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Washington’s Proclamation of Neutrality
On April 22, 1793, George Washington made a formal announcement that declared the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain. stated that the government would prosecute any American citizens who offered help to any of the nations at war. -
Jay Treaty
The Jay Treaty was a treaty between the United States and Great Britain that averted war on November 19th, 1794. The result was that the British agreed to remove royal troops from the western frontiers of the United States and to establish a commission to examine the debts owed to the United States. -
Washington's Farewell Address
On September 19, 1796, Washington wrote a letter. This letter was to “Friends and Citizens,” Washington warned that the forces of geographical sectionalism, political factionalism, and interference by foreign powers in the nation's domestic affairs threatened the stability of the Republic. The significance was that it expresses his hope that America will stay out of the conflicts of foreign nations. -
Tecumseh
Shawnee Native American chief, born about 1768 south of present-day Columbus, Ohio. During the early 1800s, he attempted to organize a confederation of tribes to resist white settlement. -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
The Chesapeake Leopard Affair was a naval engagement that occurred off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on June 22, 1807, between the British warship HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS Chesapeake. The crew of Leopard pursued, attacked, and boarded the American frigate, looking for deserters from the Royal Navy. This was an attack of war but they never went to war. -
Embargo Act of 1807
The Embargo Act of 1807 was a law passed by the United State Congress and signed by President Thomas Jefferson on December 22, 1807. It prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports. It was intended to punish Britain and France for interfering with American trade while the two major European powers were at war with each other -
War Hawks
The War Hawks were a group of Republican Congressmen who, at the end of the first decade of the 1800s, demanded that the United States declare war against Great Britain, invade British Canada, and expel the Spanish from Florida. -
Impressment of Sailors
The Impressment of sailors was the practice of Britain's Royal Navy of sending officers to board American ships, inspect the crew, and seize sailors accused of being deserters from British ships. This one of of the causes for the War of 1812. Of all the causes for the War of 1812, the impressment of American sailors into the Royal Navy was the most important for many Americans. The British navy consistently suffered manpower shortages due to the low pay and a lack of qualified seamen. -
Tecumseh
During the War of 1812, Tecumseh and his followers joined the British to fight the United States, and this was to resist white settlements. -
War of 1812 Begins
The War of 1812 was an armed conflict between the United States and the British Empire. Since Canada was a British colony back then, Canadians were also British allies. The Americans objected to the British Empire restricting their trade and snatching their sailors to serve on British ships. -
Hartford Convention
December 15, 1814 to January 5, 1815, was a series of meetings in which the New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power. -
Treaty of Ghent
December 24, 1814, the Treaty of Ghent was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, United Netherlands. The significance was that 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 -
Battle of New Orleans:
On January 8, 1815, the United States achieved its greatest battlefield victory of the War of 1812 at New Orleans. The Battle of New Orleans thwarted a British effort to gain control of a critical American port and elevated Major General Andrew Jackson to national fame.
