An ongoing source of American tension toward the British was:
A) British refusal to recognize America
B) British blockade of the Atlantic coast
C) British refusal to pay war damages
D) Britain's refusal to release American POWs
E) British forts along the Canadian border

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The British forts along the Canadian border were an ongoing source of tension between America and Britain. America believed that the forts violated the terms of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolution, and restricted American expansion into the northwest territory. The tension eventually led to the War of 1812.

An Ongoing Source of American Tension Toward the British Was