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Describe how people from the South, Northeast, and West felt about going to war with Britain.

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South and west agreed and the Northeast was strongly opposed.

In the War of 1812, a conflict between the United States and Great Britain over British infringements of U.S. maritime rights, the Northeast states were firmly opposed since they were profoundly involved in international trade. On the other hand, the agrarian west and south's interests were solely in the production of tobacco, cotton, sugar, and other crops, which commerce was essentially within America and had no shipping issues.

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They felt that they were fairly apprehended due to limited amount of supplies and army. Additionally the people in Northeast had business ties with Britain, therefore it was hard for them to go to war with their business partners. Again the people from the west and south felt and considered it a problem of the north.
The northern states were heavily involved in international trade, having the ports and ship building yards. The men who sailed on those ships were likewise mostly from the north and were the ones being impressed into the British navy. The agrarian south's interests lay entirely in the production of tobacco, cotton, sugar, sorghum and a few other large cash crops. The commerce was mostly within America and they had little interest in shipping issues.

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