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The American War 1812-14

By Bryan Fosten , Philip Katcher

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
1990
ISBN
0850451973, 9780850451979
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5532699 bytes)
Series
Men-at-Arms
Pages
48\49
Time added
2012-07-07 11:23:41

Description

Typically the United States is said to have declared war on Great Britain in 1812 because of the Royal Navy's impressment of American seamen and the British desire to create an Indian buffer state. An Englishman William Cobbett, described the real cause of the conflict: 'There seemed to be wanting just such a war as this to complete the separation of England from America; and to make the latter feel that she had no safety against the former but in the arms of her free citizens.' Regardless of the reasons, however, on 4 June 1812, U.S.President James Madison, asked Congress to declare war.

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