1. War of 1812 Notes on… Jefferson’s Foreign Policy Embargo War of 1812
Era of Good Feelings

2. Jefferson’s Foreign Policy
Impossible to avoid foreign affairs
1. American merchants engaged in trade all over the world
2. Louisiana Purchase opened country to westward expansion

3. Problems with France and England
British did not want Americans supplying food to enemies so
British set up partial blockade
only some American ships sail to Europe

4. France became angry = enacted their own laws
American shippers --difficult position- either way ships might be seized

5. Trade as a Weapon Congress passed the Embargo Act of 1807
American ships no longer sail to foreign ports
American ports closed to British ships

6. THIS WAS A DISASTER!!
Most harmful to US
American farmers, merchants, Southerners, Westerners, shippers, New Englanders
EVERYONE suffered!

7. Election 1808, the embargo was major issue
James Madison won ---4th president

8. War Hawks Anti-British feelings grew in the South and West.
Demanded war against the British
Wanted more land = push Brits from Canada

9. New Englanders Merchants & businessmen opposed war WHY????
Relied on trade with Britain

10. The War of 1812

11. Causes of the War of 1812
British arming Natives in the Ohio River Valley
British impressment of American sailors

12. Britain began impressing (kidnapping) American sailors to work on British ships.
, impressed about 6,000 Americans

13. The United States military was weak when war began.
Navy had 16 ships
Army had fewer than 7,000 poorly trained men
Little equipment
Inexperienced officers

14. Battles concentrated around:
-Great Lakes
-Washington DC
-Louisiana
-Mississippi

16. The Burning of D.C. British troops marched into city
Dolly Madison (First Lady)gathered important papers and a portrait of George Washington then fled south
British troops burned the executive mansion (White House) and the capitol
The British move and attacked Fort McHenry at Baltimore

17. Fort McHenry

18. The commander of Fort McHenry requested a large flag so “the British will have no difficulty seeing it!”
American Flag flew high

19. Francis Scott Key detained on a British ship – watched the all-night battle. The next morning, He expressed his pride in what became the national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner”

20. The Americans

21. The British

22. Battle of New Orleans
The British prepared to attack New Orleans = cut off Americans trade on the Mississippi
BUT
Andrew Jackson waiting for the British!
Jackson’s American soldiers and pirates defeated the Brits

23. Jackson’s men dug trenches to defend themselves
Jackson’s men dug trenches to defend themselves. British soldiers charged the American trenches. More than 2,000 British fell. Only seven Americans died!

24. Battle of New Orleans

27. Final, most deadly battle for the British
Andrew Jackson became a hero.
The battle took place two weeks after peace treaty signed!

28. Andrew Jackson

29. Treaty of Ghent 1814 Ghent, Belgium Signed December 24, 1814
Ended War 1812
None of the issues causing war addressed---“Nothing was adjusted, nothing was settled.” return matters as before the war

30. Americans pride in their country.
“The people are now more American. They feel and act more as a nation.”

31. Era of Good Feelings
Time after War 1812 people not divided over political issues or war
PATRIOTISM GROWS

32. The Effects of the War/Era of Good Feelings
Increased American Patriotism
Weakened Native American Resistance
US manufacturing grows

33. MONROE DOCTRINE Was issued by President James Monroe in 1823
Was actually written by his Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams
Let the world know that the U.S. was now the “protector” of the western hemisphere

34. MONROE DOCTRINE
No more colonization in North America, Latin America, or South America
The U.S. would not interfere with European affairs, and thus Europe should not interfere in American affairs
The U.S. was prepared to take its place among the most powerful nations in the world