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