WAR OF 1812

• War between the United States and Britain
• Impacted the United States and Canada
• Key figures and places

CAUSES OF THE WAR

CAUSES OF THE WAR

• June 1812 - U.S. declared war
• Four main reasons:
• 1. Trade barriers - Americans resented interference from the British or the French not letting them trade
• 2. Britain's stop-and-search tactic
• - the British would search the American boats for British sailors who ran away

CAUSES CONTINUED

• United States were insulted
• 3. Britain and allies with First Nations
• - Americans thought the British were supporting the First Nations
• - accused the First Nations attacking the American for land
• 4. American War Hawks - (push for war) want control over North America

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Cruxton, J. Bradley; W. Douglas Wilson, Close-Up Canada. Oxford Press, Toronto: 2007.
• historicacanada.ca