Causes of the War of 1812

What did many Americans suspect Britain of doing in relation to Native Americans?

• Aiding Native Americans and encouraging raids on frontier settlements

• Selling land to Native Americans

• Building forts in Native American territories

• Trading only with the French

What was the suspected role of Britain in the raids on frontier settlements?

• Encouraging and aiding Native Americans

• Preventing the raids

• Ignoring the raids

• Supporting American settlers

The War Hawks believed that adding land to the United States would (a)  

• It would decrease tensions with Bri

• It would add thousands of acres of farmland

• It would lead to economic decline

• It would cause political instabilit

The British had captured American sailors in an act called ​ (a)   , which paired with Americas interest in annexing ​ (b)   led to the War of 1812

• impressment

• Canada

• Texas

• Mexico

• enslavement

• being rude

Which action completed this graphic organizer?

• French naval attacks on U.S. harbors

• French embargoes on trade with the United States

• British invasions of countries allied with the United States

• British impressment of U.S. sailors

What did President James Madison ask Congress to declare in his speech on June 1, 1812?

• Peace with Britain

• A state of war against the United States

• A state of war against Great Britain

• Neutrality

Tecumseh teamed up with what country to try to take down the Americans...

• Great Britian

• France

• Canada

• Mexico

Choose the reason why the United States wanted to go to war with Great Britain in 1812.

• Fighting with natives and Britain supporting the Natives

• Quartering of soldiers

• Slavery

• The Tea Act

Forcing people into the service of another country

• import

• export

• impressment

• trade

_____________ is when a country stops trade with another country.

• impressment

• embargo

• neutrality

• violation