Chapter 9, Section 3, A Time of Conflict
Madison knew that France tricked him, but who did he see as a larger threat?
Britain
The Prophet urged Native Americans everywhere to do what?
return to the customs of their ancestors.
The United States, too, had paid tribute for what?
safe passage
France later announced that it would do what after Britain blockaded the French coast?
search and seize ships caught trading with Britain.
In the meantime the British had decided to end their policy of what?
search and seizure of American ships.
British naval patrols claimed the right to do what against Americans?
stop American ships at sea and search for any sailors on board suspected of being deserters from the British navy.
What did General William Henry Harrison fear about the Native Americans?
they would form an alliance with the British.
Across the sea, however, Great Britain and France were already involved in a war that influenced America how?
threatened to interfere with American trade.
While America was in an embargo crisis, what did Britain still have the right to do?
to halt American ships
The Leopard demanded what from the American vessel they were raiding?
to search the ship for British deserters.
What were three traditions that the Native Americans picked up from the white settlers?
wearing western dresses, using plows and firearms, and drinking alcohol.
In 1810 Congress passed a law permitting that direct trade with either France or Britain, which state would be chosen if they did what?
which country first lifted its trade restrictions against America.
What did the Battle of Tippecanoe result in?
Tecumseh joined forces with the British troops.
A powerful Shawnee chief named Tecumseh built what as a new strategy to stop settlers from moving onto their land?
a confederacy among Native American nations in the Northwest.
What is an embargo?
prohibits trade with another country.
What was tribute?
protection money
the embargo wiped out all what?
American commerce with other nations.
War between the French and British in the mid-1790s gave an additional boost to what?
American shipping
Tecumseh believed what?
An alliance could put a halt to white settlers moving onto Native American lands.
In 1811 while Tecumseh was in the South trying to expand his confederacy, Harrison decided to do what?
Attack Prophets town
For the release of the U.S prisoners how much was their ransom from the Tripoli?
$60,000
How many electoral votes did James Madison get at the end of the election?
122
Jefferson received how many electoral votes?
162 electoral votes to only 14 for his Federalist opponent, Charles Pinckney.
When did Ohio become a state?
1801
How many electoral votes did Charles Pinckney get at the end of the election?
47
In a message to Congress on June 1, Madison cited "the spectacle of injuries and indignities which have been heaped on our country" and asked for what?
A declaration of war
The embargo of 1807 turned out to be what?
A disaster
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A meeting with Harrison
Who did the Federalists choose to run for president after Jefferson?
Charles Pinckney
A British warship, the Leopard, intercepted the American vessel that was called what?
Chesapeake
How did Decatur take action against the Tripoli stealing the U.S warship?
Decatur burned the captured ship to prevent the pirates from using it.
Who was The American governor of the Indiana Territory?
General William Henry Harrison
White settlers in the region claimed that the British had supplied Tecumseh's confederacy with what?
Guns
Who were the two leading War Hawks?
Henry Clay from Kentucky and John Calhoun from South Carolina
American shippers profited from the situation and did what?
Increased their trade
Who did the Republicans choose to run for president after Jefferson?
James Madison
Who was secretary of state?
James Madison
Negotiations finally ended the conflict with Tripoli when?
June 1805
Instead of trading with America because they had the embargo act, who did the British trade with for agricultural goods?
Latin America
What is nationalism?
Loyalty to their country
When was the embargo repealed by Congress?
March 1, 1809
In 1801 the ruler of Tripoli asked for what?
More money for safe passage from the United States
Who ended the no-trade with America law first?
Napoleon promised to end France's trade restrictions.
What did the Chesapeake captain say to the Leopard ship?
No
the rallying cry of the settlers became what?
On to Canada
When the Chesapeake's captain refused, the British did what?
Opened fire, killing 3, wounding 18, and crippling the ship.
In 1804 the pirates seized the U.S. warship called what and what did they do with it?
Philadelphia and towed it into Tripoli Harbor.
What was the town called that the Prophet founded?
Prophetstown
Rather than risk capture or destruction by the enemy, many French and British merchant what?
Ships remained at home
The Battle of Tippecanoe was proclaimed a glorious victory for who?
The Americans
The American fleet, however, was not powerful enough to defeat who?
The Barbary Pirates
In December 1807, the Republican Congress passed what?
The Embargo Act
Napoleon tricked the Americans how?
The French said that they would trade with America but they continued to seize American ships, selling them and pocketing the money
Who was Tecumseh's powerful brother?
The Prophet
Where did the war hawks come from?
The South and the West
What is a sign of declaration of war?
The Tripoli ruler chopped down the American flagpole of the American consulate
In the place of the embargo act, what was replaced by it?
The non-intercourse act
What were neutral rights?
The right to sail the seas and not take sides.
What did the Barbary Pirates in 1804 do to the crew and captain of the Philadelphia ship?
They threw the captain and crew into jail.
What was impressment?
This practice of forcing people to serve in the navy
What was hard for the Americans to do?
To pick who was the enemy, Britain or France
Tripoli agreed to stop demanding what?
Tribute
What did the Barbary pirates demand?
Tribute
In the Mediterranean, for example of dangerous ships, ships had to be on guard for pirates from where?
Tripoli and the other Barbary Coast states of North Africa.
Who was Stephen Decatur?
a United States Navy captain that took action against the Tripoli capturing the Philadelphia warship
Who were the war hawks?
a group of young Republicans elected to Congress in 1810.
Harrison acquired the nickname "Tippecanoe" and used it as what?
a patriotic rallying cry when he ran for president
What did the Prophet founded?
a village at a site in northern Indiana where the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers meet.
Britain's practice of impressment and its violation of America's neutral rights had led Jefferson to do what?
ban some trade with Britain.
Jefferson sent ships to the Mediterranean and did what?
blockaded Tripoli
By 1805, however, the warring nations had lost patience with American "neutrality." What did the British do?
blockaded the French coast and threatened to search all ships trading with France.
Now the settlers were moving onto lands that had been guaranteed to Native Americans by treaty. As tensions increased, some Native Americans began renewing what?
contacts with British agents and fur traders in Canada.
As long as the United States remained neutral, shippers could do what?
continue doing business
Sailing in foreign seas was not without what?
danger
The War Hawks pressured the president to do what?
declare war against Britain.
In 1810 Congress passed a law permitting what?
direct trade with either France or Britain
The embargo banned what?
imports from and exports to all foreign countries.
the British would lie in wait for American ships outside an American harbor when and where?
in June 1807 off the coast of Virginia.
The embargo proved what?
ineffective against Britain.
When did Washington make clear that he would not be running for a third term as president?
mid-1808
A nation not involved in a conflict had what?
neutral rights
His second term began with the nation at what?
peace
How were British sailors treated b/c the British did not have much money?
poorly fed and badly treated.
The Prophet said that Native Americans should give up what?
practices learned from the white invaders
What did the non-intercourse act do?
prohibited trade only with Britain and France and their colonial possessions.
