1. Chapter 12 Guided Notes (Part II)
Mr. Fickes
American History
8th Grade

2. The War of 1812
-Why?
-The ___________________ continued seizing American ships and impressing sailors.
-Many Americans wanted war so bad with Britain they got the nickname The ______________ _______________________.
British
War Hawks

3. -Losses at sea, national ___________________, and a desire to make the frontier safe for settlement all contributed to the reasons for war.
pride

4. -When?
-Congress declared war on _______________________on July 17, _________________.
-British occupied __________________ was a target of the war.
Britain
1812
Canada

5. -American force were pushed out of Canada _________ times in 1812, 1813, and 1814.
-The British were having trouble as well. On September 10, 1813, an American naval force under _____________ ____________________ ______________________defeated and captured a British fleet of 6 ships on Lake Erie. 3
Oliver Hazard Perry

6. Perry’s Monument
Oliver Hazard Perry

7. -After a series of many back and forth ___________________, Britain sent 15,000 troops to Canada, which ended American hopes of conquering Canada.
-In August of 1814, a British army invaded Washington D.C. burning several public buildings including, The __________________ and The ____________________ ____________________.
battles
Capitol
White House

8. Burnt Capitol Building

9. White House on Fire

10. -Next the British invaded Baltimore and attacked __________________ ___________________.
-This is the event that led to the writing of The Star Spangled Banner written by __________________ ____________________ _____________________.
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key

11. The Battle of New Orleans
-Two days before the British unsuccessfully attacked Baltimore, they lost a battle at _____________ ______________________, greatly weakening support for the war in Britain.
-However the British commanders launched an attack on _____________ __________________.
Lake Champlain
New Orleans

12. -The city was defended by __________________ ____________________ and a militia of 7,000 men.
-2,000 ________________________ soldiers were killed and only 20 _____________________.
Andrew Jackson
British
Americans

13. ANDREW JACKSON
-The battle was unnecessary because a treaty was signed ______________ weeks earlier, word had just not traveled fast enough.
two

14. Results of the War
-Both sides claimed _______________________, but nobody really won the war of 1812.
-The war had 3 important effects:
1. Indian resistance weakened in the Northwest after _______________________ death.
victory
Tecumseh’s

15. 2. National pride in the U.S. __________________.
3. The war had political effects. Two of the war’s heroes, William Henry Harrison and ____________ ______________ would become president.
surged
Andrew Jackson

16. The Monroe Doctrine
-Monroe stated that that the nations of North and South America were “not to be considered as subjects for future __________________________ by any European powers.”
-European’s denounced Monroe’s message as ____________________, because he had no right to say it.
colonization
arrogant

17. JAMES MONROE 5TH PRESIDENT
-The Monroe Doctrine told the rest of the world that the United States was no longer a weak collection of quarreling _________________.
states