User:History buff 7567

How the war of 1812 could have been prevented. The war of 1812 was started because of a lack of communication between Britain and America. The British in the past impressed american sailors and searched american ships. Because of this america was very bitter towards Britian and looked for any way to criticize them. So when one of Americans native allies allied itself with Britian America declared war. However a few days after America got news that stated Britian had agreed to stop there policy of searching and impressing american sailors. Just waiting a few days could have prevented Washington DC getting burned.