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. …showed first 75 words of 587 total…

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