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what group wanted war with Britan in 1812

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They were known as the "War Hawks" — a group of young Southern and Western Democratic-Republican congressmen (prominently Henry Clay of Kentucky and John C. Calhoun of South Carolina) who, by 1811–1812, were pressing for war with Britain. They cited British impressment of American sailors, trade restrictions, British support for Native American resistance on the frontier, and desires for territorial expansion (notably into Canada). Federalists, especially in New England, generally opposed the war.