Question

List three reasons why America went to war with Great Britain.

Answer 1

the belief (not entirely incorrect) that the British government was supporting, even encouraging, Native attacks along the Northwest frontier

the impressment of American sailors by the British navy.

a desire by many Americans to wrest parts of Canada from the British Empire.

Answer 2

1. to end the practice of impressment against american sailors.
2. belief that Britain incited Native American attacks against American settlements in the Great Lakes region.
3. there was a small group in Congress called the "War Hawks" who thought that the United States should annex Canada. It was their belief that the Canadians (who were British colonial subjects at the time) would welcome the Americans as liberators.