![]() ![]() Lastly, (and most of the history books completely overlook this one) the British were also somewhat spoiling for a fight with the Americans. There was a faction in American politics that thought most or even all of Canada should become part of America too. There were also tensions between the U.S.and Britain regarding the status of Canada, and the Canadian border, and yes, Tecumseh too, but he was really just emblematic of a much larger Canadian problem. You can't go around permanently stealing another country's citizens, and expect nothing to ever happen. This didn't just happen once, but dozens of times. British officers would come aboard, and seize random American seamen and impress them, which means to basically kidnap them and put them to work in the British Navy on British ships. The war began because American merchant seamen at sea were having their ships stopped by the British Navy on the high seas. Tecumseh was a minor player in the causes of the War of 1812. ![]()
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