THE WAR OF 1812

By cferguso@oswego.org
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    War of 1812

  • President madison takes office

    • Americans were angry at britan for arming indians from the north west
    • Americans resented impressment of american solgers
    • Americans had a seans of natinalism prid

  • War hawks take power

    • stoped british sezure of american ships
    • the war hawks tryed to seize canida
    • they took florda from spain

  • relation with grait britan worsens

    • caused relation with unitted states
    • the british were goo with guns and amo
    • unitted states and britin still dissagreed

  • Congress declared war on briten

    • the united stats was not prepared wene the war begain
    • americans thought they were ready
    • it finlly became clear that americans were not ready

  • America is not ready for War

    America is not ready for War
    *America won even though they were not prepared
    *America fought British
    *America's leader was Thomas Jefferson

  • britain blocked america

    • the british hade 135 ships
    • the british blooked all american ports
    • the british set up all the blookads

  • Invasion of Canada

    *United States declared war
    *Nation earned high honor
    *Both lands were in all battle

  • Uss constitution/victory

    • united stats declared war
    • british solders came as an supriz to the united states
    • jeferson beleved in a small government so he didnt have alot of fighting troops

  • Battle of Lake Erie

    *British took control of Lake Erie
    *20 men were at the bridge with loaded guns
    *The commander was Oliver H. Perry

  • Writing of the star spangled baner

    • the doctors name was DR.william beanes
    • DR.williom beanes was responsibal for all the saffty of the soldgers
    • the british were always ready for war

  • battle of thames

    • the americans won a decisive victory at the battle
    • tecumseh died in the fighting
    • the indian comander soon feel apart

  • battle of Horseshow bend

    • the leader walked alon in to jacksons camp and surrendered
    • the war was on and of then it finally ended
    • dolly madison wanted her husbent to go home

  • Washington,d.c,attcked and burned

    • war was between american and british soldgers
    • the unitted states capital won
    • british leader was major robert ross

  • Atack on baltimore

    • the key of baltimors defense was fort mcHenry
    • the british marched
    • the british boomed the harbor

  • hartfored coonvention

    -threten to leave if the war didnt end
    - hartfored did not know what to do
    - after people thretened to leave the war stoped

  • treaty of ghent

    • john quincy adams summed up the treaty in on sentens ''nothing was ajusted nothing was settled (289)
    • some thought the war was a mistake
    • everything went back to prewar conditions

  • Battle of new orleans

    • the british set up blookades to stop americans
    • large parts of canida were under british controll
    • even washinton was taken and burned