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The '''War of 1812''' was a war declared by the United States against Great Britain (and its Empire), lasting from June 18, 1812 to February 18, 1815. The causes involved American grievances against Britain for suppressing American trade, impressing (seizing) sailors with U.S. papers, and inciting hostile Indian raids in the west. Britain, tied down by a much larger war with Napoleon's France, acted too late diplomatically to head off the conflict.  The war followed a series of failed efforts by the U.S. to use economic pressure through the [[Embargo of 1807]].

The '''War of 1812''' was a war declared by the United States against Great Britain (and its Empire), lasting from June 18, 1812 to February 18, 1815. The causes involved American grievances against Britain for suppressing American trade, impressing (seizing) sailors with U.S. papers, and inciting hostile Indian raids in the west. Britain, tied down by a much larger war with Napoleon's France, acted too late diplomatically to head off the conflict.  The war followed a series of failed efforts by the U.S. to use economic pressure through the [[Embargo of 1807]].

[[Category:United States History]]

[[Category:United States History]]

[[Category:Canadian History]]

[[Category:Canadian History]]

[[Category:Military history]]

[[Category:Military History]]

[[Category:British History]]

[[Category:British History]]