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at King'1 College University of London, and the
an expert on Brinsh trade and naval hitory.
amen.ea was an annexick. sideshow. Ton. Americans had stathe
eritish were busy fightirg.a totalwac against. the French Empirs. for.a
son Bonaparte, James Madison was an annoying irre cone. War with
nica was a direct consequence of the Napoleonic conflict. Britain relied on a mart tore
Diockade to defeat France. When American merchants tried to use their neutral status
break this blockade, the British introduced new laws, the Orders in Councif, to block tris
in the same spirit, when British warships stopped American merchant ships, they forcibly
impressed any British sailors they found into the Royal Navy. While some of these men were
Amenicans, mast were British. Britain was in a total war with France. There would be no place for
neutral traders, no forgveness for deserters. The Orders were stopped in June of 1812. When
America finally declared war Britain hoped that, by pointing out that the Orders in Council had
been stopped, the U.S. would end the conflict. Instead, President Madison demanded an end to
impressment, well aware that Britain would not make such a compromise in wartime. And so
Britain went to war.
He
37. Which quotation from Andrew Lambert's Histoncal Interpretation #l
the author's bias?
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: above) best shows
Answer
"Britain was in a total war with France. There would be no place for neutral traders, no forgiveness for deserters."