06/18/1812 AD declared war on
Historians in the United Kingdom often see it as a minor theater of the Napoleonic Wars, while historians in North America see it as a war in its own right; it is related to the American Indian Wars, Sixty Years' War, Creek War, Tecumseh's War, and the American Revolutionary War.
From the American perspective, the major casus belli of the war was the kidnapping of American citizens to man the Royal Navy, a practice known as impressment. Between 1793 and 1812, the British absconded with more than 15,000 American citizens and forced them to help the British prosecute their ongoing wars on the European continent.
Washington, D.C.
Lattitude: 38.9072° N
Longitude: 77.0369° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 38.9072° N
Longitude: 77.0369° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
