War of 1812 By Amira/Davon

- The War of 1812, was caused by British restrictions on U.S. trade and America’s determination to expand its territory, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain.
- American shipping initially prospered from trade with the French and Spanish empires, although the British countered the U.S. claim that “free ships make free goods” with the belated enforcement of the so-called Rule of 1756 (trade not permitted in peacetime would not be allowed in wartime).
- In the War of 1812, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country’s future
- The United States suffered many costly defeats at the hands of British, Canadian and Native American troops over the course of the War of 1812,

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