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the War of 1812
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President madison Takes Office
-Americans were mad because britain armed the Native Americans of the Northwest.
-Americans resented the continued impressment of Americaan sailors by the Britsh
-Henery Clay of Kentucky and John C. of South Carolina
-Heney and Jay wanted to gop to war with britain.(warhawks)
-Many New Englandees thought war with bvritain nwould harm Americans -
War Hawks Take Power
-Warhawks are the congress from the south and west who called war with britain
-Warhawkas had a strong sense of nationlaism
-Henery Clay of the warhawks wanted war with britain for two reasons for revenge for seizing the ships and wanted to conquer canada
-The warhawks said they could seize flordia spains terrotory from britain
-Britain kept arming indians -
Relations with Britain Worsen
-The British told the U.S they would keep impressing sailors
-Northwest Native Americans began new attacks on the frontier
-relations with Britain got worse
-Americans started calling war with Britain
-People thought Madisons approach was ti timid -
Congress Declares War
-The war was a bad time for the British because they were still fighting Europe
-The British still dident want to avoid war
-Americans became confiedent that they would win
-Americans were not perpared for war
-Native Americans pought with the British -
Americans is Not Ready for War
-The decloration of war supprised Britain
-The British were still in trouble with Napoleon
-America also had diffoculties
-jefferson lowerd defense
-The troops were poorly trained -
Britain Blockades Americans Ports
-The Britsh blocked American ports so they cant trade
-American navy was to small to stop the blockade
-One famous battle took place in early war when Isaac Hull spotted the British
-At least the guns of the constitution roard into action
-Americas sea captins won -
Invasion of Canada
-American troops went to canada
-There wasent many canadian sloders
-The candians were lead by General Issac Brock
All invasions on canada failed
-americas were wrong -
USS Constitution Scores a Victory
-Issac Hull saw British ships coming in
-Almost a hour the ships were fighting for position
-The guns of the constitution roared into action
-They tore holes in eachothers ships
-The American sea captins won -
Battle of Lake Erie
-The Americans set out to win lake Erie
-Captin oliver Hazard Perry had no fleet so he built his own ships
-The Brithiush Batterd Perrys ships
-Captin perry took down his flag and went to a new boat
-The Americans won -
Battle of Thames
-The British and Tecumeseh retreated to canada
-Henery Harrison purssed them
-America won
-Tecumeseh died
-The indian confederation soon fell apart -
Horseshoe Bend
-The leader of the creek walked alone into jacsons camp and surrendured
-The Natives gave up again
-Britaion and allies defeated france
-With the war with Britain and Europe Britain could send more troopos
-In 1814 ships sailed into chesepeake bay -
Wasington D.C Attacked and Burned
-British sailed to cheasepeake bay
-Brithsh landed an invasion force about 30 miles away of Washington D.C
-America met Britain at Bladensburg Maryland
-Madison watched the battle
-Dolly madison in was in the whitehouse wating for president Madison
-Britain burnt the whie house down -
Attack on Baltamore
-British ships sailed into cheasepeake bay
-American troops met the Brtish at Bladensburf Maryland
-President Madison wathced the war
-British scattered quikley
-The British burned the white house -
Writing the Star Spanhgd Banner
-When war was over the flag was still there
-The British with drawled
-Fransic scott wrote a poem for the country called the star spangled banner
-It became the national anthem
-We still today have the Star Spangled Banner as are national anthem -
Hartford Convention
-Many New Englanders feared that the U.S might win land in flordia and canada
-If the U.S got the south and the west would become more influential
-Delegets from around New England met in Hartford and they were fedrilist
-The delegets at the Hartford Connvention threatend to leave the union -
Treaty of Ghent
-The treaty of Ghent was sighned in december 24,1814
-Britain and the U.S agreed to restore prewar conditions
-The Treaty of Ghent said nothing about Impressment or neutrality
-These issues faded to the end
-Some issuse werent solved until 1818 -
Battle of New Orleans
-The British perpared to take New Orleans
-They wanted to sail uo the mississippi
-Andrew Jackson waited for Britain
-Jacksons force included thousands of frontiermen
-The Americans cheered for the victory
