The War of 1812

Causes of the War of 1812 A British and Indian alliance Difficulties over neutral shipping rights Seizure of American ships Impressments Embargo Act A British and Indian alliance Battle of Tippecanoe A new generation of political leaders

Sectional Division in the US New England and the Middle Colonies The South and the West

The War: British Attack by Sea Blockade The Burning of the Capital The USS Constitution

The Story of the Star Spangled Banner O! say can you see by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Fighting Along the Canadian Border In the South British-Indian alliance Attempted invasions into Canada In the South The Creeks Andrew Jackson

The Treaty of Ghent December 1814 Provisions Effects