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Impressment of Sailors
The impressment of sailors was when British officers would capture American sailors and force them to work on British war ships. Most of the time the British would capture the sailors by finding them drunk inside of taverns. Since this was something that happened regularly this wasn't a big deal to America at first. But the one particular time known as the Chesapeake and Leopard Affair cause a big outrage in America. The impressment of Sailors took place basically until the war of 1812 -
Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality
The point of this proclamation was to let Britain and France (who were at war with each other at the time) know that America was not taking either of their sides and that America was not apart of the war whatsoever. Some of the people were upset and believed that this was a dishonorable betrayal of France because France was Americas oldest ally and others agreed that this was in Americas best interest. -
Jay Treaty
This treaty would force Britain to compensate for all the damage against American ships and give the America trading privileges not only in England but also in the East Indies as well as letting both America and Britain use the Mississippi river. This treaty was signed by John Jay and Lord Grenville. The Anti Federalist didn't like this because they thought that this was undermining the American sovereignty and they also thought that this kind of showed America giving in to the British. -
Washington's Farewell Address
Washington wanted to give up office after one term but stayed because he thought it was best given the rising tension with Britain. He left after his second term because he feared that if he died while in office the people would think presidency was a life-long thing. His farewell address was not a speech but a letter that was put in the news. His address tells the people not to let their political views get in the way of the well-being of the nation, and to stay out of foreign affairs. -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
During this event, the British Navy were 15 miles off the Virginian coast and decided to hail the USS Chesapeake, a British officer boarded the Chesapeake and demanded that the captain let him inspect the crew, the captain said no so the officer returned to his ship and shot three "broadsides" at the ship. This killed three Americans and wounded 18. The Americans surrendered, they found one deserter and held three Americans for 5 years. America was upset and urged Jefferson to start war. -
Embargo Act of 1807
This Embargo stopped any foreign goods from entering America and it also stopped America from giving away any goods, this was meant to hurt both Britain and France for cause they were interfering with American trade while at war with each other. In the end it only ended up hurting America, the merchants sailors/ship makers, farmers, and poor people were suffering a lot due to unemployment. The people weren't happy because people who had something may have lost a lot but others lost everything. -
Tecumseh (1)
The Shawnee Chief Tecumseh was trying to talk with the government in America about stopping westward expansion, but they didn't come to any agreement and this caused violence. Tecumseh had went south and met with Harrison, who later burned down Prophetstown and it was at this time that Tecumseh decided that any change at peace with the Americans were gone so he went to ally with Britain. -
War Hawks
The War Hawks was a group of congressmen from the Southern and Western states and they wanted to continue pushing the frontiers further. The War Hawks wanted Madison to go to war against Britain for many reason, because they violated the U.S maritime rights, and they also felt like there was still animosity from the Revolutionary War. The Indigenous tribes are also feuding with America and they also feel like the British is helping them too, eventually Madison was swayed and they went to war. -
War of 1812 Begins
The war begins right after they signed the deliration for war, and the first invasion was a three point invasion of Canada and all three were unsuccessful, the British gained more resources and they ended up taking over Washington D.C in August. The British troops also burned down the White House, the Capitol, and many other buildings. -
Tecumseh (2)
American General William Hull invaded upper Canada after crossing the Detroit River, and Tecumseh had planed an ambush that killed 20 Americans. Britain and the Natives ended up capturing all of Fort Detroit, this immediately eliminated the threat to the western flank of Upper Canada -
Hartford Convention
This convention was a secret meeting of the Federalist delegates that were not happy with James Madison being president. They were upset with his mercantile policies, the powers that Virginia gained effective control the national government. So to solve this they came up with a States' Rights position and they expressed grievances in list of resolutions that went agist military conscription as well as commercial regulations and criticism that were agreed on for Madison. -
Treaty of Ghent
This was a treaty that was signed by both Britain and American and this ended the war that was going on in 1812. This was signed at Ghent, Belgium and both agreed that all conquered territory was going to be returned and tat they were gonna settle the boundary between the Untied States and Canada. -
Battle of New Orleans
The battle of New Orleans had Andrew Jackson, slaves, Native Americans, militia fighters and some more groups of people that handled a frontal assault from the British forces, and there were many harsh casualties that happened during this fight. This was known s the biggest and the most decisive engagement. This battle ruined the attack that the British and planed for the American frontier.