1. Warm Up
Give two reasons why the Louisiana Purchase was important. (Complete sentences)
What was the Missouri Compromise? (Complete sentences)
Now get with your partner and finish the last two Presidents from Friday

2. Mr. Madison’s War
The War of 1812

3. An unprepared America goes to war…
12 ship US Navy vs ship British Navy
Americans did not like draft - enlist in militias, not Army
Inflation from paper $$
Revenue from import taxes were null
Little military funding

4. America and Canada
Britain is distracted from America until 1813 (Napoleon)
US desires to annex Canada from England
US attempted to invade British holdings three different times
All failed!
The Canadians failed to join the American war effort!

5. -America controls Lake Erie after a British defeat.
1813 -
-America controls Lake Erie after a British defeat.
-York (Toronto) is burned
-Tecumseh is killed(Battle of Thames)
The British retaliate and block the American seaboard
(This makes the war unpopular in the Northeast!)
The British then attack
America!!

6. 1814 - Washington Burns!! August 1814 -
British Forces sailed into Chesapeake Bay and capture Washington D.C.
The White House and Capitol BURN!
Madison and Congress barely escape
They then attack Baltimore
Sept 13, 1814
British ships bombard Fort McHenry
continuously for 24 hours before
giving up!!
4 killed, 24 wounded
(1 African American, 1 woman cut in half!)

7. Oh Say, Can You See! Baltimore lawyer
Francis Scott Key watched the attack from a ship in the harbor
He pens a poem about the attack The Defense of Fort Henry which is later set to music!
(A British drinking song!)
It became a popular song of the times!
June 27,1889
Is made the official flag raising song
1931
Becomes the official
National Anthem of America (Hoover)

8. 1814 cont.
Indian issues are settled in the South (Florida) by Andrew Jackson
Treaty of Ghent :
- Signed Dec 24th, 1814
- No real changes from 1812
- Did NOT address impressment (the alleged cause of the war)
- Reestablished prewar boundaries in
West
- The War ended in a stalemate

9. The Hartford Convention
Opposition grows as war enters 1815
Federalists in New England meet and considered secession (power has grown during war because of industrialization)
Right of nullification stated – Embargo laws!
After New Orleans, convention looks absurd and the Federalists disappear

10. But the War lingered on….. The Battle of New Orleans
Fought after the treaty was signed (but not ratified)
-Over 2,000 casualties for British -13 US casualities
Pirates and Frontiersman fought alongside US troops
Made Andrew Jackson a National hero and household name

11. Often referred to as the Second War for American Independence.
Results of the War!
1. Growth of American Nationalism.
Often referred to as the Second War for American Independence.
2. Strengthening of isolationism.
3. Increase in westward migration.
4. Encouragement of American Industry.
5. Disappearance of the Federalist Party
6. Gave the United States a National Identity
We were able to hold our own against the British
Started us thinking about continuing westward expansion
Ended bad feelings toward the British