1. Jump Start
Identify what is happening in the picture above. Please answer the following questions:
1. What action is taking place in the picture?
2. What two groups are shown?
3. What was the reason for the action above?

2. Election of 1808 James Madison Won 1808 and 1812 elections
4th president
Jefferson’s Sec. of State
Took office in 1809
Won 1808 and 1812 elections
U.S. still dealing with the issue of British and French impressment

3. War of 1812 The War of 1812: Causes
British impressment of U.S. sailors
Interference with shipping
British blockade of American ports
British support of Native resistance
Tecumseh: united Natives to stop U.S. advancement
War of 1812

4. War Hawks Westerners who demanded war with Britain
New Englanders and Federalists were anti-war
Wanted aid to Natives stopped
Wanted British out of Canada
Thought this would make frontier safer
Could later add Canada to the United States
Led by Henry Clay

5. First Phase of the War U.S. navy won some important victories
Oliver Hazard Perry
Battle of the Thames
Put an end to the British threat in the Northwest
Tecumseh died  Natives lost an important leader

6. Second Phase of the War Britain turned their full attention to U.S.
Burned the capital in August 1814
Attacked Ft. McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Star Spangled Banner
Battle of New Orleans
Jackson became a national hero

7. Effects of the War of 1812 Showed that the war had NO clear winner
Treaty of Ghent
Legacy of the War
Showed that the war had NO clear winner
Terms included:
Ending the war
Returning prisoner
Restoring all previous boundaries
Increased American patriotism and nationalism
Broke the strength of the Native Americans
Forced the growth of U.S. manufacturing
Americans now believed their young nation could survive and prosper

8. Hartford Convention Opposition to the war was heavy in New England
Took advantage of smuggling in the beginning
When Britain extended their blockade in 1814, opposition grew
Hartford Convention: Federalists in New England meet in late 1814
Considered secession, listed grievances
Right of nullification discussed
After New Orleans, Convention looked disloyal
Federalists never recovered from the stigma

9. Snowball Fight!
Use the words below to create 3 summary sentences. One sentence MUST deal with causes and effects of the war!
People Places Things
Tecumseh New Orleans impressment
War Hawks Canada blockade
Andrew Jackson Washington D.C. Treaty of Ghent
New Englanders Northwest manufacturing
Native Americans Fort McHenry nationalism
British patriotism
boundaries
Hartford Convention