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The War or 1812
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President Madison Takes Office
- Tryed to stay out of war
- Most of the people did not agree with his choices to stay out of the War
- Helped write and discuss the Constitution
- Madison helped pass the Bill Of Writes
- The Americans argued that the United States should stand up to the Native Americans
- Tryed to stay out of war
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War Hawks Takes Office
- Demanded invasion of Canada
- Captured 2,000 Americans
- General William had British soilders and Native Anerican soilders
- United States lost battle to Canada
- American ship got broken so they got on another one to fight
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Relations with Great Britian Worsen
*They asked Indians to attack the United States settlements
* If the British or French stoped seizing American ships the United States would half trade with other nations
* They agrued with alot of their decistion
* British told the United States they will continue impressing sailers
* Believed they would not have a good relationship with Britian -
Congress Declare War on Britian
- Blocked some American ports so they can not trade
- Killed or crippled 32 British men
- Battle broke out by the New York harbor
- Caused alot of taxes
- The War Hawks where also involved
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American not Ready for War
- United States wasnt ready
- Only had 16 ships
- There was a big fleet of British
- United States army was small
- The United States army was not trained
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Britian Blockades American Ports
- The British set up a blackade or the American coast
- The action of shutting a part on a road to prevent people from coming into the area
- At 1814, the British navy had alot of ships blockading American ports
- British did not have a good relationship with the Americans
- British where very mean and cruel to the Americans
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Invasion of Canada
- The general moved the American troops into Canada Detroit
- Canidians has a couple untrained soilders
- British helped Canadians
- Lied about number of Indians to the British
- Canada forced Americans to retreat
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USS Constitution Scores a Victory
- Nick (the captin) named the Constitution the Old Iron Boat
- Big sea battle was fought
- Constitution was against British
- Bounced the ship all around
- Alot of ships went down
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Battle of Lake Erie
- Fought to win controll
- Captin Oliver Hazerd made his own ships
- British broke his ship and left it helpless
- Perry was the captin
- They would put the flag up to worn them the others where coming
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Battle of Thames
- The Confederation fell apart
- Americans won
- Long battle
- Tecumsens was the leader
- Tecumsens also died
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Horseshoe Bend
- The battle took place in Tennessee
- Native Americans lost the battle
- Andrew Jackson was in Tennesee
- Andrew was leader
- Jackson helped them get victory
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Attack on Baltimore
- Very hard battle
- A long battle
- The British fled south
- They bambarned the harbor
- They made a poem about it which later on became the Star Spangled Banner
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Writting the Star Spangled Banner
- Was for the Attack on Baltimore
- For peace between everyone
- Was a poem that they made shorter and made a song
- For right and freedom
- They had put alot of hard work and alot of thinking to do with makeing it
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Hartford Convention
- Threatened to leave the Union if the war continued
- After the war ended the protest was usless
- Mostly Federalists
- Didnt like Republians
- Long/shot discussion
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Treaty of Ghent
- It was signed in the city of Ghent Belhium
- John Adams summed up the whole treaty into one sentence
- "Nothing was adjusted, nothing was settled" was the words
- Britian and the United States agreed to restore all bad conditions
- Americans thought war was a mistake
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Battle of New Orleans
- Hoped to sail up the Mississippi
- Jacksons force included thousands of frontier men
- 2,000 or more British soilders died durning the battle
- Jackson won the battle
- 7 Americans died
