The War of 1812: Was the War of 1812 Justified?

For America, the War of 1812 was justified. Clearly there were sufficient reasons for America to declare war with Great Britain. Time after time the British violated American rights and freedoms. Acts such as impressments, the attack on the USS Chesapeake, the violation of American neutral rights and waters, blockades on U.S. ports, and the ignoring of stipulations of Jay's Treaty and their Treaty of Paris all imposed threats on America. To prevent further altercation, …

…the War of 1812 was justified because of the violation of American neutral rights by the British. The stipulations set forth by Jay's Treaty and the Treaty of Paris were being ignored. In addition Britain was violating America's neutral waters, imposing blockades on U.S. ports, and using acts of impressments on American sailors. Although the U.S. tried to stay neutral and friendly with other foreign nations, Britain provoked a fight, which led to war.