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the war of 1812
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President Madison takes office
-Basic freedoms
-Took charge
-Amedments -
War Hawks take Power
-President Madison didnt want war
-Anti-british feeling was strong
-wanted to re-trade with Britan -
Relations with Great Britian
-To prevent Americans from trading with France and Britian warships blockaded some american ports
-Americans left 32 British dead
-Congress prepared war against Britian -
Relations with Great Britian worsen
-The British were supplying guns and ammunition
-British were also encouageing Indians to attack the U.S states settlements
-U.S and Britian still wouldnt agree on trades -
America is not ready for War
-The British were suprised when they found out about the Decleration
-They were in a struggle with Napolean
-The U.S only had 16 ships to fight off the British -
Britain Blockades American ports
-Britain blocks ports to America (not letting them pass through Britain)
-Ports are blocked to America by the British
-Americans had not alot of ways to get through to Britain -
Invasion of Canada
-The War Hawks were demanding an Invasion on Canada
-The War Hawks captured 2,000 American Soldiers
-At the end of the War the Canadians decided to go back to Canada -
USS constitution scores a Victory
-Became known as "Old Ironsides"
-In 1905 the ship was docked in Boston and opened to the public
-Today the US invites you to tour the ship -
Battle of Lake Erie
-Oliver Hazard Perry designed and built his own boats
-Durring the Battle Of Lake Erie the British attacked Perrys own ship and left it
-Perry said , "we have met the enmey , and thay are ours!" -
Battle of Thames
-Tecumseh (indian confederations leader) died in the fight
-The Americans won the battle
-the Indian confederation fell apart with out there leader (Tecumseh) -
Horseshoe Bend
-The Battle ended with the Indians giving white's money
-Was crushing victory at the battle
-Creeks walked into the camp alone surrendering -
Washington D.C. attacked and burned
-Dolley Madison gatherd the Presidents important papers and the portrait of George Washington and fled south
-President Madison watched the attack himself to his Dismay
-British continued their march to the Capital -
Attack on Baltimore
-The presidents important papers fled stright to the White House
-Britains plan was to attack the nations Capital
-British moved onto Baltimore -
Writeing the Starspangled Banner
-Written to express the U.S freedom
-A song based on America
-Explaining our freedom in the U.S -
Hartford Convention
-There was a Hartford Convention threat
-The treaty was to leave the union if War continued
-The peace treaty arrived and the convention ended soon after -
Treaty of Ghent
-City of Ghent Belgium
-"Nothing was adjusted nothing was settled"-Ghent
-Britian and the U.S.had agreed to restore the conditions -
Battle of New Orleanes
-They hoped to sail up the Mississippi
The American Soldiers dug tunnels to defend themselves
-Jackson turned frontier workers into a strong army
