![]() ![]() Calhoun of South Carolina, Henry Clay of Kentucky, and Felix Grundy of Tennessee. ![]() ![]() “War Hawks” included the leaders like John C. The Congress was persuaded to wage war against Great Britain by a group of people which was called “War Hawks.” War Hawks were the group of about 20 democratic Republicans who were the young members from the South and the Western US who were voted into the House during mid term Congressional election 1810. The Congress was elected in 1810 and met in November 1811. At first the American tried to solve the problem by peaceful means but when all the efforts of peaceful means failed the economically depressed Americans started arguing for the declaration of the war. The discontent grew more when British started claiming that it had a right to take all the British sailors from American merchants thus this impressments became the major cause of grievance. The resentment was especially for Great Britain who had the power on seas. According to United States its rights were being violated by the two countries. British and French naval policies resulted into many crises with United States. France dominance was on the continent while Britain was powerful and influential on the seas. American Revolution ended in 1783 but the United State was very much aggravated by British because the British were not ready to withdraw their backing of the Indians on America’s frontier and also because the British were quite reluctant to sign the commercial agreements which was favorable to United States.ĭuring the period Britain and France both were the dominating countries and they were strong rivals of each other. The first major reason is that like the First War of Independence this war also was fought between America and United Kingdom., and secondly because the war was fought due to the autocratic policies of UK. The War of 1812 was really the second war of American Independence for many reasons. ![]()
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