The primary causes of the War<span> of </span>1812<span> began with the Orders in Council, a statute passed by Britain in 1807 that placed restrictions on trade between the United States and France. Next, the British Navy conducted impressment on U.S. ships. Lastly, British support of Native Americans angered Americans.</span>
Paul Robeson, Sonia Sotomayor, Richard Aoki, and Wilma Mankiller are all significant non-white Americans.
Paul Robeson was a black man, musician, actor, lawyer educated in Rutgers college and a civil rights activist.
Sonia Sotomayor is a judge in the U.S. Supreme court, of Puerto-rican parents, educated in Princeton and Yale.
Richard Aoki was a college counselor educated in the University of California, born to Japanese parents, civil rights activist and an early member to the Black Panther party.
Wilma Mankiller was the first elected woman to serve as the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and an activist of the Native American rights.
They wanted the idians to help them fight the war against the french which became the French and Indian war.
Large states voted in favor of the Virginia plan because this plan sought to create a legislative branch that had its representatives appointed according to each state's population, which would have given the larger states more votes.
