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President Madison takes office
-Tension was high when Madison took office
-Americans were angery at britain for arming native americans in the northwest
-Americans felt a new sense of nationalism with Madison as president
-Relations with britain worsend steadily in the early months of 1812
-Native americans in the northwest began new attacks on frontier settlements -
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The War of 1812
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War hawks take power
-they had nationalism
-the name war hawks was for congressmen from the west and south
-in june, they got what they wanted, congress declares war on britain
-john randolph made up the name war hawks -
Relations with great britain worsen
-In the spring the british told the sailors told the u.s they would continue impressing sailors
-Native americans began new attacks on frontier settlements
-In june war was declared
-A major sea battle was fought at the begining of the war
-Britain lost to the USS constitution -
Congress Declares War
- the war did not come at a good time for the british -britain did not want to meet american demands to avoid war -canada was protected from an american invasion -the british navy only had 135 warships blockading american ports -britain was defeated
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America is not ready for war
-the u.s was a new nation
-it was the u.s first war
-britain didnt want war because they didnt want to america to gain land
-the war did not help the u.s at all
-Madiso declared war -
Britain blockades american ports
-the british navy had 135 warships blockading american ports
-the americans only had 16 warships
-also the americand had only about 7,000 men
-the british were able to close off all american ports by wars end
-america wins the war -
Invasion of canada
-was a 32 month conflict
-the u.s declared war in 1812 for many reasons
-the war was faught in 3 different theatres
-the americans defeated britain
-the americans gained lake erie -
USS constitution scares a victory
-the USS constitution defeated the british warship guerriere
-it was a fierce battle
-a major sea battle was faught here
-they were nicknamed 'old ironsides'
-they nicknamed them that because artillary bounced off the ship -
Battle of lake erie
-was faught off the coast of ohio
-u.s defeated the british navy
-when war broke out, the british imidiatly siezed control of lake erie
-it was one of the biggest battles faught
-it was called 'battle of put-in-bay' -
Battle of Thames
-general william henry harrison pursued the americans
-tecumseh was killed in the battle
-america won the battle of thames -
Horseshoe bend
-Jackson took command of the american forces in georgia
-Jackson defeated the creeks
-The creeks had to give up millions of acres of land -
washington D.C attacked and burned
-the british set fire to the white house
-the british also set fire to other government buildings
-they saved some valuable items
-no people were hurt
-they soon rebult it -
Attack on Baltimore
-Their first objective was fort mchenry
-british warships bombarded the fort
-Francis Scott Key, a young american, watched the attack
-At dawn the flag was still up
-The americans had beat off the attack -
Writing the star spangled banner
-made in baltimore
-the flags original size was 30 ft by 42 ft
-its current size is 30 ft by 34 ft
-it originally had 15 stars
-it was made by george armstead -
Hartford convention
-the war took place at the hartford convention
-to some americans this was called 'the second war of independence'
-the u.s secured its independence from britain
-the war ended, and so did the hartford convention
-european nations would now have to treat the young repupublic with respect -
Treaty of Ghent
-peace began from the treaty of ghent after the war
-on christmas eve, they sighned the treaty of ghent
-the treaty returned things back how they were beofre the war
-in that time, the two sides faught one more battle
-american forces under general Andrew Jackson, won the battle -
Battle of new orleans
-was the final battle of the war of 1812
-american forces defeated britain
-the american commander was andrew jackson
-the british commander was edward pakenham
-the battle of new orleans is considered the greatest american land victory of the war
