What was happening in america on the home-front as the war dragged on?

i am only doing this for the points.

answer by mimiwhatsup: c. british impressment involved attacking and boarding neutral merchant ships and forcing the captured crew to serve in the royal navy.

source: "british impressment, or practice of taking or seizing american sailors from american trading ships and forcing them into the british navy." ()

there is not all the infomation needed to answer this question.   we need the who was going, or we need to know what islands you are talking about.