1. James Madison

2. Qualifications Oversaw Louisiana Purchase Led House of Representatives
“Father of the Bill of Rights”

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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