1. During the French and Indian War, the British had seized supposed British sailors from colonial ports or merchant ships for service on British ships. The British and the French followed this practice during their wars. This practice that was one of the issues leading to the War of 1812. This practice is called by what term?

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1. During the French and Indian War, the British had seized supposed British sailors from colonial ports or merchant ships for service on British ships. The British and the French followed this practice during their wars. This practice that was one of the issues leading to the War of 1812. This practice is called by what term?

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Marlene Hebert · Answer 1

During the French and Indian War, the British had seized supposed British sailors from colonial ports or merchant ships for service on British ships. The British and the French followed this practice during their wars. This practice that was one of the issues leading to the War of 1812. This practice is called impressment.

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Impressment describes the violent recruitment of seafarers for war and merchant ships.

The impressment of sailors was particularly widespread in the 18th and 19th centuries and preferably in British and American ports.

In 1747, there was unrest in the British colony of Boston after Admiral Charles Knowles wanted to force 46 people to be recruited. Even after American independence, Americans continued to be pushed into the Navy, as Britain continued to consider all British-born Americans as its citizens. In the course of the Napoleonic Wars, around 9,000 Americans were forcibly recruited into the British fleet. This procedure was one of the reasons for the outbreak of the War of 1812. After the end of these wars, the practice largely disappeared.