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1) ¿What is impressment?

2) ¿Why was France and Britain seizing Uniyed States ships?

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1)impressment was when the British navy took American merchant ships and made them fight for Britain in the Navy during the war with France
2)they were doing it to create a bigger Navy and it eventually lead to the war of 1812 when the U.S. and Beitain went to war and it ended in a draw.
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