To end World War 1, and to have Germany pay reparations for causing the war.
With money and ships and guns and anger and power and stuff
Impressment, or “press gang” as it was more commonly known, was recruitment by force. It was a practice that directly affected the U.S. and was even one of the causes of the War of 1812. (source: www.pbs.com)
It was such an issue because they were taking our soldiers and forcing them to work for the enemy side.
They standardized weights, measures, writing and standards
