In the War of 1812, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country’s future. Causes of the war included British attempts to restrict U.S. trade, the Royal Navy’s impressment of American seamen and America’s desire to expand its territory.
This just means that it is the place where patriots started to rebel and take back Boston.
Theodore Roosevelt inherited an empire-in-the-making when he assumed office in 1901. After the Spanish-American War.
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