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The War of 1812
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President Madison Takes Office
1.) Britian angered the americans for arming the Native Americans in the Nothwest
2.) Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun became leaders of the House of Representatives.
3.) Britian continued impressiong Americans sailors
4.) Americans felt a different sense of their nationalism
5.) CLay, Calhoun, and their supporters were called War Hawks -
War Hawks Take Power
1.) Caly, Calhoun, and their supports were War Hawks
2.) War Hawks were young and from the west
3.) War Hawks lusted after Canada
4.) Britian financed Tecumseh -
Relations with Great Britian Worsen
1.) Britian told the U.S. they could continue impressing sailors
2.) Native Americans in the Northwest began new attacks on the frontier settlement
3.)gress delared was on Britian -
Congress Declares War on Britian
1.) Some Americans celebrated about the war.
2.) Other Americans were less enthusiastic about war.
3,) Britian were suprised about Americans accepting war.
4.) Britian were also attacking Napoleon -
Britian Blockades American Ports
1.) Stopped Americans form trading with other countries
2.) The small American navy were unable to break the blockade
3.) Several Sea Captians won stunning victories
4.) Isaac Hull attacks the Guerriere
5.) British captian sturck own flag -
Invasion of Canada
1.) The U,S invaded Canada twice
2.) Frist major military initiative by the Continental Army
3.) Montgomery took control of Quebec City
4.) Small pox weakened American forces back to the fort
5.) Several thousand British troops were sent to reinforce those in the province -
America is not ready for war
1.) U.S. had a weak navy
2.) Were tight on money
3.) Was still new nation
4.) Little or no participation
5.) Military wasn't used in a couple of years -
USS Constitution Scores a Victory
1.) Isaac Hull spots Guerriere
2.) Guerriere is defeated in half an hour
3.) Both ships had equal power
4.) The Constitution was stronger than the Guerriere
5.) The Guerriere struck their own flag -
Battle of Lake Erie
1.) The U.S. Navy captured six vessels of the royal Navy
2.) The U.S. recovered Detroit
3.) Jones ordered the Construction of two brig-rigged corvettes at Presque Isle
4.) Small guns were borrowed from the Army
5.) Americans won victory -
Battle of Thames
1.) British planned to trap Harrison on the banks of the Thames
2.) Colonel Johnson shots Tecumseh
3.) 12 British were killed and 22 were wounded -
Horseshoe Bend
1.) Andrew Jackson took command of American forces in Georgia
2.) The Creek gave up millions of acres of land
3.) The Jackson defeated the Creek
4.) Creek warriors attacked several southern american settlements
5.) Britian defeated the Napoleon -
Wahington D.C. Attacked and Burned
1.) Ross and his troops set many public buildings on fire in Washington D.C.
2.) Ross set the White House and Capitol on fire
3.) The president's wife collected all of his important papers before the White House was on fire.
4.) Ross commanded them only to burn public buildings
5.) The only time a foreign power captured and occupies the U,S. Capital -
Attack on Baltimore
1.) British landed more than 3,000 troops
2.) Marched north and west to attack Baltimore
3.) 12,000 americans blocked their path
4.) British navy subdued Fort McHenry
5.) British navy sailed into the harbor to shell the city -
Writing the Star Spangled Banner
1.) Francis Scott key wrote the Star Spangled Banner
2.) Was inspired by the victory over Britian
3.) George Armistead controlled Fort McHenry
4.) Mary Pickersgill sewed two flags for the fort
5.) The Garrison flag bacame the Star Spangled Banner -
Hartford Convention
1.)Delegates from new England meet in Hartford, Connecticut
2.)Federalists dislike president and the war
3.)Delegates threatended to leave the Union if war continues
4.)News of the Peach Treaty arrive
5.) The Hartford Convention ends quickly -
Treaty of Ghent
1.) John Quincy Adams summes up the treaty in one sentence
2.) Adispute was settled over the border between Canada and the United States
3.) Britian and the United States agreed to restore prewar conditions
4.) The Napoleonic War in Europe faded impressment and neutrality
5.) Some americans felt that the War of 1812 had been a mistake -
Battle of New Orleans
1.) Jackson defeats an invading British Army
2.) The British Army intended on seizing New Orleans
3.) Pakenam ordered two-pronged assults against Jackson's position
4.) Battlefeild was under darkness and heavy fog
5.) Americans win victory south of New Orleans
