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Little Belt affair
Part of the events leading to the War of 1812
A 16 May 1811 engraving shows USS President battling HMS Little Belt
The Little Belt affair was a naval battle on the night of 16 May 1811. It involved the United States frigate USS President and the British sixth-rate HMS Little Belt, a sloop-of-war, which had originally been the Danish ship Lillebælt, before being captured by the British in the 1807 Battle of Copenhagen. The encounter took place off the North Carolina coast.
The Little Belt Affair was one of many incidents and events that led to the War of 1812.
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The LittleBeltaffair was a naval battle on the night of 16 May 1811. It involved the United States frigate USS President and the British sixth-rate HMS Little...
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public such as the Leander affair and the Chesapeake–Leopard affair. The British public were outraged by the LittleBeltaffair in which the larger USS President...
painted on the sail were in reference to the LittleBeltaffair, when USS President had fired on HMS LittleBelt the year before. Captain John Rodgers of...
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for Lifford John Creighton, American naval officer involved in the LittleBeltaffair in 1811 John Creighton (archaeologist), British archaeologist John...
became known as the LittleBeltaffair, President, under the command of Captain John Rodgers, mistakenly identified HMS LittleBelt as the frigate HMS Guerriere...
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the LittleBeltaffair, an event that is regarded as one of the causes of the War of 1812, and he testified during the Court of Inquiry on the Little Belt...
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impressment of American citizens into the Royal Navy. In 1811, the LittleBeltaffair would anger the Admiralty, embarrass the United States, and lead to...
citizens with American papers. Incidents such as the Chesapeake–Leopard affair outraged Americans. Congress imposed the embargo in direct response to these...
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