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English: In 1812, the United States was much smaller than it is today (2021), and the superior mode of transportation was by water. Once the United States declared war on Great Britain, the British started a blockade on U.S. ports.
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Source This is a crop of the file Principal Campaigns of the War of 1812.gif that was downloaded from the Combat Studies Institute, United States Army. The Chesapeake Bay area has been circled by TwoScarsUp.
Author Combat Studies Institute, United States Army - modified by TwoScarsUp (circled Chesapeake Bay)

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Waterways were important to the United States in 1812, and the British blockaded them

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