The United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812 because
A) the British navy sank an American warship.
B) British companies refused to pay debts to US banks.
C) the British claimed rights to the territory of California.
D) the British navy repeatedly seized American merchant ships.
The wars main cause was sanctions levied by the British on the US, and also the issues of Britain seizing US ships and forcing those ship's crews into the Royal Navy.
