war+of+1812+TP

INTRO- The war of 1812 was the first war the United States of America was ever in. They fought the british empire
 * The british were at a big disadvantage because they were already at war with the french.
 * Britain and France both were trying to make the U.S. stop trading with one another and this caused britains ships to start trying to overpower the united states ships.
 * This caused the government to pass an embargo act, but it did not work well at all. The british started to get the bulk of their imports from south america and they were not hurt at all from the act. Some merchant ships still smuggled goods to britain though