War Of 1812 Dbq

After their liberation from Britain, America (U.S.) became a country of its own free will and established rights, which is why during their fledgling years, the U.S. was cautious about overstepping the rights of its citizens and other nations which is reflected in the U.S.’s foreign policy. However, this did not stop others from infringing on our rights with one of the most prominent example being British intruding upon our maritime rights via impressment of U.S. sailors. This invasion on our maritime rights was seen as another invasion of our own liberty, thus the commencement of the war of 1812, and throughout its run and even after its conclusion, the war of 1812 affected the the whole of the U.S. via economical division, an emphasis on the importance the U.S.’s international rights, and an increase of the gap between the industrial north and the agricultural south. Due to

The war was fought in the name of honor and human maritime rights; however, was another underlying cause for the war, which was agricultural greed, agrarian cupidity(3). Although this cause was not as revealed as the fight for maritime rights, the want for more farmland was evident in the split of opinion when it came for actually declaring war (every single agricultural region had a majority vote of yes while every merchant, industrial voted in majority no)(5). The debate also spanned the political parties that were already in play, with the federalist unanimously voting no for war, while democratic-republicans voted a strong majority of yes(6). With all this division between whether or not to declare war, country was torn in half, with the line of division view able on the border of Pennsylvania, the most northern agricultural state, also when it came voting for the new president, with all the agricultural states voting for Madison and the industrial north voting for Dewitt