The War of 1812

Examine Napoleon's reaction to the Orders in Council

- Threatened to seize all foreign ships that cooperated with British Royal Navy

Describe President Madison's plan and its result

- Adopted a plan that called for a three-pronged attack on Montreal, Niagara frontier, and the Detroit frontier - Campaign ended in failure

Describe Battle of New Orleans

- British assembled troops to strike New Orleans - General Andrew Jackson arrived and planned a counterattack - January 8, 1815 - U.S troops were victorious

Summarize events of August 24, 1814

- British forces struck Washington - Captured city within a day

State what led Congressmen, such as Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, to declare war on Britain

- British had supplied Tecumseh's forces in weapons - Nicknamed War Hawks

Summarize the events of the summer of 1807

- Captain of the British ship HMS Leopard demanded the right to board the USS Chesapeake - Chesapeake's captain refused permission, British opened fire, killing three U.S sailors and wounding 18 others - British seized 4 sailors as deserters, three of whom were native-born Americans

List what the Embargo Act led to

- Drop in value of U.S exports - American farmers and merchants suffered

Identify what ended the British campaign in the Chesapeake

- Failed attack on Baltimore

Examine the U.S war strategy

- Focused on conquest of Canada

Describe the Orders In Council passed by Great Britain in 1807

- Forbade neutral vessels from trading with France or entering ports under French control

Result of Battle of the Thames

- General Harrison defeated the British and their American Indian allies in Canada - British hold on the Northwest Territory was finally broken

Identify what convinced many Americans to have a powerful navy?

- Harassment by the pirates of the Barbary States - Napoleon's wars in Europe spilled over into Atlantic Ocean

Explain why the Embargo Act was repealed

- It had little effect on Britain and France

State who was anti-war

- Many people from Middle Atlantic and Northeast fearing British blockage of their coasts

Explain how the war divided the nation

- New England Federalists had bitterly opposed war so much that they met and suggested negotiating a separate peace with Britain - Majority at the Hartford Convention voted against secession, suggesting instead that the Federalists push for a constitutional amendment to limit the powers of Congress and the southern states

Describe the Non-Intercourse Act

- Prohibited U.S. trade with Britain and France

Identify what Britain did to reduce tension and why it didn't help

- Repealed Orders in Council 1812 - The U.S didn't receive such notice until after President Madison asked for a declaration of war

Examine Tecumseh and his role

- Shawnee leader - Convinced that American Indians; best hope for survival rested in a military alliance among the Indian nations - Rallied Indian antions east of Mississippi River - Urged American Indians not to sell land to settlers

Describe Treaty of Ghent

- Signed by U.S. and British representatives in Belgium on December 24, 1814 - Officially ended the war and restored all conquered territory - Failed to solve problems of impressment and trade embargoes

State who was pro-war

- Southerners and westerners, suffering from an agricultural depression and American Indians troubles that they blamed on Britain

Describe the Embargo Act of 1807 that Jefferson wanted to pass

- Stopped shipments of food and other American products to all foreign ports

Explain how the war was a turning point for the U.S

- Strengthened the U.S. control over the Northwest Territory through the defeat of American Indians and the removal of their British allies - Resulted in peace between the U.S and Britain

Describe the Battle of Tippecanoe

- Tecumseh was in the South seeking support from Cherokee, Choctaw, and Creek fall of 1811 - General William Henry Harrison and troops attacked them along Tippecanoe River - November 7, Indians attacked army camp - Ended in defeat for Indians

Examine the British plan after ending war against France

- To invade U.S from north through Canada and from south through New orleans - Would continue to raid points along Atlantic coast to disrupt American commerce

List some of the U.S Navy's successes

- USS Constitution destroyed several British ships - American privateers disrupted British commerce by raiding British ships - Captain Oliver Hazard Perry won control of Lake Erie

List what events led to tensions between settlers and American Indians

- Westward expansion