impressment

Examples of impressment in the following topics:

• Harassment by Britain

  • The Royal British Navy's practice of impressment led to increasing tensions between Britain and the United States.
  • However, many disapproved of the treaty's failure to address British impressment of sailors from American ships and ports.
  • As a result, the Royal Navy impressed more than 9,000 sailors who claimed American citizenship.
  • The crew of the HMS Leopard pursued, attacked, and boarded the American frigate looking to impress deserters from the Royal Navy.
  • However, when British envoys showed no contrition for the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair and delivered proclamations reaffirming impressment, the U.S.

• Origins of the War of 1812

  • One major cause was the British practice of impressment, whereby American sailors were taken at sea and forced to fight on British warships; this issue was left unresolved by Jay’s Treaty in 1794.
  • England was the major offender: The Royal Navy, following a time-honored practice, “impressed” American sailors by forcing them into British service.
  • Jefferson's embargo was particularly unpopular in New England, where merchants preferred the indignities of impressment to the halting of overseas commerce, and tension among American citizens grew.

• Confederate Politics

  • Throughout the war, Stephens denounced many of the President's policies, including conscription, suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, impressment, various financial and taxation policies, and Davis' military strategy.

• The Cold War's Costs and Consequences

  • Public impressions and insecurities gained during the Cold War also carry over today.
  • Strong impressions were made and continue to affect national psyche as a result of perilously close brushes with all-out nuclear warfare.

• Reaction to the Holocaust

  • Most Jews agreed with Rabbi Stephen Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress, that adoption of the Alaska proposal would deliver "a wrong and hurtful impression...that Jews are taking over some part of the country for settlement. " The plan was dealt a severe blow when Roosevelt told Ickes that he insisted on limiting the number of refugees to 10,000 a year for five years, and with a further restriction that Jews not make up more than 10% of the refugees.

• The Effects of Watergate

  • The Watergate scandal left such an impression on the national and international consciousness that many scandals since then have been labeled with the suffix "-gate. "

• Sears Roebucks

  • When Richard Warren Sears was a railroad station agent in North Redwood, Minnesota, he received an impressive shipment of watches from a Chicago jeweler, which the local cube jeweler did not want.

• Jackie Robinson

  • His impressive running speed, powerful hitting, and strong fielding made Robinson a key player on a team with many stars.

• Jay's Treaty

  • The British were continually impressing American merchant sailors into British service, thereby violating the American flag flying on American ships in the Atlantic.
  • However, Jay failed to negotiate an end to British impressments; this spurred arguments against ratifying the treaty and the issue remained unresolved until the War of 1812.

• Meso-American Culture

  • Reading and writing were widespread throughout Meso-America and these civilizations achieved impressive political, artistic, scientific, agricultural, and architectural accomplishments.
  • Although shocked and impressed by the scale of Tenochtitlan, the display of massive human sacrifice offended European sensitivities, and the abundant displays of gold and silver inflamed their greed.