1. America post-Washington

2. Abigail Adams Known as a mother of the Constitution Wife to 2 nd president, John Adams She was very well educated and intelligent She envisioned a noble government with liberty and justice for all

3. Another Fight? James Madison became president in 1809 Tecumseh, a chief in the Ohio River Valley had been forcing people out Many thought the British in Canada were helping the Native Americans

4. War Hawks Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky led this group to declare war against Great Britain The War of 1812 began Despite a strong British army, the U.S. won a few battles at sea

5. The War at Sea Britain and France were fighting and the U.S. was working to stay neutral The British began taking American sailors off their ships to serve in the British navy

6. War on Land The Native Americans sided with the British and won several victories near the Great Lakes In 1814, British troops burned the capital city of Washington D.C. Francis Scott Key watched Baltimore fall and wrote the Star Spangled Banner

7. Battle of New Orleans A peace treaty was signed in 1814 and the war ended News did not reach General Andrew Jackson and he defeated the British at New Orleans a few weeks later Who won?

8. Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' 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? --Francis Scott Key (lyrics) and John Stafford (music)