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Wha did James madison ask congress for in 1812

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He ask them to go to war “declaration of war”

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he asked congress to declared war on Britain in 1812. It did so because Britain refused to stop seizing American ships that traded with France—Britain's enemy in Europe. Sometimes there were also seizures of American sailors. These seizures were known as impressment.

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