1. Prelude to the
War of 1812

2. Hey! Anyone who helps the Frenchies is MY ENEMY!
Hating
IMPRESSMENT!
Hating
Trade
Louisiana
Purchase
Trade
1807

3. 19th
French
Great Britain
increased
France
impressment
United States
navy
neutral
trading
Louisiana Purchase
British

4. Hating EMBARGO! Hating Impressment Trade Trade 1807
That will teach you to trade with my enemies!
Hating
EMBARGO!
George, if you’re gonna be like that… we ain’t tradin’ with nobody!
Hating
Impressment
Trade
Trade
1807

5. Jefferson
embargo
Embargo Act of 1807
British

6. Hating Hating Impressment 1807
Fine with me, old chap, cut off your nose to spite your face!
Zat iz not cool, Gefferson! But… I am not going to do eeny sing about eet.
Hating
Hating
Impressment
Hey, I’m all about neutrality. RIP G-Wash.
1807

7. Embargo
hurt

8. Jefferson, you doofus! You’re killing the economy!
Hating
Election 1808
The
American
People
Hating
Jefferson, you doofus! You’re killing the economy!
Much better!
1808

9. voted
Election of 1808
James Madison

10. Let’s make a deal… I’ll take 3 million acres off your hands!
Hey, Native Americans… you guys have a whole lotta land there…
Treaty of
Fort Wayne
Uhhh… ok… sure. Why not?
Yup, we sure do!
1809

11. west
Native Americans
William Henry Harrison
Treaty of Fort Wayne
3 million acres
half a cent

12. Um, sold a bunch of land to the Americans. What’s your beef Tecumseh?
You BOZOS! Don’t you see that they are trying to take all our land!? We must unite and stand against their oppression. This treaty is MEANINGLESS!
You DID WHAT!?!?
Um, sold a bunch of land to the Americans. What’s your beef Tecumseh?
Alliance
If you say so Tecumseh…
1809

13. Tecumseh
weak

14. Tippecanoe! Alliance 1811 You’re joking, right?
Ouch. That was a bad idea. This Indian Alliance thing isn’t working out for us.
1811

15. Battle of Tippecanoe
resentment

16. Hey! Tecumseh, sorry to hear about the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Hating
Yea, those stupid Americans rather kicked our butts.
Hating
1811

17. We might be able to work something out…
Well... You know… I hate the Americans, and you do too… Maybe we should be better friends…
Hating
We might be able to work something out…
Hating
1811

18. Hating
Alliance
Hating
Hating
1811

19. alliance
Americans
reconquer

20. I guess you have a point…
Enough with the negotiations and peaceable coercion! NOW IS THE TIME FOR WAR!
War Hawks
I guess you have a point…
1811

21. westerners
war
“War Hawks”

22. Hating
Declaration of War
June 18, 1812
Alliance
Hating
Hating
1812

23. Great Britain
1812

24. Clip art images used with Permission of Microsoft