Primary Grievances In The War Of 1812 Case Study

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Question 1: What were the primary grievances of the United States that led to war with Britain?
The primary grievances of the United States that led to war with Britain was Britain interfering with trade on the high seas. According to the primary source handout on the war of 1812, “On 7 january 1807, a British Order in Council had prohibited ships from participating in the coastal trade of France and her allies” (34). The embargoes hurt the U.S far more than they did britain. Britain also were inciting Indian attacks on the frontier. But the number one grievance that lead Madison to declare the war was that british ships continually violated the American flag on the great highway of nation. Question 2: Why would a Maine ship owner be …show more content…

They would be upset because during the the war with Britain British kidnapped American sailors and forced them to work on British ships. They would also be upset that the Embargo affected them drastically. “the Royal Navy 's insatiable need For seamen to man hundreds of ships caused her commanders to seize or "impress" men, whether they were sailors and landsmen” (61). In this war, the British council established embargoes which made international trade for American hard. This is the prone reasons Mainers can make a living for themselves, and with british establish embargoes their high sellers and their internationals sales would affect with their living. I would think that would upset a Maine ship …show more content…

For instance, after Shays ' rebellion Maine merchants were anxious and scared after the whole chaos regarding Shay’s rebellion. Merchants thought that they couldn 't face a problem like this if they were not a part of Massachusetts ,so they didn’t push for statehood it discouraged them. As the article states, “ Maine merchants worried that they would need the power of Massachusetts if they were ever faced with a similar uprising. They decided to express their grievances rather than push for statehood” ( Maine Statehood 1). For years Maine passed a lot of referendums, but none of the referendums were good enough to pursue Massachusetts General Court to take action. One of the biggest grievances and conflict with Maine pushing for Statehood was that the distance to travel to the General Court in Boston from Maine was long. As stated in the article Maine Statehood,”After the Revolution, people living in Maine began a 35-year campaign for statehood. Just as their effort was about to bear fruit, the question of statehood suddenly and unexpectedly became entangled with the thorny issue of slavery. The people of Maine, who were strongly abolitionist, found”. This was another conflict, although they wanted to be an independent state but the issue tied to slavery questioned them. The same time Maine wanted to become a free state Missouri did

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