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“The wars in Europe engulfed much of the world, precipitating and facilitating innumerable local conflicts in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, including the Haitian…

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“the now-famous Cunards, who established their shipping business during the war and made their first transatlantic passenger voyage in 1813.”

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“Generally Americans held that citizenship was a choice and thus allowed naturalization, while Britain held that an individual’s subjection to the sovereign of the…

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“The American and British governments invested heavily in the press, supporting official and unofficial organs, and high-ranking members routinely wrote articles and employed mercenary…

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“the British government was thinking beyond the immediate war to a future in which a defeated United States could be hemmed in by an…

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“American notaries, port authorities, local governments, customs officials, American diplomats in Britain, and British agents issued certificates, which varied wildly in reliability.”

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“After all, the two issues on which the United States formally declared war—America’s trade rights as a neutral in the ongoing European wars and…

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“In March 1812 the British Caribbean press described how the British squadron based at Jamaica had earlier captured a “Haytian frigate.” In response, the…

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“After all, the two issues on which the United States formally declared war—America’s trade rights as a neutral in the ongoing European wars and…

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“The concept of citizenship was still novel in 1812, with the vast majority of people who were living in North America and Europe placing…

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“American-born families flowing into Upper Canada first as political refugees from the American Revolution and later as economic migrants.”

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“In Britain, the advertising business was so complex that the Scotch, English, and Irish Newspapers, and Advertising Office in Edinburgh offered clients access to…

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