Causes of the War of 18121814

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Causes of the War of 1812-1814
Battle of Lundys Lane
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Tripolitan War

• Jefferson dispatches naval squadron to
  Mediterranean.
• War in Tripoli in order to stop tribute payments
  to the rulers of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and
  Tripoli.

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Napoleon

• Napoleons Continental system closed European
  ports. Neutral ships cooperating with British
  ships would be confiscated.

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Impressment

• Deserters from British navy work on US ships.
  The British claimed the right to stop neutral
  ships and remove sailors of British birth.

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The Embargo Act

• Stops exports of American goods
• Prohibits all US ships from leaving for foreign
  ports-- This anger New England Merchants
• Opponents of the act called it the O-Grab-Me
  Act (Embargo spelled backwards).

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Macons Bill No. 2

• Removed all restrictions on trade
• If either Great Britain or France gave up orders
  of decrees US would restore non- intercourse
  rules against the other nation.
• This helps Napoleon who is eager to see the US
  and Britain fight.
• Madison shuts off all trade with Britain.

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War Hawks

• Came from Western and Southern states where war
  was favored.
• Motives included expansion, eliminate British aid
  to Native Americans, and the incidents at sea.

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Henry Clay

• Henry Clay of Kentucky was one of the War Hawks

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Henry Clay and the war hawks
harwich high school

• Clay was a congressman from Kentucky.
• Led a group of republican congressmen from the
  south and west the war hawks.
• They agitated for war with Britain.
• Grundy of Tennessee and Calhoun of South Carolina
  worked with Clay in the war hawks.

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President James Madison
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Treaty of Ghent

• In 1814, President Madison appointed the
  following delegates who met with the British
  diplomats in the city of Ghent.
• Henry Clay
• Jonathan Russell
• Albert Gallatin
• James A. Bayard
• John Quincy Adams

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Treaty of Ghent

• Signed December 24, 1814
• Concluded the War of 1812, between the British
  and the Americans
• Settled nothing but simply restored conditions as
  they were before the war
• Agreement to stop fighting , to restore any
  occupied territory, and to establish boundary
  commissions to settle problems along the Canadian
  and U.S. border.

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British Capture Washington, DC White House Burn
Scars 1990
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tory.html
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BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

• General Andrew Jackson was in command of American
  forces of New Orleans.
• Jacksons men dug trenches for defense of the
  British invasion.
• Americans stayed strong and slaughtered the
  British advancing army.
• 2000 British casualties, 21 American casualties

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BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

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• Victory for Jackson, his troops, Kentucky
  riflemen, militia, pirates, and some black
  soldiers.
• Victory came after the peace treaty of 1814

85 year old veteran of the battle
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Battle of New Orleans
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Johnny Horton Song

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  leans.html
• Words and Music by Jimmy Driftwood