Answer: The United States had many reasons for going to war in 1812: Britain's interference with its trade and impressment of its seamen; Americans' desire to expand settlement into Indian, British, and Spanish territories; aspirations to conquer Canada and end British influence in North America;
Explanation:
Arab nations of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) imposed an embargo against the United States and its allies as a response to the U.S. decision to provide military support to the Israeli in order to give the Israel a jump start in the post-war peace negotiations.
It is important because in 1836, during the Texas Revolution, somewhere around 200 rebels including Davy Crockett and James Bowie held out against 1,800 Mexican Soldiers under the command of Santa Anna, the Mexican dictator at the time, for thirteen days.
