PLZ HELPP 1. How was James Durand impressed into service in the Royal Navy? The British Royal
Navy used to imprison American sailors. British officers boarded American
ships,
inspected the crew, and arrested sailors accused of deserting the british navy. Most of
those sailors were working on American merchant ships. These acts of impressment
were one of the causes that led to the war of 1812.

2. Why does Durand say, "Had I known my destiny that night, I would have instantly
committed the horrid crime of self-murder"?

3. How did the captain discipline his ship's crew?

4. What term did the English use to identify Americans?

5 Why were "American seamen impressed into the British service told to give themselves up as
prisoners of war"?

6 Do you think everything Durand wrote was true? Why or why not?