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"Why War in 1812?" by Jim Gallen, JD

Why did the United States go to War in 1812? What compelled this nation, less than thirty years from its War of Independence with a vast wilderness awaiting development and hostile Indians beyond its frontiers, choose to take on its former colonia

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American Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and 19th Century Conflict

"Why War in 1812?" by Jim Gallen, JD

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