War 1812 Summary

The War of 1812 Summary The direct causes of the War of 1812 were a group of economic restrictions given to America by Britain and France. These restrictions were part of the Napoleonic Wars and American fury at the British practice of impressment, the practice of stopping American vessels, and forcing American sailors to work on British ships, especially after the Chesapeake incident in 1807. In 1806, the British wrote up the Orders of Council that damaged American trade. …

…the relations between the two nations like they had been before the war. No nation gained or lost land and impressment was never discussed. The news of the end of the war was not spread quickly; this resulted in an unnecessary Battle of New Orleans in which the British led by Cochrane were defeated. The War of 1812 was a war that separated America even more from England and showed Britain’s acceptance of its independence.