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Washington’s Proclamation of Neutrality
This proclamation stated that America will be neutral during this act of war against Europe and France and for any citizen that aids any of these countries the U.S. will not protect them from any punishments that other nations shall endure on them. -
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British Impressment on U.S. ships
Since America stated that it was going to be neutral in reaction to the Napoleonic Wars the British decides to cut our trade with France and capture the U.S. sailors to add to their fleets until the war of 1812. -
Jay treaty
This treaty averted war with Great Britain by resolving problems with Britain that were around since the Treaty of Paris of 1783. -
Washington’s Farewell Address
This stated that Washington would not be running for a second term in office and gave specific warnings about political parties and foreign nations to not let these controversial differences split the nation. -
Embargo Act 1807
While Thomas Jefferson was in office he creates this act in hopes of The British and French to stop fighting and until they did stop the U.S. will not trade with them but this failed and crippled America's economy it was soon repealed in 1809. -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
This was a naval incident that involved the British ship HMS Leopard and the U.S. ship USS Chesapeake the British wanted to retrieve deserters aboard the USS Chesapeake which ended with the British's victory over the Chesapeake. After hearing the news America was outraged and demanded war, Jefferson's final try at not going to war with Great British he closed American waters and demanded Britain stop the Impressment but it didn't affect the situation -
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Tecumseh and the Treaty of Fort Wayne
In 1809 when the Treaty of Fort Wayne was made Tecumseh was outraged about said treaty because Americans bought and plan to use land without the Native's permission So in 1810, he met Harrison with his officers Tecumseh with his warriors informed him that if the treaty wasn't nullified then he would ally with Great Britain. Harrison was impressed with Tecumseh's Confederacy created in the years before the Treaty of Fort Wayne and he didn't turn a blind eye to them. -
War Hawks
This was a group of 60 representative house members mostly from the south and the western part of America. This group prepared the country to go to war and pressured Jefferson to declare war with Great Britain the reason why is because they wanted Canada which was British territory. -
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Tecumseh's War
The war was a conflict between the United States and Tecumseh's Confederacy -
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Tecumseh's Significance during 1812
Tecumseh allied with Great Britain in Canada and helped the British capture Detroit in 1812 then in 1813 Tecumseh returned to Amherstburg in response to a message from Harrison Tecumseh tried to take control over Fort Meigs which was along the Maumee River in Ohio but failed and after this battle was one of the most famous indecent in 1812 some American prisoners had been taken to the nearby ruins of Fort Maimai the natives began killing the prisoners Tecumseh rushed in to stop the slaughter. -
War of 1812 begins
America declares war on Great Britain because Britain won't stop impressing the U.S. ships, British laws in place that affected American trade, and harassment of American commerce. -
Hartford Convention
This convention was a series of meetings that were held for the Federalists to speak their word on the declaration of war against Great Britain that began on December 15, 1814, and ended on January 5, 1815. -
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent formally ended the war of 1812 -
Battle of New Orleans
This was the final battle of the war of 1812 which was 15 days after the Treaty of Ghent was signed where the British tried to take over New Orleans and parts of land from the Louisiana Purchase this ended in a unanimous victory for the U.S. with only 62 casualties on America's side and more than 2,000 on the British side.