War of 1812 & aftermath
Fought against Britain in 1812-1814 Called Mr. Madison’s War WAR OF 1812 Fought against Britain in 1812-1814 Called Mr. Madison’s War
By the Numbers Number of soldiers in the British Army in 1812: 243,885 Number of soldiers in the United States Army in 1812: 7000 Approximate number of seaworthy battleships in the British navy in 1812: 500 Approximate number of seaworthy battleships in the American navy in 1812: 12
Part One: Issues with Native Americans Battle of Thames (1813) Fought in NW part of USA (Ohio River Valley) William Henry Harrison came out Hero In charge of USA forces in NW Tecumseh killed Indian Confederation dream perished
Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814) Fought in the south (today Alabama) Andrew Jackson (hero) crushed the Creek Indians Outcome: Left the area east of the Miss. River safe for settlement War Hawks will state the only way to get rid of Indians was to wipe out their base…Canada
Part Two: Rest of the War
AMERICA’S VIEW USA is sectionalized: North against war (Federalists) South and West want war Army bad and scattered No real burning anger to fight Strategy in Canada was poor All we had to do was take out Montreal instead we focus on Detroit, Niagara and Lake Champlain
Tide is Turning!!!! 1813: Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Popular in Lake Erie Battle Builds fleet of green-timbered ships (NAVY) Able to capture and defeat some of the British fleet Along with our victory at Battle of Thames USA morale increases
Bye Bye White House Aug 1814 British reached Washington DC, burn down white house…cont. attack Baltimore During attack Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Spangled Banner” while watching the British bombardment on Baltimore
Treaty of Ghent, 1814 Dec. 1814 Armistice Nothing gained: fighting just stopped Fighting cont. until FEB.
Battle of New Orleans 1815 Fought after the peace treaty was signed Andrew Jackson made a hero The US was outnumbered greatly, but had only 71 deaths compared to 2036 British
Hartford Convention 1814 Goodbye Federalists When the War of 1812 was over, the Democratic-Republicans were the heroes and the Federalists were pretty much done as a political party Meeting of Federalists party leaders talk of secession by northern states Leaving the US and making a new country The meeting showed Sectionalism: division between north and south Goodbye Federalists
Results of the War Lack of trade increased US manufacturing Increase nationalism (Era of Good Feelings) US less dependent on Europe for goods Other Foreign Nations began to have respect for the USA
GOODBYE FEDERALISTS!!!