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The Proclamation of Neutrality stated that America would remain neutral in the war between Britain and France and the U.S. would legally persecute anyone who violates the proclamation. George Washington made the Proclamation of Neutrality because the debate on who America should support would split the nation AND because America needed to gain military and economical stability before dealing with foreign problems.
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The Jay Treaty was between America and Britain. The treaty addressed the issues of the British not removing the forts in America, arming the native Americans. More importantly, it was America’s last attempt to resolve the issue of imprisoning sailors and seizing of ships. The treaty was unsuccessful.
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George Washington wrote his thoughts of the future of the nation in this letter. Primarily, he addressed the issue of multiple political parties forming and pushed for the future leaders to follow the constitution.
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Great Britain was imprisoning American Sailors in seizing American ships because A. Great Britain believed that the American ships were supplying France and B. The British needed more navy members and were forcefully drafting American sailors into the navy.
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Placed the embargos on Britain and France. The embargos were unsuccessful in stopping the war between the two, but was useful in showing that the U.S. was remaining neutral to both.
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Jenkin Ratford and four other people deserted Great Britain to join the U.S. The Britain Government viewed this act as traitorous and decided to use this as an example of how Britain deals with traitors. The British navy ship, the HMS Leopard, demanded access onto the U.S. navy ship, the USS Chesapeake, that the deserters were on. When HMS Leopard wasn't given access onto USS Chesapeake they fired onto Chesapeake; 18 people were injured from the attack and 3 people died.
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Young republican people that grew up on stories of the American revolution and were willing to fight in the second revolutionary
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Tecumseh created an alliance, called the Indian confederacy, between many tribes that were being pushed back by Americans. Once the war of 1812 started, the Indian confederacy partnered with the British.
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The war of 1812 was fought between America and Great Britain. The war lasted two years, formally ending in 1814
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Tecumseh died in the battle of Thames. Once Tecumseh died, the alliance between Britain and the Native Americans was greatly weakened. With the end of the alliance, the Americans were able to further expand west again.
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A convention between federalist leaders from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire. The featured states expressed their wish for the state's rights and threatened secession from the U.S. After the war, the federalists disbanded after being seen as traitors.
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The Treaty of Ghent formally ended the 1812 war. The interesting thing is that the war ended in a stalemate, neither side won or lost anything.
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A battle fought 2 weeks after the war. The soldiers had not heard of the Treaty of Ghent yet because of the time it took to sail form Britain to America. This battle was one of the worst losses the British had received: about 2,000 British soldiers died compared to only about 15 American soldiers.