During the first decade of the 19th Century, the Thomas Jefferson and the United States government responded to the European port blockades by closing American ports to British goods and halting American trade in European ports. The blockades against commerce particularly upset the Americans, since, at the time, their economy depending on trade and exportation. In 1811, the British government apologized for the affair, but the damage had already been done in the minds of the American people. In June 1807, Captain James Barron aboard the an America ship, the Chesapeake, refused to allow his ship to be searched by the captain of the HMS Leopard, which opened fire on the American ship this affair, known as the Chesapeake Affair, ignited anti-British feelings in the United States and President Jefferson ordered all British ships to leave the United States’ harbors. The British claimed the right to search American ships for deserters from their navy and generally took along a few American sailors with the deserters to keep a full crew on the warships. These measures were not intended to stop the commerce of the United States, but seizing blockade running ships angered America, who claimed that such blockades were illegal since they maintained neutrality in the European wars. The conflict began when Napoleon established his Continental System and the British responded with their Orders of Council in 1806 – trade restrictions effecting England, France, and the rest of Europe.
To some extent it was provoked by the British who did not respect their former colonies as a united nation. The War of 1812 was a conflict between the British and United States. Napoleon’s Ambition and War Put America In The Middle
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