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British attack on American sailors that aroused angry demands for war?
chesapeake affair
British attack on American sailors that aroused angry demands of war?
Chesapeake affair
Why were sailors deserting the British Navy. To join the American navy?
Conditions in the Royal Navy were awful, which lead some sailors to desert the British navy and join the American navy. Many American sailors were taken hostage by the British.
Why were sailors deserting the british navy to join the american navy-?
Conditions on American ships were far superior to that of British ships.
Why did the US go to war against Britain in 1812?
The British impressed American sailors, the British violated sea rights, the British blocked American ports, the British interfered with seagoing trade, and the British told the Native Americans to attack white settlers.
Why did British ships attack American ships in 1812?
They technically didn't attack the ships. What they did was impress the American sailors into the British Navy. This means that they captured American sailors and forced them to join the British Navy and fight the French (Napoleon).
When England was forcing US sailors to work in the british navy this was called?
Americans were angered by the British practice of impressment which American sailors were forced into the British navy.
What word refers to the British practice of forcing American sailors into service of the British navy?
Impressment is forcing American sailors into joining the British Navy.
Why did the impressment occur in the 1800s?
The impressment occured because pay was better in the merchant fleet than in the British Navy, and conditions were less brutal. Captains of the British Navy were always looking for replacements, and if they could not fill their company at a home port by recruitment they would send the "press gangs" to attack and grab sailors to work on British ships for free. Between 1803 and 1812 6,000 American sailors were impressed by the British.
British practice of boarding American ships and seizing sailors for service in the British navy?
impressment
What word refers to the British practice of forcing American sailor into the service of the British navy?
Impressment is forcing American sailors into joining the British Navy.
British seized sailors from American ships?
Yes and it was called "impressment".
