Erskine was recalled to London and another minister, Jackson was sent to Washington in stead. Jackson insisted that the British State Department had known that Erskine was violating the instructions when the agreement was already concluded. But the United States’ Secretary of Foreign Affairs refused to take any further communications from Britain for the charge of bad faith. Thus the Diplomatic relation with Britain had come to a close.
On May 1, 1810 the United States’ congress passed a bill called Macon’s Bill in substitution of ‘Non-intercourse Act’ which officially permitted commerce with both England and France. However, this bill provided that if France repealed her offensive decrees, the United States would renew non-importation…show more content… The Westerners were getting ready to invade Canada because Britain was continuously trying to use the Indians against westward Americans.
On May 16, 1811 a forty-four-gun American frigate, the President had attacked twenty-gun British corvette, Little Belt and killed thirty two. The British took it as three times more revenge of the ‘Chesapeake humiliation’. Thus a war-like situation broke out at Northwest frontier. About a thousand American troops, led by General William Henry Harrison locked in clash with the Indians at Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811. As time passed by, American people were becoming vulnerable for the British blockade and at last American senate passed a war resolution against Britain on June 4, 1812.
The United States declared war on England when Napoleon was in winning position. The westerners thought, they could occupy Canada with a mere marching. But many Canadians were the descendents of the Loyalists who were expelled from the United States after America’s Independence. These people rose to defend their country from the American ‘mere marchers.’ Hence, in 1812 and again 1813 the troops of the United States were forced to back from Canadian…show more content… A week after the declaration of war (June 26, 1812), the United States did a fresh start of negotiations. Secretary of the state Monroe instructed the American Charge´ at London to negotiate for a cessation of hostilities. Later, Alexander I of Russia proposed to mediate between Britain and the United States. Russia’s intension behind the mediation was to see the American war ended so that she could start her desired trade with the United States. Moreover, Moscow was then occupied by the Napoleon’s army. Madison promptly accepted Russian proposal as he was trying to step back from her distressed position. He understood the fate of European war and sent two special envoys, Albert Gallatin and James Bayard to Russian
