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The US Abandonment of Neutrality and Its Steps to the War of 1812
From 1790-1812, the foreign policy of the United States focused on avoiding war with a European power while defending US neutral rights at sea. However, in 1812, the policy of peace and neutrality was abandoned, and the United States went to war with Great Britain. Although President Madison and his predecessors stressed the neutral rights of the United States as the principal reason for war, the impressment of American sailors, the British incitement of the Native Americans, and the economic recession of the South and the West were far more important. ... In fact, by 1812, over 6,000 US sailors had been impressed by the Royal Navy, and the Chesapeake-Leopard affair of 1807, in which three Americans were killed and four were impressed, brought much attention to the issue. ...
Lastly, the belief that continual British restrictions on US shipping were causing the economic recession in the South and the West led the United States to declare war on Great Britain in 1812.
Approximate Word count = 760
Approximate Pages = 3
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