Why Is The War Of 1812 Necessary

While a war with Great Britain seemed inevitable leading up to the year of 1812, America did everything they could to avoid it. However, the offenses committed against the United States served as major provocations that left them with no choice but to declare war. Despite promising the Americans their independence after the Revolutionary War, 29 years later the British were still stationed in the Western territories of the US. The British also continued to interfere with the personal trade of the American colonies by taxing and monitoring their ships when they had no right to. The only way that the Americans could receive their full independence from the British was through declaring war. The War of 1812 was necessary in order for the Americans to fully gain their independence from the British because the cruel offenses committed against the United States were becoming more harsh and more …show more content…
Representative Felix Grundy of Tennessee emphasized that “this country shall submit to have her commerce inter directed or regulated, by any foreign nation”. Great Britain was monitoring and taxing the US ships by ordering them to be sent to Britain first for taxing purposes, and then sent to their true destination. The British then introduced the “Orders in Council” which impeded neutral trade with France, with whom Britain was at war with in the Napoleonic Wars. The “Orders of Council” stated that neutral ships couldn’t trade with Europe unless they stopped at Great Britain first and they couldn’t carry any French products. These British naval restrictions violated the right that let the US trade with other countries, especially France. The United States contested these restrictions as illegal under international law. The United States would never truly be free and independent until it completely shook the British hold over