Book critique for the war assignment

America promised Canada nothing but protection, property, and rights. Sadly, at this time the United States was inadequate to lead this major war. Hickey informs his readers that the War Department Was poorly organized and understaffed. The administration to abandon these proclamations made it difficult to appease candidates of the war. Hickey describes the War Hawks as a group of Republican Congressmen who demanded that the United States declare war against Great Britain and invade British Canada. At the time, British Canada was secretly helping the

Native American tribes that were interfering with U. S. Expansion to the west. President Thomas Jefferson and James Madison tried to stay inactive to the wars between France and Great Britain. Hickey explains that the nation was using political and economic pressures to keep America’s trade routes intact. In the end, the War Hawks got what they were fighting for. Congress declared war against Great Britain, which Hickey believes could have been one Of the causes of The War of 1812. After reading The War of 181 2: A Short History by Donald R.