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The war of 1812
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President Madison takes office
*James Madison takes office.
*When the war began the Americans were confident they would win.
*A major sea battle took place at the beginning of the war.
*The president looked for peaceful methods to force France and Britain to respect American neutrality.
*Even before the war began war hawks were demanding an invasion of Canada. -
War hawks take power.
*War hawks had a strong sense of nationalism
*They were willing to fight a war to defend american rights.
*Henry Clay of Kentuky was the most outspoken war hawk of all.
*Clay wanted war for two reasons.
*War hawks had yet another reason for war. -
Relations with Great Britain worsen.
*The american declaration of war took Britain by suprise.
*Because Jefferson beleived in a small federal goverment he reduced spending on the US.the americans were not ready for war.
*The US had only sixteen small ships to fight the giant British fleet.
*The army was small and ill epuiped.
*The British army blocked american ports. -
Congress declares war on Britain.
*the US and Britain grew closer to war.
*to prevent americans from trading with France, British ships blocked some american ports.
*the British continued to board american ships and impress american seamen. -
US is not ready for war.
*the US declaration of war took Britain by suprise.
*they are locked in a bitter struggle with Napolean.
*as the war began howerver the US had troubles of its own.
*the army was small and ill epuiped. -
Britain blockades american ports.
*the British blockaded american ports to stop trading.
*the small navy was unable to break the blockade.
*British continued to board american ships.
*a breif battle broke out between american frigates and British warships. -
Invasion of Canada.
*General William Hull moved troops into Canada.
*the Canadians had only a few untrained troops to defend themselves.
*however they were lead by a skillfull leader.
*Brock prepared his soldiers in red coats to make it apear that British troops were helping.
*other attempts to invade Canada failed. -
USS Constitution scores a victory.
*at last the guns of the constitution took action.
*Issac Hull, captain of the constitution spotted a british ship.
*the two ships jockeyed for two hours for position.
*they tore holes in the British ship.
*they shot of both masts. -
Battle of Lake Erie.
*the americans set of to gain control of lake Erie.
*captain Oliver Hazard had no fleet.
*so he built and designed his own ships.
*he sailed a tiny fleet against the british.
*the British batted perrys own ship. -
The Battle of Thames.
*Tecumseh died in the battle.
*without tecumseh leadership the indian federation soon fell apart.
*the american won an amazing victory in the battle of Thames. -
The Horseshoe Bend.
*Andrew Jackson, a Tennessee officer took comand of american troops.
*Andrew had a crushing victory at the Horseshoe Bend.
*the leader of the Creeks walked into Jacksons camp himself to surrender. -
Washington attacked and burned.
*British troops attacked and burned the white house.
*president Maddison watched the battle himself.
*Britain quikly scattered the un trained americans.
*the British met little further resistance as they continued to march to the capital. -
Attack on Baltimore.
*the key to Baltiumores defence wos fort McHenry.
*British rockets bombarded the ports.
*the British withdrew. -
writing the star spangled banner
*Francis Scott Key who witnesed the battle wrotre a poem.
*when the early morning fog lifted the broad stripes and bright stars of the american flag still waved.
*the Star Spangeled Banner was set into music.
*it was set as the US anthem. -
Hartford Convention.
*delagates from New England met in Hartford.
*they disliked the republican president.
*Britains blockade had hurt New England land sea trade.
*New Englanders feard the americans. -
Treaty of Ghent.
*the Treaty of Ghent was signed in Ghent Belgium.
*Britain and americans agreed to restore prewar conditions.
*the treaty said nothing about impressment or neutrality.
*other issues were settled later. -
the battle of New Orleans.
*the British prepared to attack New Orleans.
*howerver Andrew Jackson was waiting for the British.
*he marched them through moble and set up camp in New Orleans.
*american soldiers dug trenches to defend themselves.
