The correct answer is B) making American sailors serve in Britain’s Royal Navy.
The Royal Navy’s use of impressment involved seizing goods aboard American ships, making American sailors serve in Britain’s 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.
