1. Please grab one chromebook for each pair, and open up the google presentation in classroom.
“Digital” discussion: When is war justifiable?

2. When is going to WAR justified?

3. WAR? Yes or No….
British navy is blockading our ships from France ships seized in 1807

4. WAR? Yes or No….
British navy has IMPRESSED OUR SAILORS (seized them and drafting them into the British navy)

5. WAR? Yes or No….
Tecumseh, a Native American, rejects treaties giving away land in the Ohio River Valley and is organizing resistance. It is discovered that the British are supplying them with arms.

6. WAR? Yes or No….
Hey- Britain is busy fighting France. Great time to go snag Canada.

7. WAR? Yes or No….
Britain…. And France, for that matter, have been picking on us for years. It’s about time we stood up for ourselves.
Our “honor” demands it

9. THE DEBATE OVER THE WAR WAR HAWKS
Congressmen from West and South who want War with Britain
BIG NAMES:
Henry Clay
Senator, Kentucky
John C. Calhoun
Senator, S Carolina

10. “Mr. Madison’s War”
NONE of the 39 Federalists vote for the War of 1812

11. WAR HAWKS push for war FOR WAR AGAINST Britain hurting trade
Impressment of sailors
Britain encouraging “savages”
Take Canada
Our “honor” is at stake
War will be expensive- ruin the country
Doubt we can win
People will die
Our own fault the Natives are attacking
We should be allies with Britain

12. 1812-13- Invasion of Canada 1812- U.S. attacks Canada
Disaster
1813- Br. Counterattacks
Stopped in autumn, 1813
Winfield Scott

13. War against Natives Oct 1813- TECUMSEH killed in battle
Natives soon pushed WEST of Mississippi River

14. Andrew Jackson in Alabama
Jackson crushes Creek Indians in Alabama
Land ceded to the U.S.

15. 1814 Napoleon defeated Attack from Canada repulsed, but…
UH-OH- Br. sends experienced troops over
Attack from Canada repulsed, but…
American victory at Battle of Lake Champlain

16. At Sea
British navy sets up a blockade
U.S. trade strangled

17. August 1814: Attack on Washington
City burnt, including Capitol and White House
Madisons flee

18. Scenes of the burning of Washington

19. Br. Stopped at Baltimore
Francis Scott key is on a ship making a prisoner exchange
Witnesses a MASSIVE bombardment of Ft. McHenry
Through the haze of smoke in the dawn’s early light, he asks his friend, “Jose, can you see?”
To his joy, the flag was still
there
What poem did he write?

20. Francis Scott Key:
Following MASSIVE bombardment of Ft. McHenry, flag still there
Writes poem: “Star Spangled Banner”

21. Andrew Jackson- big hero
Battle of New Orleans
Technically after war over
Andrew Jackson- big hero
“Old Hickory”- nickname
Casualties: BR: 2036 US: 71

22. Treaty of Ghent December 1814; ends war Pre-war boundaries
re-established

23. EFFECTS OF WAR:
A: Nationalism/ Patriotism rises; nation unified and proud
B: Federalist Party fades away
New England opposed the war
Hartford Convention: Dec. 1814, Federalists meet and consider “secession” (forming separate nation) from the Union & a separate peace w/ Britain

24. EFFECTS OF WAR…
C: Native American resistance over east of Mississippi River
D: Settlers flood
West
OH 1803
IN 1816
NEW STATES:
IL 1818
AL 1819
MS 1817
LA 1812

25. EFFECTS OF WAR:
E: Beginning of closer ties with Britain

26. EFFECTS OF WAR: F: Industrial Revolution begins in America
Embargo Act/ War of 1812 kill New England trade
Rich Americans invest $$ into textile factories instead of trade

28. Closure: Which of the effects of the War of 1812 is the most significant? Why?

29. 1793: War breaks out between France and England
Foreign Policy: How should the U.S. respond to the conflict between France and England?
1793: War breaks out between France and England
Washington?
1797: France seizing American ships; XYZ Affair
Adams?
1803- War breaks out again; both France and Britain blockading Europe
Jefferson?
Madison?