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President Madison Takes Office
*James Madison was a quit scholary man.He helped write the constitution.
*Many people thought Madisons views were very timid
*Many people thought that America should expaned to the west
*A 2nd war with Britain was lumming -
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War of 1812
This is a timeline of the war of 1812 -
War Hawks Take Power
*War Hawks arew people from the south or west.
*The War Hawks wanted war with Britain.
*There were many War Hawks in Corgress.
*The War Hawks were very happy with war news.
*War Hawks won the vote in Congress for war with Britain. -
Relations with Britian worsen
*War Hawks still felt like a British colony
*War Hawks wanted to go to war with Britian for many reasons
*War Hawks Wanted to sieze Canada
*The British were still impressing saliors from America
*The British were also suppying Native Americans with guns -
America not ready for war
*America's 2nd President Thomas Jefferson weakened the navy and the army.
*America was very tight on troops.
*America didn't have many ships for the navy.
*This the first war for the US as a country.
*America would lose power accoring to the new Engalnders -
Congress declears war on Britian
*The house voted 49 to 79 in favor of war with Britian
*The Senate voted 19 to13 in favor of war with Britian
*Winning the war woildn't be as easy as declearing it
*New Englandeers were not happy with war news
*The War Hawks were very happy becuse they wanted the contry to expand. -
Invation of Canada
*Quabec is where the Americans were repleled.
*About 200 Amereican men refused to go to Canada.
*American General Willaim Hull Surendered the entire amry he controled.
*British General sent a fake document to trick Americans.
*Hull was court mashaled for the enberessment -
British Blockade ports
*British Blockade American ports to stopn American trade
*The American Navy to to weak to break though the blockade
*Because Jefferson cut millatary America wasn't ready for war.
*Americans won very few battles at sea.
*Amerca couldn't get the needed suppies becuse of the trade blockade. -
USS consitution scores a victory
*Issaic Hull was the captian of the contiution
*Hull spots a British ship
*The 2 heathy ships moved for 2 hours without a cannon shot
*Hull shot first and shot of both masts
*Hull asked British captian if they shot off there flags -
The Battle of Thames
*This was a crusial battle
*Americans won the battle
*Tecumseh (an Indian leader) was killed in action
*Tecumseh was an Indian leader who united many Indian tribes in the west.
*America took over 100 prisoneers -
Horseshoe bend
*A Tennessee officer took commmand of the officers around the creek wars area
*His name was Andrew Jackson
*Jackson had a crushing victory
*The leader of the creek Indians Sudender
*For the time the fighting was over -
The Burning of Washington
*Only pubic building were set a blaze
*Private buildings were to be kept in tact althought some were burned by accident
*This was the first time sicne the revolotion some one took control of the captial
*The only reason British
burned the captial is that is would have Great polical affect -
Writing the Star Spangled Banner
- Franis Key Scott wrote it *It was first called defence of Fort Henry *The flag above the fort insprided him *This started a trandition *This song has many meanings
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Attack on Baltimore
*From Washington the British went up north to Baltimore
*This battle was a key defence of America.
*This battle was a combined land and sea battle.
*Fort Mikhenry was the Americas fort
The Lyrics for Star Spangled Banner were written at this battle -
Hartford convention
*Delegates from Hartford met up.
*These people theatened to leave the union
*If the war didn't stop union would become weak.
*News of a peace treaty arvided and stoped the protest
*The protest was meaningless -
Treaty of Ghent
*This Treaty was signed to stop the war of 1812
*John Adams summed up the treaty "Nothing was ajusted,nothing was settled
*Britain now had to give America more respect
*America thought 1812 was a misake
*America can now feel more like a nation -
The Battle of New Orleans
*This was the final major battle of the War.
*The result was an American victory.
*this Battle may have been the most important land battle of the war of 1812.
*Fort St. Philps was the fort used by the Americas.
*This Battle made the British abandon the idea to take over Lousiana.
