Causes of the war of 1812
Main events of the war of 1812
Effects/impact of the war of 1812

The immediate causes of the War of 1812 were a series of economic sanctions taken by the British and French against the US as part of the Napoleonic Wars and American outrage at the British practice of impressment, especially after the Chesapeake incident of 1807.

no one really purchased it themselves, it was all america, they had debates etc.