from Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY adjusted to correlate with the N.C. Standard Course of Study

1. Impressment QAmerican sailors were being captured by the British on the open seas and forced to work for the British Navy. This practice was called impressment. QAs you might expect, this irritated the Americans. The felt that they should have “freedom of the seas,” or the right to travel the seas without fear of being captured and put to work for a foreign navy!

2. The Embargo Act (1807) The “OGRABME” Turtle

Presidential Election of 1808

James Madison Becomes President

Dolly Madison: The President’s Greatest Asset

3. The Non-Intercourse Act (1809) QReplaced the Embargo Act. QRemained U. S. policy until QUnexpected Consequences:  N. Eng. was forced to become self- sufficient again [old factories reopened].  Laid the groundwork for US industrial power.  Jefferson, a critic of an industrial America, ironically contributed to Hamilton’s view of the US!!!

4. British Instigation of Indians British General Brock Meets with Tecumseh

QGeneral William Henry Harrison  governor of the Indiana Territory. QInvited Native Indian chiefs to Ft. Wayne, IN to sign away 3 mil. acres of land to the US government. QTecumseh organized a confederacy of Indian tribes to fight for their homelands. QTecumseh’s brother fought against Harrison and was defeated at Tippecanoe. QThis made Harrison a national hero! [1840 election  Tippecanoe & Tyler, too!] Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811

“War Hawks” Henry Clay [KY] John C. Calhoun [SC]

Presidential Election of 1812

“Mr. Madison’s War!”

American Problems QThe US was unprepared militarily:  Had a 12-ship navy vs. Britain’s 800 ships.  Americans disliked a draft  preferred to enlist in the disorganized state militias. QFinancially unprepared:  Flood of paper $.  Revenue from import tariffs declined. QRegional disagreements.

Overview of the War of 1812

3 U. S. Invasions of 1812

Campaigns of 1813

Battle of Fort McHenry, 1814 Oh Say Can You See By the Dawn’s Early Light… -- Francis Scott Key This battle inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner. It became our national anthem!

Gave proof through the night, That our flag was still there..

Attack on Ft. Oswego, 1814

Burning of the White House during the War of 1812

Hartford Convention December, 1814 – January, 1815

Treaty of Ghent December 24, 1814 Ends the War of 1812!

The Battle of New Orleans, 1815 This battle was actually fought after the end of the War of Because of slow communication, Jackson didn’t know that the war had ended.

The Battle of New Orleans, 1815

Jackson’s Florida Campaigns

How could it be argued that the War of 1812 was the Second War for American Independence?