At last all redress through negotiation was found impossible; and this pretension, aggravated into multitudinous tyranny, was openly announced to be one of the principal reasons for the declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812.
Sumner notes that the issue of impressment and British tyranny was a significant factor leading to the War of 1812.
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