{"id":102565,"date":"2026-09-20T02:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=102565"},"modified":"2026-09-19T07:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T11:20:33","slug":"what-caused-the-war-of-1812","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/what-caused-the-war-of-1812\/","title":{"rendered":"What Caused the War of 1812?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PBLkMoqyoQU?si=DVeUZX-97bFdBGwd\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished  17 Apr 2026<\/p>\n<p>The War of 1812 broke out after a series of escalations between Great Britain and the still young United States. The impressment of American sailors into the Royal Navy desperate to crew their ships in the ongoing war against Napoleon, the question if the US could trade with Britain and France at the same time and thus profit of the war, all came to a head after failed negotiations.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nBenn, Carl. <em>The War of 1812<\/em>, Osprey Publishing, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Bickham, Troy. <em>The Weight of Vengeance: The United States, The British Empire and the War of 1812<\/em>, Oxford University Press, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Esarey, Logan. <em>Messages and Letters of William Henry Harrison: Volume 1, 1800-1811<\/em>, Indiana Historical Commission, 1922<\/p>\n<p>Green, John Richard. <em>History of the English People \u2013 Volume 4<\/em>, MacMillan and Co., 1883<\/p>\n<p>Latimer, Jon. <em>1812: War with America<\/em>, Belknap Press, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Perkins, Bradford. <em>Prologue to War: England and the United States 1805-1812<\/em>, The University of California Press, 1961<\/p>\n<p><em>The trial of John Wilson, alias Jenkin Ratford, for mutiny, desertion and contempt: to which are subjoined, a few cursory remarks<\/em>, John Howe and Son, 1807<\/p>\n<p>Whickar, J. Wesley. &#8220;Shabonee&#8217;s Account of Tippecanoe&#8221;, <em>Indiana Magazine of History<\/em>, Vol. 17, No. 4, 1921<\/p>\n<p>Woods, David. <em>Free Trade and Sailors&#8217; Rights, 1812-1815<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Time History Published 17 Apr 2026 The War of 1812 broke out after a series of escalations between Great Britain and the still young United States. 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