Question

Which of the following events contributed to the start of the war of 1812

chose all that are correct

A. British ships were seizing American ships

B. The British welcomed the Shawnees tribes in Canada

C. The British attacked New Orleans

D. American ships were impressing British soldiers

E. British ships were impressing American sailors

Answer 1

A and C are the correct choices

Answer 2

The correct options are A - B

The Anglo-American War of 1812, also known as the Anglo-American War or the War of 1812 was a conflict that pitted the United States against the United Kingdom and its Canadian colonies that developed between 1812 and 1815. Clashes were fought over land and by sea.

Among other causes of the war are the restrictions on trade imposed by the United Kingdom because of the war it maintained in Europe against France, the forced recruitment of US merchant sailors to serve in the Royal British Navy and British support for indigenous peoples of North America that opposed the expansion of the United States.