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The War of 1812

• Americas Second War for Independence

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Causes of the War of 1812

• James Madison became the 4Th American President
  in 1809.
• The Democratic-Republican took office in a time
  of great turmoil in Europe.
• Would this mild mannered intellectual have the
  heart to make the toughest of choices?

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Causes of the War of 1812

• By 1805 Britain was trying to prevent American
  ships from transporting goods to their enemies.
• British interference with American shipping was
  one of the causes that would lead to the War of
  1812.

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Causes of the War of 1812

• Between 1803 and 1812 the British Navy impressed
  6,000 American sailors, forcing them to serve
  aboard British ships.
• Impressment was one of the causes of the War of
  1812.
• Impressment - seizing by force kidnapping.

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Causes of the War of 1812

• As Americans began to move westward, they upset
  Native Americans
• Prior to Tecumseh the Native Americans had acted
  as individual tribes.
• Under his lead many tribes united and began to
  resist Americans who were moving into the Ohio
  and Indiana territories.

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Causes of the War of 1812

• The British began supporting Native American
  tribes in their resistance against American
  expansion.
• British support of Native American resistance was
  one of the causes of the War of 1812.

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Causes of the War of 1812

• Many in Madisons Democratic-Republican party
  were against going to war.
• However, elections that occurred shortly before
  Congress met in 1811 saw many new members elected
  to Congress
• Many of these new members were known as War
  Hawks
• War Hawks-Westerners who supported the War of
  1812.

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Causes of the War of 1812

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Using a T-Chart Compare and contrast the causes
of the War of 1812 and the causes of the American
Revolution

• French and Indian War
• French an Indian war was in 1754-1765, it was the
  conflict between France and Britain in North
  America. (British, Colonist, and some Native
  American tribes allied together and fought
  against the French and other Native American
  tribes)
• Proclamation of 1763
• The British degree prohibiting colonial
• settlement west of the Appalachians.
• Stamp Act
• The British decree taxing all legal papers
• issued in the colonies.
• Quartering Act
• British soldiers housing ordered to be paid for
  or provided by colonists.
• Townshend Acts
• British taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper,
  and tea. Also suspended the New York Assembly.
• Boston Massacre
• British troops fired on American civilians.
• Tea Act
• Taxed tea in the colonies and gave Britain total
  control of tea trade.
• Boston Tea Party
• Sons of liberty boarded ships in Boston harbor
  and dumped tea into the ocean.
• Intolerable Acts