jan 3, 1812 - War of 1812 (1812 - 1815) causes: *driven by GB restrictions on U.S. trade impressment US sailors, GB support for Native American resistance against American expansion, and U.S. ambitions to annex Canada (not successful) * Embargo Act, Nonintercourse Act, Macon's Bill No. 2 *Election of 1810 brings to Congress the War Hawks; they want war w/ GB (nationalism b/c Dem. Rep mostly want war w/ GB —> unify) - After both GB and US sides see no reason to continue fighting after war in Europe ends
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jan 3, 1812
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~ 214 years ago