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What are the causes of the war of 1812?

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The immediate causes of the War of 1812 were a series of economic sanctions taken by the British and French against the US as part of the Napoleonic Wars and American outrage at the British practice of impressment, especially after the Chesapeake incident of 1807.


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The cause of the war in 1812 was a series of economic sanctions taken by the British and French against the U.S. This was a part of the Napoleonic Wars and American outrage at the Birist practice of impressment. Especially after the Chesapeake incident of 1807.

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