they were trying to free europe from the rule of napoleon bonaparte.y needed every sailor they could get to man that royal navy. the british were dominant at see, the french were dominant on land. they had to maintain sea lanes. there were thousands of british sailors who were jumping ship and trying to melt into that american melting pot. though were only getting their own people back. as far as the native american issues on the frontier, the united states didn't always live up to the agreements they made with some of the native american nations out there. and so they -- the native americans, a lot were angry at the united states. there were some hot headed american states men who wanted an excuse to take over british canada. and so for some even francis scott key himself said i will not harm the poor unoffending canadians. and key really epitomized many americans, they said, you know what, i don't like what the british are doing. but invading canada is wrong. and so really to this day, the war of 1812 was the most narrowly declared of any american wa

, i think i did pretty well, as might be expected, seeing as i was between jesus christ and napoleon bonaparte. that was george's view what it was like between them. he refused to compromise with some relatively small reservations, that with his closest friend, then senate majority leader henry cabot john insisted on. they were not serious. they were reiterating the fact that the senate has to declare war and no one else has a right to do so. has to have the responsibility for treaties. it was something not very serious, but wilson refused to compromise whatsoever saying notably the senate must take its medicine. well, that was not a wise thing to say, particularly when the senate and house were controlled by the republican party after 1918 elections. but to get the treaty passed, he went on a barn storming tour throughout the country and during that tour on september 28th, 1919 that he had a severe stroke in colorado, and on september 28th. he was not seen by anybody until the end of october. as many of you know, he was brought back here into the white house and there he laid -- he was really

napoleon bonaparte plan campaigns around it. >> we are just plain folk. mind a few things being secondhand. [laughter] >> you can throw them away. we do not use those things in beverly hills. >> now, you listen here. i do not care how those folks are in beverly hills. we are going to be clean. >> yes, ma'am. >> we ain't going to lower our standards. ms. isenberg: that to me, irene ryan that came out of this montville tradition -- mo audville tradition upper class educated, it became a stage act. it became a role that people play. i think that seeing a shilling, i quote what i thought was an amazing commentary on the beverly hills abilities -- beverly hillbillies. he said, first of all, americans are extremely class conscious. he said, what is going on plot after plot is the battle between snobs, the banker and his family and his son is always the trade in this desperate trade -- portrayed in this way versus the hillbillies. what the middle class viewer at home was supposed to feel and this is what people say about reality television, they think somehow, w