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date: 25 March 2025

War of 1812. 

Source:
The Oxford Companion to United States History
Author(s):
William Earl WeeksWilliam Earl Weeks

The War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain, also known as the Second Anglo-American War, was caused primarily by the United States' desire to defend its presumed right as a neutral state to trade freely with other nations even in wartime.... ...

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