Why did madison ask congress to declare war against england? to stop the british invasion of canada to stop the seizure of american ships to force britain to leave the northwest territory

Madison ask Congress to declare war against England to stop the seizure of American ships

Option B

Explanation:

Madison declared war against England in 1812. This was mainly done because Britain was always seizing American ships. These ships were basically used for trading with France and Britain's seizure of these ships affected the trade.

Sometimes Britain also seized the sailors who traveled on these ships. The seizures made by Britain were called impressiveness. The United States was however not ready to fight the war and did not have enough army or the required artillery for the war.

1. the townshend acts of 1767 “threaten the country with poverty and ruin.”

at a town meeting held at faneuil hall in boston on october 28, 1767, boston freeholders and residents discussed the implications of the brutal townshend acts levied against the colonists. the townshend acts were a set of four acts passed by the british parliament in the summer of 1767 in order to generate revenue for the crown (through duties on goods such as lead, glass, paper, and tea) as well as exert british control over the increasingly rebellious colonists.

during the oct. 28 meeting, the bostonians found:

the excessive use of foreign superfluities is the chief cause of the present distressed state of this town, as it is thereby drained of its money: which misfortune is likely to be increased by means of the late additional burthens and impositions on the trade of the province, which threaten the country with poverty and ruin.

as a result, the citizens unanimously voted to boycott all british-made goods.