the war of 1812 could be considered the second war of American