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The War of 1812
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Pesident Madison Takes Office
1.Tension with Britan was high when James Madison took office.
2.Americans were angry at Britan for arming Native Americans in the Northwest.
3.American also resented the continue impressment of American sailors by the British.
4.To most Americans the counrty's honor was at stake.
5.They felt a new American nationalism coming. -
War Hawkes Take Power
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Relations with Great Britan Worsen
1.Relations with Britan worsen steadly in the early monthes of 1812.
2.The British told the U.S that they would continue impressing sailors.
3.Native Americans in the Northwest began attacks on fronteir settlements.
4.In June, congress declared war on Britan. -
The Battle of New Orleans
1.The last major battle of 1812.
2.Americans lead by Major General Andrew Jackson.
3.Defeated an inruding British army.
4.Intenton seizing New Orleans and the West territory.
5. The Tready of Ghent was signed on December 24,1814 -
America is Not Ready for War
1.The British were surprised that the Americans declared war.
2.British were also not ready for war.
3.The U.S did not have a strong navy.
4.The U.S also did not have alot of money as well. -
Congress Declares War on Britan
1.When the war began, Americans were confident that they would win.
2.It soon became apparent that the United States was unprepared.
3.Jefferson's spending cuts had weaken American millatary Strength.
4.The navy only had 16 warships ready for action.
5.The army also was small, with fewer than 7,000 men. -
Britan Blockaides American Ports
1.British navy had 135 warships blockaiding American ports.
2.Aftrein forceing their troops, the British were able to close off all American ports by the war's end.
3.In the first days of war the British set up a blockaid of the American Coast. -
Invasion of Canada
1.The first major initative.
2.It was by the newly formed Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
3.The objective of the compain was to gain military control of the revolution on the British Province of Quebec.
4.Also that convinced the French convinceing Canadians to join the side of the Thirteen Colonies.
5.One expedition left Fort Ticonderoga under Richard Montgomery. -
USS Constitution Scores a Victory
1.The USS Constitution defeated British ship Guerriere.
2.Accordnig to tradition, American saliors nicknames the Constition "Old Ironside".
3.They named it Old Ironside because British artillery fire bouned off the ship's thick wooden hull.
4.To the Americans it seemed as if the Constitution on was made of iron. -
Battle of Lake Erie
1.It was sometimes called Battle of Put-in-Bay.
2.Fought in Lake Erie and the coast of Ohio.
3.It ensured American control of the lake.
4.Which it turned allowed the Americans to recover Detriot.
5.Also won the rest of the Battle of the Thames. -
Battle of Thames
1.It was also called the Battle of Maraviantown.
2.It was a decistive Untied States victory in the war of 1812 with Great Britan.
3.It took place on October5,1813, near prsent day Chatham,Ontario.
4.It resulted in the deat of the Shawnce cheif Tecunnsh.
5.Also the destruction of the Native American couvition wich he lead. -
Horseshoe Bend
1.Andrew Jackson defeated the creeks at the battle of Horseshoe Bend.
2.The tready ended the fighting forceing the creeks to give up million acres of land. -
Washington D.C. Attacked and Burned
1.A British general set fire to many public buildings.
2.The British commander ordered to leave unpublic buildings.
3.The only country to burn down the White House was the UK.
4.They were the only ones since the Revolutionary War.
5.A foreingn power captured and occupied the United States Capital. -
Attack on Baltimore
1.The Battle of Baltimore was acombined seal war.
2.Americans killed the commander of the invading British armmies.
3.The British defeated an American for at North Point.
4.The resistance on Baltimore's Fort McHenry "which later became the lyrics for the Star Spangled Banner" the nation anthem of the United States of America. -
Writing of the Star Spangled Banner
1.The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort M'Henry".
2.Writen by 35 year old amatuer poet Fransis Scott Key.
3.Writen after the witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry.
4.The poem was set to the tune of the "Anacreontic Song".
5.Set to Key's poem and renamed the "Star Spangled Banner". -
Hartford Convention
1.A group of Federalists met in Hartford,Connecticut.
2.Some delegates to the Hartford Concention suggested that the New England states secede from the United States.
3.While the delegates, news of the peace tready arrived.
4.With the war ended the Hartford Covention quickly ended. -
Tready of Ghent
1.On December 24 a tready was signed by British and Americans.
2.All concerned territory was returned.
3.Settle the boundry between United States and Canada.
