Objective: To examine the causes and effects of the War of The U.S. declared war on Great Britain because of their: - impressment of U.S. sailors. - violation of U.S. sea rights. - support of Native Americans. Do Now: What were the three major reasons that the United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812?

In 1814, the British set Washington, D.C. on fire, including the White House. set Washington, D.C. on fire Washington, D.C is Attacked The city was completely unprepared for the invaders, but one woman took immediate action. Even as people were fleeing the city in droves, First Lady Dolley Madison refused to leave without some of the nation's most important treasures-including the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington.

The British attacked Fort McHenry at Baltimore. Fort McHenry Baltimore Francis Scott Key watched the battle from a British ship, where he was trying to convince the British to release an American prisoner.Francis Scott Key The Star-Spangled Banner

When the smoke cleared, “our flag was still there”. In response, Key wrote the poem “Defence of Fort M'Henry”, which later was put to music and renamed “The Star-Spangled Banner”.

The Star- Spangled Banner, written in Francis Scott Key’s own handwriting. (1840)

Bombshells that exploded into deadly fragments were Britain's most formidable weapon against Fort McHenry. Seamen launched the bombs from ships known as bomb vessels using mortars with a range of about 2.5 mi. (4 km).

The Star-Spangled Banner Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' 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?

Treaty of Ghent While it ended the war, the treaty did not resolve any of the problems between Britain and the U.S.

Battle of New Orleans Led by Gen. Andrew Jackson, the U.S. defeated the British two weeks after the Treaty of Ghent was signed. Casualties: Britain – 2,030; U.S. – 70

Battle of New Orleans: Eyewitness Accounts “Such a destruction of men, for the time it lasted, was never before witnessed” - American Engineer Major Tatum Howell