The immediate causes of the War of 1812 were a series of economic sanctions taken by the British and French against the US as part of the Napoleonic Wars and American outrage at the British practice of impressment, especially after the Chesapeake incident of 1807.
The colonists were unwilling to be to be governed without representation.King George remained rigid in his belief that he could dictate to the colonists.
Well-known political writing skills is the trait of Thomas Jefferson led the Continental Congress to choose him to write the Declaration of Independence.
