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Period: to
War of 1812
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Madison Takes Office
.American honor was at stake
.Supports were Cahn,Clay
.Supporters of WarHawks -
WarHawks take power
.Sieze Canada
.Stop British sieze ships
.Big strength of us
.Take Flordia from Spain
.End British aids to Native Americans in the war -
Relations with Great Britian
.They worsened eaerly months 1812
.They continued impressing sailors
.In June congress declared war on Britain -
Congress declares war on Britain
."This war will have advantages"
."We shall drive British from our Continet"
."Indians become neighbors"
."Adding more land"
."Congress opposed WarHawks' -
Britain block aids American posts
.They had 135 block aids
.Major Sea battle in beggining
.The first set of war British set up block aids -
American is not ready for war
Still in Eroupe
.Canada invasion
.Navy only had 10 warships ready -
America is not ready for war
.Still in Eroupe
.Canada invasion
.Navy only had 10 warships ready -
Invaison of Canada
.General William Hult
.Stayed in Detroit
.British leader Iaasic Brock -
USS.Constitution scores a victory
.The US.Constitution defeated Britain
.American sailors nicknamed constitution "OLD IRONSIDES"
.For nearly an hour two ships were closing in on each other -
Battle of lake erie
.Oliver had no fleet
.They hit perrys ship
.1813 American set out to control Lake erie -
Battle of Thamos
.Lost control of lake erie
.Tecumseh dies in fighting
.Without his leadership they wouldnt be were they are now -
HorseShoe Bend
.Jackson defeated HorseShoe Bend
.Andrew Jackson took command
.Creeks gave up millons of their land -
Washington DC burned
.New stratigy attacked Britan
.Dollly gathered papers
.First objective fort mchenry -
Attack on Baltimore
.First objective fort mchenry
.Francis scott key young us man flag still hanging
.American had beaten of attack -
Star spangled banner
.Key wrote a poem
.It was set to music
.It was national anthem 1931 -
Harvered conventior
.The Harverded conventior quickly ended
.War of 1812 second war of independance
.Pride at this point brought the condvience anericans to a new height -
Treaty of Ghent
.1814 Britian was tired of war
.Peace began in Belgium
.Treaty returned just like before the war -
Battle of New Orleans
.Late 1814 they asked for permisson
.Leader was Jackson
.Soilders marched toward American trenches