Yes and it was called "impressment".
British seized American ships such as Chesapeake and took supplies and sailors.
the attacks that the British lead against the American forces is that they seized the American ships and they kidnapped American sailors.
In the relatively brief interval between the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, Britain had not fully accepted that America had become an independent nation rather than a British colony, and it seized American sailors in order to impress them (or draft them, as we would say in more modern language) into the British navy, which was always in need of more sailors.
In the relatively brief interval between the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, Britain had not fully accepted that America had become an independent nation rather than a British colony, and it seized American sailors in order to impress them (or draft them, as we would say in more modern language) into the British navy, which was always in need of more sailors.
Conditions on American ships were far superior to that of British ships.
impressment
.The British interfered with shipping by Impressment - the kidnapping of American sailors to work on British ships.
Britain captured american ships. When they captured it, they impressed the sailors on it.
The British Royal Navy were stopping American ships and taking sailors to be on the British crews.
Impressment
Yes, during and before the American revolution England commonly stopped ships on the high sea's or at port and seized sailors for military service, it was a source of friction in the colonies
The British navy used impressment as a method to forcibly recruit sailors into their service during the 18th and early 19th centuries. They would often press gang sailors from merchant ships or coastal towns, claiming them as British subjects or deserters. Impressment was a contentious practice that led to tensions between Britain and other nations, particularly the United States.