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President madison takes office
1: he was a delacate to the virgina constitution
2: he is noteable for drafting the first ten amendments to the constitution
3:madison supervised the louisiana purchase. which doubled the nations size
4: he was an American statesman
5:madison supported the three-fiths compromise -
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The war of 1812
The war of 1812 was a war of pride and humiliation -
war hawks take power
1:war hawks had a strong sense of nationalism
2:war hwaks british was treating the united states as if it were still a bitish colony
3:war hawks saw other advantages of the war with britian
4:they were a new generation of american polititions who wanted war
5:they were followed by the true immagrant settlers who bought the land and stayed -
America is not ready for war
1:the Us was still a new nation
2:they did not havee a stong navy
3:they were tight on money
4:this war was the US' first big war
5:england didnt want americans to gain land -
congress declares war on britian
1:during the war to prevent american ships from trading with france brithian formed a blockade on some american ports
2:at new yor harbor a brief battle broke out between american frigatre and britishwarsips
3:they feared that the british navy would attack new england ports
4:the war hawks urged that congress prepared a waar on britian
5:Feliy Grundy ( a war hawk) gave an emotional speech describling what he saw as the benifit of war -
relations with great britian
1:the british had no interest in fighting this war
2:president madison demanded an end to impressment\
3:britian had ended it's ordeds against nuetral american trade
4:niether american or britian wanted a war even after it was declared -
invasion of canada
1:aven before the war began war hawks wante an invasion on canada
2:american troops invaded canada from deroit
3:during the battle american flag ship had been badly damaged
4:both nations had native american allies
5:americaan forces had better luck on lake erie -
USS constitution scores a victory
1:the americans won a 35 min battle
2:the crushed the brithish
3:the USS constitution was named by washington
4:Us wins a victory of sip-to-ship battle
5:that victory encouraged americans -
Battle of lake erie
1:this war was also know as "the battle put-in-bay"
2:nine vessles of the us navy captured six british navy vessles
3:the americans recovered detroit
4:lake erie is no one of our great lakes
5: it was one of the biggest naval bttles of the war of 1812 -
battle of thames
1:the battle of thames was also known as the battle of moravian-tow
2:the americans won against great britian
3:the american army was attempting to recouver detroit
4:the british position depended on maintaining command at lake erie
5: Robert Barclay had denied to attack the british -
horseshoe bend
1:andrew jackson commands american troops in the creek war
2:after losing control of lake erie british and tacumseh retreated
3:native americans had givin up land to whiter
4:the leader of the creeks walked alone to jacksons camp to surrender
5:tecumseh died in that battle -
writing of the star aplngled banner
1:the star spangled banner is the nathional anthem of the US
2:the poem was sent to the tune of a popular brithish song
3:the star spangled banner was recognized for official use of the navy
4:other songs competed for popularity
5:the star spangled banner was already popular to the US -
attack on baltimore
1:this battle was on land and sea
2:americans killed the commander of the invading british forces
3:the british defeated an american force at northpoint
4:the defence of fort mchenry later became the lyrics for the star apngled banner
5:the brithish landed a force a of 5000 troops -
hartford convention
1:the converntion adopted a strong states rights position
2:it exzpressed it's grievances in a series of resolution against military conscription
3:it continued the view of states rights
4:it sealed the destrustion of the federalist- party
5:the maoderates prevailed in the convention -
treaty of ghent
1:"the treaty of Ghent was signed in the city of Ghent Belgium
2:John Quincy Andams summed up thye treaty of Ghent " notjimg was settled"
3:some americans had felt that the war of 1812 was a mistake
4:in 1818 the two nations settled a dispute over the border between canada and the us
5:the people are now more american, they act more a a nation -
battle of new orleans
1:this was the final major battle
2:american forces were commanded by major general andrew jackson
3:the united states had acuired the louissiana purchase
4:the treaty of ghent was signed
5:british had 8000 soliders
