Chapter 6 section 4-5

War in the old northwest The Miami, Delaware, Shawnee and other native Americans came together to fight American expansion the biggest Indian victory came in the north west territory (Miami town, present day Fort Wayne, Indiana)

War in the old northwest Problems the Indians faced A. The British deserted them B. They faced a new U.S. Army the Americans defeated the Indians at the “Battle of Fallen Timbers” The Indians are forced to sign the Treaty of Greenville

Treaty of Greenville Made Indians give up the southern 2/3 of Ohio the Indians were also told that the Ohio river was no longer a permanent boundary

Native Americans dealing with the U.S. Accept white culture (Miami people/ little turtle) blending Indian and white Cultures return to Indian traditions take military actions

Native Americans dealing with the U.S. Tecumseh would not take part in the treaty of Greenville Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa argued that the Americans play legal tricks on the Indians Tecumseh warned Governor Harrison that if the Americans continued to take Indian land it would lead to war

Native Americans dealing with the U.S. November 7, 1811 Tenskwatawa sent his warriors to attack Harrison the Battle of Tippecanoe it lasted 2 hours no one won the battle but the native Americans took heavy losses and it killed morale of the Indians

Section 5 War Breaks Out The congress of 1812 was made up of new members from the south and the west in 1812 president Madison will ask congress to declare war on England the United States was not prepared for this war very small army and Navy no help from foreign countries

The Land war The U.S. will try to invade British held Canada The U.S. will be beaten very badly in Canada Jackson will lead the U.S. over the creek Indians at Horseshoe Bend this lead to the treaty of Fort Jackson the Americans got 23 million acres of land (Alabama and Georgia)

The Naval War British ships outnumbered the Americans 20-1 The USS Constitution will be given the nickname “old iron side” Commandant Oliver Perry will lead a huge victory on lake Erie

The burning of Washington D.C British troops will burn Washington to the ground a huge storm will hit the capitol that is the only thing that stopped the British army

The War Ends The US will have a huge victory at Fort McHenry (star spangled banner) The Hartfor conventiuon states in the north east talked about leaving the union

Treaty of Ghent Both the British and the Americans realized this was a war that no one wanted and one that the british could not win’ on December 24, 1814 the treaty will be signed

The Battle of New Orleans The battle took place two weeks after the war was over 5000 British troops tried to take New Orleans Andrew Jackson lead the Americans

Post war Election of 1816 J. Monroe will win he is a Jeffersonian 1819 the first depression in the United States

Missouri compromise North west ordinance of 1787 Missouri compromise Missouri would become a slave state Maine will be a free state All states north of will be free states