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President Madison Takes Office
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President Madison Takes Office
*Madison easily won the presidental election.
*James Madison was a republican.
*James Madison was a quiet scholarly man.
*As president, he hoped to keep the U.S out of war.
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War Hawks Takes Power
*Congress from the South and the West called for war with Britain.
*The War Hawks had a very strong Nationalism.
*The war Hawks felt that Britain was treating the United states as if it were still a british colony.
* Henry Clay of Kentucky was the most outspoken War Hawk. *The War Hawks were willing to fight a war to defend American Rights -
Relations With Britain Worsend
*In the spring, the British told the U.S they would continue impressing sailors.
* In June, congress declared war on Britain.
*Native Americans in the Northwest began new attacks on frontier settlements.
* Relations with britain worend steadily.
*New englanders believed war with britain would harm american trade. -
Congress Declares war on Britain
*The war Hawks urged that congress prepare for a war against Britain.
*Outspoken for the War Hawks was Felix Grundy.
*Felix Grundy was a congressman from Tennessee.
*Grundy dreamed of winning additional land for the U.S
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America Is Not Ready For War
*Jefferson's spending cuts had weaken American military strength.
*The army also was small, with fewer than 7,000 men.
*the army was small and ill
*Congress would pay them $124 and 360 acres of land.
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Britain Blockades American Ports
- In the first days of the war, the british set up a blockade of the american coast. *By 1814 the british navy had 135 warships blockading AMerican ports.
- After reinforcing their troops, the british were able to close off all american troops. *The American Navy had only 16 Warships ready for action. *The American Army was also small, with fewer then 7,000 men.
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Invasion Of Canada
- General William Hull moved American troops into Canada from Detriot. *British were led by General Isaac Brock. *Hull retreated from Canada *Other attempts to invade Canada also failed *Brock's scare tatics worked.
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USS Constitution Scores A Victory
*USS constitution defeated the british warship Guerriere.
*It was a major sea battle
*it was a very fierce battle.
*To Americans it seemed the constitution was made of metal.
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Battle of Lake Erie
*Americans won the battle.
*They raised there colors and continued to fight.
*Captain Perry wrote this:"We have met the enemy and they are ours".
*Perry took his flag down and rowed over to another American ship.
*British batterd Perry's own ship and left it helpless. -
Battle Of Thames
*Americans won.
*Tecumseh died fighting.
*Without Tecumseh's leadership,the Indian confederation soon fell apart.
*Still continued fighting without Tecumseh.
*Andrew Jackson took command of American troops. -
Horseshoe Bend
*The leader of the creeks walked alone into Jackson's camp to surrender.
*Jackson won the battle of Horseshoe bend.
*They won with help from the Cherokees.
*Andrew Jackson was the leader.
*They Surendered. -
Washington D.C attacked and burned
*British ships landed in Chesapeake bay.
*The British landed an invasion force about 30 miles from Washington D.C.
*American troops met British troops at Bladensburgh, Maryland.
*President Madison watched the battle.
*Dolley Madison gatherd up important papers of the president and a portrait of George Washington. -
Attack On Baltimore
*First objective was Fort McHenry.
*Francis Scott Key was American.
*Francis Scott Key just watched the attack.
*The Americans had beaten off the attack.
*Fort McHenry, defended the City's Harbor. -
Writing Of The Star Soangled Banner
*Written by Francis Scott Key.
*It told the story of his night watch.
*The poem became popular and was set to music.
*Written in 1931.
*Made this national anthem of the united states. -
Hartford Of Convention
*They disliked the Republican President and war.
*Hartford Convention threatend to leave the union if the war continued.
*News of the peace treaty arrived.
*With the war over, the protest was meaning less
*The Hartford Convention ended quicky. -
Trety Of Ghent
*Treaty Of Ghent was signed in Ghent,Belgium.
*The Treaty said nothing about impressment or neutrality.
*Britain and the United States agreed to r3eswtore pre war conditions.
*John Quincy Adams,one of Americans at Ghent,summed up the treaty;"nothing was adjusted,nothing was settled.
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Battle Of New Orleans
*Andrew Jackson became a national hero.
*more than 2,000 British fell under the deadly fire of American sharp shooters and cannons.
*Only seven Americans died.
*on January 1815,the British attacked.
*many of Jacksons men were expert rifflemen.
