How Did The United States Declare War With Britain

The war of 1812 was a war between the United States and Great Britain. The war lasted from 1812 to 1815. There were several reasons in why the war took place. One reason the war took place was because Britain was interfering with America’s trade and they were taking their ships. Another reason is because the United States felt as if Britain did not treat them like an independent country, this lead them to believe that British was providing the Native Americans with guns so they can be able to attack the American settlers. The last major reason is the United States wanted to take Canada from British and Florida from Spain. Based on the main reasons given above, the United States was justified in going to war with Britain.
Senator Felix Grundy was a strong believer that the United States should declare war on Britain. For instance on December 9, 1811 Grundy says: “ What, Mr. Speaker, are we now called on to decide? It is, whether we will resist by force the attempt, made by [Britain], to subject our maritime rights to the arbitrary and capricious rule of her will….Sir, I prefer war to submission. [This] unjust and lawless invasion of personal liberty, calls loudly for the interposition of this Government… ” …show more content…
Grundy did not want the United States to back down from Britain due to the forces they have attempted. Grundy believes that the United States should most definitely go to war because Britain disrespected the United States Maritime rights. The Maritime rights that Britain disrespected was them interfering with America's trade and the illegal impressments on the American ships. Grundy explains that he would much rather a war to take place than to allow Britain to do such lawless acts like invading the ships and interfering with taxes. He also believes that the Government needs to take action immediately in handling this