WHAT WERE THE MAJOR CAUSES OF THE WAR OF 1812?

Alyx Pelkey

British soldiers coming to capture American Soldiers.

Chesapeake-Leapord Incident.

THE EMBARGO ACT (1807)

After the incidents with American ships, Jefferson believed that if the U.S closed its export trades to European countries, they would be forced to agree to respect our rights because they relied on U.S raw materials.

He thought it would be a new way of conducting foreign affairs. ~ To Jefferson’s surprise it actually caused suffrage to the American Economy.

INTERCOURSE ACTS

After Jefferson, Madison decided to proceed with his idea, but doing so a little less excessively, where America could trade with France but still not Britain. Britain just realized they could do just fine

without American imports.

BRITISH BURNING OF THE CAPITOL