Question

If you were a member of Congress during June 1812, how would you have responded to Madison's call for war against Great Britain? Explain your answer in I paragraph.​

Answer 1

If I were a congressman during 1812, and had to answer Madison's call to war against Britain, I would have supported the motion.

This is due to the fact that at that time Great Britain constantly violated American sovereignty over its waters, its continental territories and the rights of its citizens, forcing the American merchant seamen to join the British Navy to fight against the French. Therefore, it would have supported this measure as a way to consolidate American sovereignty and independence, as well as to demonstrate to Great Britain and the other European powers that America was a nation that deserved to be respected.