Analysis Of 'Declaration Of War' By John C. Calhoun

This source is a document that is a declaration of war written by John C.Calhoun being sent to Congress in 1812. Calhoun was serving as a congressman from South Carolina when he helped guide the United States into war with Great Britain. The document was made from paper, which in this time paper was made by straw, manila, wood pulp, and rag paper. The objective for Calhoun was to write this declaration in order for the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives to persuade the remainder of Congress to declare an immediate war against Great Britain.
There was an obvious bias within the document from Calhoun who was one of the leading Warhawks during this time. A Warhawk was someone who favored the idea of war, the term