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Impressment of sailors
The British kept taking and seizing U.S. ships they had taken more than 15,000 sailors during there war with France. They then declared war on the British for taking there ships. -
Washington’s Proclamation of Neutrality
To avoid being in war with France he wrote the Proclamation to show that he didn't want conflict with them he also wrote that they would no longer assisted either of them during there war so that they wouldn't get into war as well. -
Jay Treaty
This was a treaty that stated that British would move out of the northwest they would stop seizing American ships as well as they would pay back all the losses they had from these attack. -
Washington’s Farewell Address
In his address he warns people that getting into to many domestic affairs will threaten the stability of the republic -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
A British crew called leopard Pursued attacked and came upon an American ship called the Frigate USS in order to look for traders of the Royal Navy. -
Embargo Act 1807
This closed all the port and stopped any goods from being exported or imported in or from America. -
War Hawks
This was done by younger congress men to try and get them to declare war on the British. -
Tecumseh
The Native Americans started a war against the Americans to prevent them from moving west and then when this didn't work they allied with the British. -
War of 1812 Begins
President James Madison declared war on the British after all the things they had done to our ships. -
Tecumseh
He was killed during a battle called Thames. -
Treaty of Ghent
This was a treaty signed to work together to stop the slave trading. -
Hartford Convention
This convention went over many things such as stopping the three fifths compromise, ambition of new states, declarations of war, and creating new laws on restricting trade. -
Battle of New Orleans
They fought to show there declaration to the British of the new territory and they won. The British had been trying to take over important ports to the Americans.