James Madison 1809- 1817
Qualifications Oversaw Louisiana Purchase Led House of Representatives “Father of the Bill of Rights” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69KWGYGVirE
Tecumseh Many Americans Moving to Northwest Territory Begin to Take Over Native American Lands British Supply Native Americans With Weapons and Military Aid Warns Native Americans of The Danger of Settlers Hoped to Unite Native Americans of NW Territory
Battle of Tippecanoe William Henry Harrison Meets Tecumseh Harrison Warned Not To Resist US Government Tecumseh Village Burned to The Ground Lost Most of His Support
War Hawks Members of Congress Who Favored War Against Great Britain Strongest in the West and South Henry Clay (Kentucky) John Calhoun (South Carolina) War = US Expansion New England Federalists Strongly Opposed Sought British Trade
War of 1812 1st US Declared War By Congress US Navy Small = Paid Licensed Privateers British Navy Scattered All Over = Could Not Leave to Fight US Many Early Victories = British Embarrassment British Blockade Ports and Capture US Merchants
War of 1812 US Attempt to Invade Canada = Failure British Surrender at the Battle of Lake Erie Battle of Thames Secures Canadian Border for US US Burn Canadian Capital of York = British Later Burn White House Down General Andrew Jackson Leads Battles in Alabama Region Creek Tribe Surrender = Forced to Give Up Land
The Battle of New Orleans US Troops = Soldiers, State Militia, and Pirates British Marched Into Thick Fog Walk Blindly Into American Forces 2000 British Killed 70 US Killed
Hartford Convention Citizens Met To Oppose War New England Considers Leaving US Sent Delegates to Congress to Increase States’ Rights War Ended Before They Arrived Federalists Considered For Treason and Lose Political Power
Treaty of Ghent Signed in Belgium Before Battle of New Orleans US and Britain Agreed to End the War All Territory Conquered is Returned No Solution Reached for Trades and Embargos America Had Survived Against Britain as a Nation