{"id":194,"date":"2012-10-25T15:53:35","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T15:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/?page_id=194"},"modified":"2012-11-28T18:33:09","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T18:33:09","slug":"getting-into-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/explore-history\/the-american-war\/getting-into-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting into War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American leaders who advocated war spoke of the need to protect the United States\u2019 sovereignty, economy, and territory from British aggression. These \u201cwar hawks\u201d hoped to compel Britain to end three policies that threatened the United States.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Britain maintained relationships with Native Americans who resisted American westward expansion.<\/li>\n<li>British regulations attempted to control American trade with Europe, as part of Britain\u2019s war against Napoleonic France.<\/li>\n<li>The Royal Navy boarded American ships to search for British subjects who could be forced into British service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"grid-row the-wars\">\n<div class=\"grid grid_4\"><a class=\"war-content\" title=\"Conflict on the Frontier\" href=\"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/content_assets\/conflict-on-the-frontier\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full page-image wp-image-950\" title=\"A Scene on the Frontiers as Practiced by the &quot;Humane&quot; British and Their &quot;Worthy&quot; Allies  \" src=\"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/files\/2012\/10\/3A-GR06-Conflict-on-the-Frontier-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"A Scene on the Frontiers as Practiced by the &quot;Humane&quot; British and Their &quot;Worthy&quot; Allies  \" width=\"305\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/files\/2012\/10\/3A-GR06-Conflict-on-the-Frontier-thumb.jpg 305w, https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/files\/2012\/10\/3A-GR06-Conflict-on-the-Frontier-thumb-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"caption-title\">Conflict on the Frontier<\/p><div class=\"hover-content\"><div class=\"copy\"><p><strong><em>A Scene on the Frontiers as Practiced by the \"Humane\" British and Their \"Worthy\" Allies<\/em><\/strong><\/p><pre>Print by William Charles, 1812 \r\nAnne S.\u00a0K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library, Providence, Rhode Island<\/pre><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid_4\"><a class=\"war-content\" title=\"Sovereignty Attacked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/content_assets\/sovereignty-attacked\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-958 page-image\" title=\"Impressment of American Seamen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/files\/2012\/10\/3A-GR07-Sovereignty-Attacked-thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"Impressment of American Seamen \" width=\"305\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/files\/2012\/10\/3A-GR07-Sovereignty-Attacked-thumb1.jpg 305w, https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/files\/2012\/10\/3A-GR07-Sovereignty-Attacked-thumb1-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"caption-title\">Sovereignty Attacked<\/p><div class=\"hover-content\"><div class=\"copy\"><p><strong><em>Impressment of American Seamen<\/em><\/strong><\/p><pre>Engraving by unknown artist, 1884<br \/>\r\nCourtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.<\/pre><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American leaders who advocated war spoke of the need to protect the United States\u2019 sovereignty, economy, and territory from British aggression. These \u201cwar hawks\u201d hoped to compel Britain to end three policies that threatened the United States. Britain maintained relationships with Native Americans who resisted American westward expansion. 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