Problems with Foreign Powers

Problems with Foreign Powers Challenges at home and overseas led the United States to declare war on Great Britain

Key Terms USS Constitution Impressment Embargo Embargo Act of 1807 Non-Intercourse Act Battle of Tippecanoe Key People Tecumseh War Hawks James Madison Key Terms and Key People

Give Peace a Chance • Jefferson looks to make friends with foreign countries but avoid war • The spread of trade and the expansion of the United States would cause trouble with other nations • In North Africa, The Barbary Pirates would Attack Ships, Steal Cargo, Hold the Crews Captive • The USS Constitution would be deployed to put an end to the Fighting

Clowns to the Left of me…Jokers to the right! • The US benefited from European Wars, gaining land and trade, but by 1805 Britain began to prevent American trade to enemies • France also enacted partial blockades putting the US in the middle of the conflict • Britain also used impressments to hurt US trade including an attack on the Chesapeake which led to the death of 3 Americans • Jefferson would NOT declare war angering some Americans

Here I am…Stuck in the Middle with You • Jefferson sought to place an embargo on all foreign trade and passed the Embargo Act of 1807 which banned the US from all foreign ports and Closed American ports to Britain • The Policy was a disaster and hurt the economy, especially farmers, merchants and Shippers • When James Madison won the 1808 election the embargo laws had already been repealed and he replace them with the Non-Intercourse Act • Madison tried to ban trade with BOTH France and Britain and their colonies, but that was also unsuccessful

United we Stand • Americans became furious as Britain tried to Stir up trouble with Native Americans from Canada • Tecumseh, A Shawnee Chief, vowed to stop the loss of land to American settlers and tried to unite the Native American Tribes into one group • Tecumseh and his brother, The Prophet, Tried to Unite tribes in the NW Frontier, the South, And the Eastern Mississippi Valley

ONE LAST EFFORT OF PEACE • In 1810 Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison Met to discuss Americans taking Native Land • Fearful that Tecumseh had British Backing, Harrison Urged Tecumseh to follow the Treaty of Greenville • Tecumseh refused which would lead to war in with the Native Americans • As Tecumseh tried to unify other tribes, the Shawnee were defeated by Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe

My dog jumped in and flipped my boat….I guess he: • Harrison Ordered an attack at Prophetstown and eventually forced the Native Americans to Retreat destroying Tecumseh’s Village • Harrison then Defeated the Native Americans at the Battle of Tippecanoe • After the loss at Tippecanoe, Tecumseh fled to Canada and formed an alliance with Great Britain

This Means War!! • Some Americans wanted Britain punished for their acts at sea and for aiding the Native Americans • War hawks like Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson wanted to end impressment and interference with American Ships by declaring War • Jackson, and others, also wanted to open up more US Trade markets, end native American Influence, and gain more land for settlement

1812 and Beyond • There was opposition to war including: • New England Federalists • Those afraid the United States was not ready to fight • Those who already saw trade hurt in the United States • President James Madison Asked congress to Declare war on Great Britain in 1812 • Congress voted for war and James Madison would be the Commander in Chief of the war of 1812

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Problems with Foreign Powers