1. New Government in Operation: The War of 1812
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2. Vocabulary Counterattack: to attack back
Impressment: forcing people to serve in a navy
War Hawk: someone who wanted a war
Artillery: large fire arms (ex. cannon)
POW: prisoners of war
Massacre: unnecessary mass killing
Battery: fortification filled with artillery
Tecumseh: Shawnee Chief and a leader of the Indian Confederacy who fought against US settlers on the western frontier

3. Essential Questions What were the causes of the War of 1812
What were some of the major battles of the War of 1812?
What were the results of the War of 1812
How do you think relations between the Native American and the US will progress in the future?

4. Causes of the War of 1812
France and Britain hurt US trade by taking ships.
Britain made US sailors join the British Navy.
Britain helped Natives attack between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.
Britain wouldn’t take troops out of the Louisiana Territory.
The War Hawks wanted to add Canada and Spanish Florida to the States.

5. Events in the War of 1812
Battles and Movements of US and British troops
Three Areas of Conflict
Great Lakes Area
Chesapeake Bay Area
New Orleans Area

6. Events in the War of 1812: Constitution “Old Ironsides” vs. Guerriere
USS Constitution  had more and better guns and was faster than any other ship.
British fired first and did little damage.
US fired on the hull and masts that destroyed the British ship.
Constitution suffered little damage and had 7 killed and 7 wounded.
HMS Guerriere was too damaged to keep and was burned.
The victory over Guerriere showed the ability of the US Navy
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The USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812

7. Events in the War of 1812: Battle of York (Toronto) 1813
Major Dearborn attacked York (modern Toronto).
The Americans captured the battery after 3 hours but before the British surrendered, they destroyed the ship under construction, the naval storehouse and the magazine at the government house.
The Americans were going to remove the flying British flag at the government house when it exploded and killed 38 and wounded 222.
The Americans looted and destroyed the remaining government and military buildings.
Later in the war Washington D.C. was burned as pay back.
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8. Events in the War of 1812: Battle of Lake Erie Sept. 10, 1813
Lawrence and 8 other American ships, 54 guns vs. Detroit and 5 other ships, 63 cannons that had a range twice as long as the Americans
Lawrence suffered about 80% casualties and Commodore Perry had to abandon ship and row to Niagara to attack again.
The British tried to turn their ships but hit each other and were stuck together.
Perry attacked and the British surrendered.
Results:
American control of Lake Erie
Improved American morale
Fort Malden was abandoned and the British retreated up to Thames River near Detroit
6 ships were taken by the Americans
Perry took Harrison’s army near Thames River to fight
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9. Events in the War of 1812: Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Background:
Red Sticks (followers of Tecumseh) went to Pensacola to get weapons from the Spanish and were ambushed by Americans from Fort Mims
Red Sticks counterattacked & the US retreated to Fort Mims
(August 30, 1813) Red Sticks made a surprise attack on 553 frontiersmen at Fort Mims
Red Sticks defeated the Americans and then massacred most of the survivors including women and children
As payback for the massacre, General Andrew Jackson took his militia and attacked a fortified Creek village at Horseshoe Bend
Red Sticks were greatly outnumbered
Big guns destroyed the defenses
About 800 warriors died
500 women and children were imprisoned
Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek Indians
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10. Events in the War of 1812: Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Result:
Treaty of Fort Jackson: (1814) Creeks gave up most of their lands in southern Alabama and Georgia to the US.

11. Events in the War of 1812: Burning of Washington D.C. August 24, 1814
The British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, Maryland.
The British marched into Washington, D.C. 
Government officials left the capital.
The British army entered Washington.
British troops looted and burned the White House, the Capitol building, House of Representatives and Library of Congress, a number of federal buildings, and several private homes to get revenge for York.
(August 26) The British withdrew.
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Tom Freeman's painting of the August 24, 1814 burning of the White House by British troops during the War of 1812.

12. Events in the War of 1812: Battle of Baltimore Sept. 12, 1814
British troops landed near Baltimore
British crossed the North Point Peninsula between two rivers where the Maryland militia waited and killed the British General
The British didn’t break the third American line, and their land path to Baltimore was blocked.
The British tried to capture Fort McHenry to open the water route to Baltimore:
The British dropped rounds all day and night
When morning came and the civilians saw the American flag still flying, they were happy.
Francis Scott Key wrote the first verse of the Star Spangled Banner that would later become the US national anthem.
The British withdrew.
It was an American victory.
Francis Scott Key, a young poet-lawyer, witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry while under British guard on an American truce ship in the Patapsco River. Seeing his country's flag still flying over the Fort the next morning, he was moved to pen these immortal lines:
O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming! And the rockets's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there: O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the mornings' first beam, In full glory reflected now shines on the stream: 'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion A home and a country should leave us no more? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation Then conquer we must when our cause it is just And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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13. Events in the War of 1812: Hartford Convention 1814
New England shipping decreased because of the war.
New England states sent delegates to Hartford for secret meetings. Some wanted to secede (leave the US) or at least threaten secession to get their way but most didn’t.
Hartford Convention's final demands:
Federal money to help New England's trade economy
7 Constitutional amendments
The members of the Hartford Convention sent messengers with their demands to Washington.
They arrived as news of the Treaty of Ghent and the victory in New Orleans reached the city.
They were ignored.
Importance:
continued the idea of states' rights
Federalist party began to die out
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14. The End of the War of 1812: Treaty of Ghent December 24, 1814
Ended hostilities
British left Northwest Territory
Restored land to pre- war status
Mediation for boundary disputes
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15. Events in the War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans Jan. 8, 1815
British fleet of more than 50 ships prepared to attack New Orleans
General Jackson moved his army (7,000 militia) to New Orleans to help defend it.
They didn’t know about the Treaty of Ghent.
7,500 British attacked
Fighting lasted half an hour
British withdrew
U.S. victory
Jackson became an American hero.
Battle of New Orleans link: by Johnny Horton song number 13
Lyrics: In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip. We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans. [Chorus:] We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin. There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago. We fired once more and they began to runnin' on Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. We looked down the river and we see'd the British come. And there must have been a hundred of'em beatin' on the drum. They stepped so high and they made the bugles ring. We stood by our cotton bales and didn't say a thing. [Chorus] Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eye We held our fire 'til we see'd their faces well. Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ... well [Chorus] Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go. They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.** We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down. So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round. We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind. [Chorus] Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go. They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.**
Information modified from : Feldmeth, Greg D. "U.S. History Resources"  (31 March 1998).
Picture credit: CREDIT: Yeager, Joseph, engraver, publisher. "Battle of New Orleans and death of Major General Packenham [sic] on the 8th of January, 1815 / West del. ; J. Yeager sc.," 1816(?). Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Reproduction Number LC-USZ
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16. Effects of the War of 1812
The British recognized US boundaries and left the Northwest Territory
US gained national pride
US industry increased due to the end of trade with Britain
Federalist Party, which was against the war, disappeared
Weakened Native resistance

17. Essential Questions What were the causes of the War of 1812
What were some of the major battles of the War of 1812?
What were the results of the War of 1812
How do you think relations between the Native American and the US will progress in the future?