may 5, 1812 - War of 1812 begins under pressure from War Hawks as a result of British failures to live up to Treaty of Paris and Jay's treaty
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War Hawks: newcomers in the Twelfth Congress who were weary of hearing how their fathers had "whipped" the British single-handedly and they detested the manhandling of American sailors and the British Orders in Council, also yearned to wipe out a renewed Indian threat to the pioneer settlers who were coming into the trans-Allegheny wilderness
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