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Tecumseh
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Impressment of Sailors
British Navy forced American seamen to fight in the war because British was short manpower. -
Washington´s Proclamation of Neutrality
Declared that the US would take no part in a war between two or more other powers and in addition threatened legal proceedings against any American citizen giving assistance to any country at war -
Jay Treaty
To settle outstanding issues between the two countries that had been left unresolved since American independence. -
Washington´s farewell address
Washington wrote this to his friends and fellow citizens before retiring after his 2nd term. -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
The vessel made an appealing target for the crew of a British vessel, the HMS Leopard, who intercepted it off the coast of Norfolk and aimed to take revenge -
Tecumseh
Conceived of an alliance of all remaining native people, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, from the prairies of the Midwest to the swamplands of Florida. -
War Hawks
Mostly young politicians from hailing from the West and South -
War of 1812 begins
Primarily over the impressment of American sailors by the British Navy, as well as disagreements over trade, western expansion, and Native American policy. -
Battle of New Orleans
U.S victory against Great Britain in the War of 1812 and was the final major battle of the conflict. -
Treaty of Ghent
Great Britain agreed to relinquish claims to the Northwest Territory, and both countries pledged to work toward ending the slave trade -
Hartford Convention
A series of meetings, held in secret, between December 15, 1814 and January 5, 1815 in Hartford, Connecticut, New England.