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John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay become the leaders of the House of Representatives. Calhoun and Clay wanted war against Britian.
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Americans were mad that Britain armed Native Americans. The British also were impressing American sailors.
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Britian told Americans that they will continue impressing sailors. Native Americans began attacks on frontier settlements.
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War did not come at a great time for Britian. They were still fighting a war at Europe.Britian did not meet Americas demands to avoid war.
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Jefferson's spending cuts hurt americas military. There were only 16 warships to fight off Britian's forces.
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Britian blocks an American port with 135 warships. By the end of the war Britian had blocked all America's ports.
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War Hawks thought Canadians would welcome the overthrow of the British.Americans invaded Canada from Detroit but General Isaac surrounded American forces and captured more than 2,000 of them.
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The USS Constitution defeated a British warship, the Guerriere. Artillery fire was said to bounce of the walls of the USS Constitution.
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An American flag ship was badly damaged. Oliver Perry switched to a different ship until the war was over. With the port conquered Britian was forced to retreat to Canada.
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Creek Warriors attacked several American settlements. Jackson took arms and defeated the Creeks. A treaty forced them to give up millions of acres of land.
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A British force marched into DC. The president's wife took important documents and fled. Americans were surrprised they could not defend DC.
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Francis Scott Key wrote on the back of an old envolope a poem he called the Star-Spangfled Banner. In 1931 the peom was made the national anthem by Congress.
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A group of Federalists met in Hartford,Conneticut. They suggested that all New England states withdraw from the US. After the treaty reached them the Hartford Convention was swiftly over.
