social studies lesson 12.4-12.7

Why did Great Britain impress U.S. sailors in the early 1800s?

America continued trading with France, they needed more experienced sailors for their Navy, they claimed the men they kidnapped/impressed were British deserters/British people that had run away.

What happened during the War of 1812: September 1813

Battle of Lake Erie, war against Great Britain

What happened during the War of 1812: January 1815

Battle of New Orleans

What are four reasons why many Americans wanted to go to war with Great Britain in early 1812

Great Britain gave Native Americans guns to attack Americans, impressment of sailors, believed it could make frontier safer, British-occupied Canada could be taken by the US

Describe how President Jefferson responded to piracy in the Mediterranean and to the continued seizures of ships by the British and French.

He sent a small fleet of warships to the mediterranean and he proposed a complete halt in outside trade

impressment

The British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service

What was President Jefferson's dilemma with the problem of piracy by the Barbary states of North Africa?

Thomas Jefferson had to decide between going to war or pay a large amount of money in tribute

What happened during the War of 1812: December 1814

Treaty of Ghent (US and British diplomats sign a peace treaty in Belgium)

What happened during the War of 1812: June 1812

US declared war, unnecessary because Great Britain sent a letter saying they didn't want war but it got to America too late

What happened during the War of 1812: August 1814

War between British and US, burning of Washington DC

blockade

a closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out

embargo

a govermnet order that forbids trade with another country

liberated

to free