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President Madison Takes office
- Americans were angery with the British for arming the Native Americans
- The British continued impressment of American sailors by the British
- People felt a sence of new American nationalism
- Relations with Britin got worse in the early months of 1812
- Native Americans started attacking on the frontier settlements
- In June, congress declared war on Britin
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Relations With Britin Worsen
- British were supplying guns and amunition to the Navitive Americans
- British encourged Indians to attack US settlements
- Disagreements over trading with France
- If Britin and France didn't stop siezing American ships, then the Americans would stop trading with the other nation
- France was respectful so America still traded with them, but every shipment to Britin was stopped
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Congress Declare War With Britin
In 1811, Britin blockaded American ports to stop us from trading with France
* British still boarderd American ships and impressing all on board
* A breif battle brokeout and left 32 dead or wounded British soldiers
* War Hawks told congress to prepare for war
* Someone said he wants to win additional land for the U.S.(Flordia)
* Madision gave into war fever in June 1812, he asked congress to declare war with Britin
* America soon found out winning a war wasn't as easy as declaring it -
Americans Not Ready For War
*Declaration of war by America surprised the British
* The British were locked in a struggle with Nepolean
* British couldn't spare any troops
* American only had 16 warships to fight with, and a small army
* Young men enlisted early for a higher pay of $124, but they were poorly trained -
Britin Blockades American Ports
- Americans were confident that they would win the war
- Jefferson's military cuts weakend the American military
- Only 16 warships were ready
- The American military had less then 7,000 men
- British blockaded the American coast, 135 warships blocked the coast
- By the end of the war all American ports were closed
- The USS Constitution defeated the British warships in a feirce battle
- The sailors thought the USS Constitution had iron sides
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Invasion of Canada
- William Hull moved American troops from Detroit to Canada
- Canada had very few and untained troops
- The Canadians were lead by General Isaac Brock, a very clever and skillful leader
- The Americans attcked 3-4 times
- Canadians won every time, sending the Americans to retreat
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USS Constition Scores a Victory
- Fierce battle against the British, the USS Constitution won
- "Old Ironsides"
- It was a majore sea battle
- The US was unprepared for war
- Jefferson's cuts made it harder to fight with under 7,000 men
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Battle Of Lake Erie
- Americans wanted control of Lake Erie
- Captin Oliver Hazard Perry designed and built his own ships
- The British battered Perry's own ship
- Perry took his flag down and went to another American Ship
- After he got to the ship he raised his flag again and fought more
- Americans won, Perry said " We have met the enemy and they are ours"
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Battle Of Thames
- British and Tecumseh retreated from Detroit into Canada
- Native Americans and the British lost contol of Lake Erie *America won and won control of Lake Erie
- Tecumseh died in the war fighting
- The Indian confederation fell apart without Tecumseh
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Warhawks Take Power
- People wanted to restore trade with Britin
- Congress called for war with Britin
- Strong sence of nationalism was found in Americans
- Americans were trated like they were still British colonys
- The Americans to go to war to defend American rights
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Horseshoe Bend
- Tecumseh the American leader died at war, Then the troops fell apart
- Andrew Jackson took Tecumseh's place as commander
- The Americans won and got all of the Native American land
- Then the Native Americans lost control of Lake Erie
- Then the Americans Retreated from Detroit to Canada
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Wahington D.C. Attacked and burned
- Summer 1814 British ships sailed in Chesapeake Bay
- Invsion force 30miles (118km)
- The Americans met the British at Bandensburg, Maryland
- Madison votched the battle himself
- Battle hardend and the British quickly scattered the untraiined Americans
- After the battle the British continued to march to the capitial
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Attack on Baltimore
*First objective was Fort Mchenry
*September 13, 1814 the British war ships bombareded the fort
*Fransis Scottt Key watched the attack
* At dawn the American flag was still hanging outside the fort
* Fransis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner as a poem and when it was popular in 1931 then someone put it to music and America adopted it as the national anthem -
Writing Of The Star Spangled Banner
*When the fog lifted the " broad stripes and bright stars"of our flag still waved over Fort McHenery
*The British went away and back to Britin
*Fransis Scott Key witnessed the battle and wrote a poem
* The poem was eventually put to music
* America adopted it as our national anthem -
Hartford Convention
- Critics of President Madison spoke out more strongly
- New Englanders disliked the war, blockade damage north east trade
- New England wanted to withdraw from the US
- The war ended quickly
- The war was called the "Second War Of Independence"
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Treaty of Ghent
The Traty of Ghent was signed on December 24th of 1814
* Nothing was settled but things were adjusted
* British agreed to restore prewar conditions
* Nothing about impressment or neutrality, issues faded after Napoleonic wars with Europe
* Americans and the British thought the war of 1812 was a mistake
* We had new pride in our country, our Republican leader remarked "the people are now more American. They feel and act more as a nation -
Battle Of New Orleans
*On January 8th of 1815 the British attacked New Orleans
*Many people from New Orleans joined the army to fight for there state
* They dug trenches to protect themselves
*When the British attacked over 2,000 British men died
* Only 7 Americans died
*Signed a treaty and Andrew Jackson was a hero
