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Embargo Act
Congress puts the Embargo Act in place to ensure that America would not trade goods, specifically with Britain and France. Their goal was to try to prove to the two countries that the Americans would not be taken advantage of. -
Embargo Replacement
Congress replaced the Embargo Act with the Nonintercourse Act to get restrictions lifted on American trade with Britain and France. -
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Madison's Presidency
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The War Hawks
The War Hawks took control of Cogress. They were a group of harsh, stubborn politicans. Among them, Congressman John C Calhoun, of South Carolina, and Henry Clar of Kentucky. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
Governor William Henry Harrison led troops from the Indiana Territory into the village of Propetstown, which was alonlg the Tippecanoe. -
The War of 1812
Primary Source From MaddisonThe United States once again was at war with the world's greatest power. The war deeply divided the nation which was unprepared and only had a small navy and army at its disposal. -
American Troops Face Defeat
The small British and American Indian forces deafeated all attempts of the American invasions. Reliance on state militias proved to be a disaster because they had no professional trainning. -
Harrison Kills Tecumseh
Shawnee Chief Tecumseh was killed at the Battle of the Thames, just north of the U.S.-Canada border. -
British Get Revenge
British Get Revenge In response to the American troops attacking and burning the government buildings in Canada, the British burned the American White House and Capitol. -
Star Spangled Banner Birth
Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key was inspired by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry the morning after the bombardment, he created his song based off this. -
Victory Against the American Indians
A small American navy preformed well, capturing four brithish ships during 1812. On lake Erie, American ships led by Oliver Hazard Perry defeated a British flotilla in 1813, enabling an American army , commanded by Willian Henery Harrison, to retake Detroit. -
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The Treaty of Ghent
Primary source from Maddison
Treaty of Ghent The Treaty of Ghent was signed by British and American representatives at Ghent, Belgium, ending the War of 1812. By terms of the treaty, all conquered territory was to be returned, and commissions were planned to settle the boundary of the United States and Canada. -
The Battle of New Orleans
Battle of New Orleans In the bloody Battle of New Orleans, future President Andrew Jackson and a motley assortment of militia fighters, frontiersmen, slaves, Indians and even pirates weathered a frontal assault by a superior British force, inflicting devastating casualties along the way. The victory vaulted Jackson to national stardom, and helped foil plans for a British invasion of the American frontier. -
Establishment of Indiana
The American Indian territory became the ninteenth US state. -
Establishment of Mississippi
The American Indian territory became the tweintieth US state. -
Establishment of Illinois
The American Indian territoy became the twenty-first US state. -
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Establishment of Alabama
The American Indian territory became the twenty-second US state.
