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President Madison Takes Office
- Made Tention with Britian high *The countrys honor was at stake *Americans were angry at Britian for giving Native Americans guns *Henry Clay & John C. Calhoun became leaders of the House *British continued to impress American sailors
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Relations with Great Britian Worsen
- The British continue to impress Americn Saliors *Congress declare war on Britain
- Britain was not willing to meet American demands to avoid war *British gave Native Americans guns *135 British shipsblockading American ports
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Congress Declares War on Britain
*The U.S. was not prepared for war
* The Navy only had 16 war ships
* The army was very small -
Britain Blockades American Ports
*The British thought this would streangthen their army
*To keep wepons and supplies away form the Americans
*They wanted to prevent trade with American and Europe -
Horseshoe Bend
- Andrew Jackson Won
- Natice Americans (Creeks) surrendered
- The Cherokees helps Jackson Win
- The treaty ended
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Treaty of Ghent
- Peace Treaty that ended the War of 1812 *Resotred realations with the U.S. and the U.K.
- The treaty was ratified by Parliment *Signed into law by Prince Regent *It tooks weeks for the news of the peace to reach the U.S.
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Hartford Convention
*Held in Hartford,Connecticut
*It was held to dicuss political problems
