Madison+Chooses+Arrows+of+War

toc =Questions= Write a paragraph or so that states your question, explains why you chose that question, and what other questions you considered but decided against. What influenced the declaration of war against Britain? There were a few reasons for president James Madison to declare war on Britain and that the question is the only incite on why dilemma four happened other questions are why did the native Americans choose to team up with Britain but that was to simple of a question

=Gathering and Evaluating Evidence= Start by explaining where you began and what that turned up. Share the struggles you faced in this stage.

We began looking at what place we were in at the time of the war with Britain and France. Britain had things we needed to support our country. The struggles came once we had came to a dead end, so we kept looking at our sources and information eventually surfaced.

Then share with us the documents used. Describe how you considered source, context, corroboration, etc. What questions and answers came and went in this stage? [] We considered source to see if it was a trustworthy site. The context showed us what led to Madison's decision on the war of 1812. The corroboration was that they agreed on most things such as " the series of orders from the council. The questions that came and went was if there were any Britain council spies that helped the United Sates? Britain was on defense in Canada fighting against the United States, they were also sending ships to raid the coast.

[|h][|ttp://ww][|w.montpelier.org][|/james-and][|-dolley][|-madison/james-madison/politician-and-statesman/war-of-1812] The information on this site seemed to match up with what we already knew so we thought it was a good source. The context also shows what Madison's decision was and why chose it. Both sides agreed to stop fighting, and Great Britain stopped impressing american sailors after Napoleon was defeated. Other questions we came up with are why did Great Britain wait so long to end impressment.



This was after Jefferson's infamous embargo act which hurt Americans more than Britain and France. This made Madison believe war was the only option later he made his decision. These documents tell how the British council gave the most push for war. They ordered the people to seize American ships and sailors. The British put an impressment on America. When the British council lifted the order, it was too late, America had already declared war. But Madison choose to use his rights under the constitution to declare war 79-39 vote in the house and 19-13 vote in the Senate, America declared war on Britain on June 18. The British claimed American's anger was the cause of war.

=Interpretation= What did you find? How do you feel about your conclusion? Was your conclusion surprising? We found the British council was the main cause of the war. They were to take more blame then France, especially causing us trouble with the Indians. Britain said that America was giving the most anger for war. Before the war Britain was in the practicing of seizing American sailors and keeping America away from ports that were owned by France.