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Title: Chapter 12 War of 1812 and The Era of Good Feelings


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Chapter 12 War of 1812 and The Era of Good
Feelings
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War Again!
  • 1812 Failed three-pronged invasion of Canada.
    To spread out.
  • Oliver Hazard Perry naval victory on Great
    Lakes in 1813 and 14.
  • Defending U.S. soil by 1814 Thomas Macdonough
    saved the US on September 11th.
  • Invasion in the Chesapeake in August 1814.
  • Burned the Capitol and White House
  • Hammered Ft. McHenry Francis Scott Key and his
    Star Spangled Banner.

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More War
  • Frontal assault in New Orleans in Jan 1815
  • Jackson and his band of sailors, regulars,
    pirates, Frenchmen, and free African-Americans
    attack.
  • Great Britain lost 2,000 of 8,000 soldiers in
    half an hour.
  • Unfortunately The Treaty of Ghent had been signed
    two weeks earlier ending the war.
  • Mediation from the Tsar of Russia (Alexander I)
    Signed the Treaty of Ghent on Christmas Eve, 1814.

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  • Celebrate the fact that no land was lost. No real
    winner of the war.
  • Hartford Convention New England extremists.
    Thoughts of secession!
  • Compensation for lost trade
  • Two-thirds vote from Congress for Embargoes
  • End to the Virginia Dynasty
  • Sectionalism and Nationalism

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The American System
  • Henry Clays brainchild 1816 - 1824
  • Strong Banking System abundant credit
  • Protective Tariff
  • Build roads and canals to Ohio
  • Era of Good Feelings James Monroe 1816
    tariffs, Bank issues, sale of public lands,
    sectionalism, slavery, infrastructure.
  • Panic of 1819 economic panic, bank failures,
    debt prisons, unemployment, soup kitchens,
    deflation, etc.
  • Land Act 1820 - 1.25 an acre

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  • Sectionalism and the Tallmadge Amendment
  • no new slaves brought to Missouri and gradual
    emancipation of children already there.
  • Tough blow to the peculiar institution
  • Missouri Compromise Henry Clay
  • Missouri as a slave state
  • Maine as a free state
  • No slaves North of 36 degrees latitude
  • Oregon Treaty of 1819 ten year joint
    occupancy of Oregon Territory

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  • Spain was busy in South America with revolution
    from its colonies.
  • Gen. Jackson sent to Florida to calm Natives and
    return fugitive slaves. Must respect Spanish
    flag!
  • Hanged two Indian chiefs, executed British
    subjects for helping the Natives, seized two
    Spanish posts and exiled their governors. Nice
    guy!
  • Florida Purchase Treaty of 1819 US received
    Florida. Trade US claims in Texas for Spanish
    claims in Oregon.

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  • The Monroe Doctrine of 1823
  • No more colonization from European powers in
    Western Hemisphere.
  • No more intervention from Europe in the Western
    Hemisphere.
  • Europe had to laugh at the US power at the time
    to back it up, yet no one tested it either.
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