N the united states, support for the war of 1812 was the strongest from(a) frontier settlers who wanted land and protection from american indians(b) new england merchants who feared impressment(c) protestants who had religious sympathies with great britain(d) "quids" who held classic democratic-republican belief
(b) The merchant sailors of the united states were used by the British Navy to man their ships during war time of the Napoleonic Wars. This was a form of forced recruitment used by the British which fueled resentment and rebellion within the population of naturalized American citizens.
