The War of 1812

The War of 1812 is frequently alluded to as the United States' second war of freedom, similar to the Revolutionary War, it was battled against Great Britain. The Conflict came about because of the conflict between American patriotism and the war Britain and its partners were pursuing against the realm of Napoleonic France. Numerous Americans trusted that England tried to mortify the United States, constrain its development, and maybe even force a quasi‐colonial status upon its previous settlements.

The first reason as made clear in the declaration of war by the United States of America to Great Britain was the Impression Issue that was made by the British Government under their Orders-in-Council. This Impression Issue is an act whereby men are forced by the government for induction into military service. Although Great Britain has the biggest navy in the world at that time, the pay and living conditions of their sailors were harsh compared to sailors working on vessels of other countries. This obtaining condition made many British navy men and sailors to desert their ship and work on American ships where pay was good and their living condition were much better than their navy ships.These desertions swelled in numbers that soon, the British navy realized an acute shortage of manpower for their ships. With this condition, Great Britain promulgated the Orders-in-Council that effectively authorized the British Royal navy to stop and search ships of other countries even in high seas, to search for British sailors who have deserted their ships and to forcibly make them again work for the British navy.american merchant ships were targeted by the British navy for searches in the high seas and to forcibly took able bodied seamen whom they suspected as deserters. Second, The Chesapeake Incident in June 1807, the U.S.S. Chesapeake was cruising in international waters just outside the three mile limit off of Virginia. The British Warship Leopard approached