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Tecumseh 1
Tecumseh was born in 1768. His life was not an easy one, colonists as they usually were were very aggressive towards his tribe and they inevitably killed his father when he was a child. While all this was happening, and his land was being invaded, he refused to torture the colonists. He frequently spoke out against the colonists for taking his land but was never aggressive like they were and other tribal communities were towards colonists. -
Washington’s Proclamation of Neutrality
George Washington released a statement that said the US would remain on neutral terms with Great Britain and France even with the war between them. This created tension between the Nations for many reasons. There was always tension between Great Britain and the US because of their separations and this added on. Tensions with France were because they made a treaty that implied the US would help them if they were to start a revolution because they had helped them, and this was not done. -
Impressment of sailors
Before the War of 1812 British forces were seizing ships that were from the US to search for British captives and things that would aid the French. This would obviously cause the US Sailors to be held against their will, and oftentimes they were forced to join the British Navy or were imprisoned. Even though America tried to retrieve these sailors, most times it was a failure. -
Jay Treaty
With all of the United States attempting to be neutral, British trade increased significantly because of their previous strict French trade. Even with this tensions were rising between Britain and the US. With this also came tensions between France and the us because France saw this as somewhat of a betrayal because they were currently at War with Great Britain even though the US claimed neutrality. -
Washington Farewell adress
After around twenty years of serving the United States Washington resigned and wrote his farewell address. In this Farewell Address, he addressed how important neutrality was in the conflicts that did not directly affect them. He also talked about how political parties were something that needed to be done away with. Washington believed that political parties were tearing the nation apart and that they needed to be put to a stop. -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
As stated earlier, the British were capturing American Sailors and forcibly putting them in the British Navy, imprisoning them., and keeping them captive. Eventually one of the American ships refused to let a British ship board, the American ship was named Chesapeake and the British ship was named Leopard. This caused the Leopard to fire at the Chesapeake. In retaliation to this, the United States banned British ships from their ports. -
Embargo Act 1807
The Embargo Act of 1807 was a result of the tensions between Britain, France, and the United States. Because of all this tension and no result, the United States placed an embargo on both countries. In the end, though this act was a failure, this being because the two countries had other very strong allies to trade with or colonies to take from while on the other hand the United States was doing poorly financially comparatively. -
War Hawks
War Hawks were a group of people in America who were pushing war with Great Britain. It was a very small minority and it seemed more republican-centric. Most people were motivated by the ideas of land and Power, which led to The War of 1812. -
War of 1812 Begins
With all of the tensions and all of this built-up resentment as well as all of the unsavory actions that the countries had taken against each other, The War of 1812 began between Great Britain and the United States. Even with all of the ideas of neutrality and many leaders pushing for neutrality the ideas of the War Hawks were able to convince many people to go into war with Great Britain. -
Tecumseh 2
Many natives along with Tecumseh ended up allying with the British. This was because many natives wanted to keep their land as the Americas were branching out into their land. Tecumseh himself was actually eventually killed in a battle in the War of 1812 called The Battle of Thames. -
Hartford Convention
There were several delegate meetings that took place from December 15, 1814, to January 5, 1815, that were an attempt to amend or change the Constitution. The meetings were not very liked by the people because they were said to give leaders more power over the militia and economics. There was also a lack of transparency that was not great for the public eye and it was very secret at the time and eventually ended up hurting the Federalist Party to the point of their extinction. -
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent was made after the British retreated from the war. Their retreat was primarily because they were of course losing and they lost their alliance with the natives. This treaty gave Americans the ability to Branch out and colonize the Northwest Territory that was owned by Britain and it eventually led to the slowing of slavery because they were not allowed slaves in the North Western States and it of course ended The War of 1812. -
Battle of New Orleans
At this time in history, there were no easy ways to contact people so most soldiers were not informed of the Treaty of Ghent. This caused another uncalled-for Act of War in New Orleans. Even with this, the American people still won this battle and it basically set in stone that the Americans had won this war.