2.  Who could vote?  White  At least 21  Male  Property Owners Who could NOT vote?  Women  American Indians  Blacks (free or slave)

3.  Thomas Jefferson is reelected!  Know these dates Washington (1789-1796) Adams (1796 -1800) Jefferson (1800-1808)  MAIN PROBLEM: 1804 – Britain and France are fighting over America’s attention

4. 1. Impressments - the practice of seizing Americans at sea and “impressing” or drafting them into the British Navy (First introduced with the XYZ Affair) 2. Chesapeake Incident 1807 – British commander “demanded” to board an American ship (the Chesapeake), the Americans refused and 3 Americans were shot! 3. Jefferson responds by convincing congress to pass an EMBARGO (EMBARGO ACT of 1807)

5.  Embargo : a ban on exporting goods to other countries from America  Purpose: America’s attempt to force European nations to respect “NEUTRALITY” / and an attempt to AVOID WAR  Result : BACKFIRED (hurt our economy more than others)  Legacy – Always seen as a failure due to “lack of flow of foreign goods into America”  Upset group: Merchants and Shippers in Northeast  Congress eventually lifted the embargo in 1809

7.  James Madison - Famous Democratic / Jeffersonian Republican - Secretary of State under Jefferson - Convinced by the War Hawks - Thought Britain was crippling the American economy

8.  March 1, 1809  U.S. could trade with anyone EXCEPT England and France  When one side ended their violation of neutral rights the U.S. would open trade with them

9.  April 1810  Replaces non-intercourse  Opens trade with the entire world  When either Britain or France ends violations of neutral rights the U.S. will halt trade with the other unless they end violations within six months

10.  1810 - Napoleon - “His majesty loves Americans “ thus will repeal the continental system  conditional on British repealing the Orders in Council  Napoleon had no intention of stopping exploits against America shipping  J.Q. Adams warns Madison in a letter from Russia - “A trap to catch us in a war with England.”  Madison believes Napoleon is well intended and refuses to recognize he is wrong even after it is apparent  November 2, 1810 he announces that Britain has six months to repeal the Orders in Council before the U.S. halts trade with them  Britain fails to act and non-intercourse is imposed on March 2, 1811

11.  1809 – General “William Henry Harrison” convinced native Americans to give up 3 million acres of their land through unfair treaties  Tecumseh created a confederacy AGAINST white settlers  Overall: Tecumseh got support from the BRITISH to defend land against the white settler!

13.  William Harrison defeats Tecumseh’s Confederacy  Harrison / America discovers that the British were “supporting the Native Americans’ fight AGAINST America”  Result: America  / birth of the WAR HAWKS

14.  A group of young Southern Congressmen that…….“WANT WAR WITH BRITAIN!!!!!!!!”  (Against neutrality/ Washington, Adam’s and Jefferson’s views)  2 Congressmen John C. Calhoun *S.C. Henry Clay *Kentucky

15. - Objective: LETS FIGHT BRITAIN!!!!! (War is needed~) - War of 1812 – nicknamed “Mr. Madison’s War” because he was the very first president that WANTED to go to war with other countries - Also known as the Second Revolutionary War - June 18, 1812 – beginning of War of 1812

16.  American forces were outnumbered at sea  British Navy was able to blockade almost the entire coastline

17.  British invade Washington DC Burning of White House / Capitol Building and much of Washington DC

18.  New England states wanted the War of 1812 to STOP because it disrupted their TRADE / these states threatened secession  The Hartford Convention is considered the “death of Federalist Party”

21.  Signed December 24, 1814  Declared an armistice – end to the fighting

22.  General Andrew Jackson’s greatest victory  Too bad a treaty had already been signed :-/

24.  AMERICAN NATIONALISM GOES UP because we finally won COMPLETE freedom from Britain and confirmed our independence!  Nothing really changed after signing the Treaty of Ghent – American (physically) basically stayed the same “post War America”