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The War of 1812
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America's Second War for Independence?
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Causes of the War?
Honor Expansion
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1. Freedom of the Seas

• 1806 ? Milan-Berlin Decrees Continental
  System
• 1806 ? Britain issued the Orders in
  Council.
• Both French and British disrupt American trade

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2. Impressment

• 1808-1811 ? Britain impressed over
  6,000 American
  sailors.
• Chesapeake Affair

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• 3. Embargos
• The Embargo Act (1807)
• The OGRABME Turtle
• The Non-Intercourse Act - 1809

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4. Western Farmers Concerns

• British instigation of Indians
• Poor crop prices in foreign markets
• Blamed on freedom of seas issues

British General Brock Meets with Tecumseh
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5. Expansion

• Expansion into the West Canada
• Get rid of the British threat to the North

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War Hawks
John C. Calhoun SC
Henry Clay KY
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Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811

• General William HenryHarrison ? governor ofthe
  Indiana Territory.
• Tecumseh organized a confederacy of Indian tribes
  to fight for their homelands.
• Tecumsehs brother the Prophet fought against
  Harrison and was defeated at Tippecanoe.
• Indians lose faith in Prophets leadership and
  abandon confederation
• This made Harrison a national hero!1840
  election ? Tippecanoe Tyler, too!

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Mr. Madisons War!
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American Problems

• The US was unprepared militarily
• Had a 12-ship navy vs. Britains800 ships.
• Many preferred to enlist in the disorganized
  state militias.
• Financially unprepared
• Regional disagreements.
• New England trades with British did not want war

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Overviewof theWarof1812
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3 U. S. Invasions of 1812
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Campaigns of 1813
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Battle of Lake Erie Sept 1813

• American Victory
• O.H. Perry captures British flotilla
• Wins control of upper lakes
• Battle of Thames Tecumseh killed

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British Campaigns 1814

• New York - fighting upstate
• Washington
• Burned the capitol response to York
• Ft McHenry
• Star Spangled Banner
• New Orleans

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Hartford ConventionDecember, 1814 January, 1815

• New England
• Economy hurt by war
• Trade with the enemy
• NE Federalists meet in secret
• Opposition to the war
• Discuss Constitutional amendments
• Radicals discuss secession
• Rumors spread about secession
• Federalists discredited

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Treaty of GhentDecember 24, 1814
Status Quo Antebellum
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The Battle of New Orleans, 1815