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What were the three major causes that led to the war of 1812?

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Maritime Issues. Impressment was the most volatile issue between the United States and Britain. ...

Expansionism. The division of land after the Revolution did not leave everyone satisfied. ...

Political.

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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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