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What word refers to the British practice of forcing American sailors into the service of the service of the British navy?
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Press or press-gang.
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The practice of capturing sailors and forcing them to serve on a ship from another country was?
impressment
How would the British policy of impressment best be described?
British seized American ships such as Chesapeake and took supplies and sailors.
Which European power used the practice of impressment against American sailors?
England. In the early 1800's, England was involved in a war with France and there was a shortage of manpower in England. So, they resorted to stopping American ships and forcing some of their crews into service with them. This was one of the main causes of the War of 1812 between the U.S. and England.
What actions of Great Britain and France pushed the US into fighting the War of 1812?
One of the major grievances was "impressment", a practice by British warships' crews of "kidnapping" sailors from American ships on a belief or pretense that the men so taken were deserters from British ships or were British subjects. (Under British law at that time, no one born in Britain or Ireland, except the child of a foreign diplomat, was ever regarded as a citizen of any other nation.) Another major grievance was the British blockade of France and every country allied with France, which greatly harmed American trade.
What was the term for the forced enlistment of sailors into the British Navy or British Man Stealing?
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.
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.
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 was the british practice of stopping American ships at sea forcing the sailors to serve in the british navy called?
Impressment
What was the practice called where Americans were forced into service with the British navy?
Impressment is the term used to denote the forcing of American sailors into the British navy/
What was the leading motive for the War of 1812?
impressment of American sailors and forcing them to serve in the British royal navy
What term describes the British policy of taking American sailors and forcing them to work in British ships?
its also called impressment .
British practice of boarding American ships and seizing sailors for service in the British navy?
impressment
What British practice was a violation of the neutral rights?
They stopped American vessels and forced the American sailors to work on their ships.
The practice of capturing sailors and forcing them to serve on a ship from another country was?
impressment
The practice of capturing sailors and forcing them to serve on a ship from another country is called .?
impressment
Why did the US declare war on Britain in the 1812?
The United States declared war on Britain in 1812 because the British were seizing American ships. Britain was trying to stop American from trading with France.
