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The Road to War & The War of 1812. Chapter 7, 8 th Grade, Glencoe. http://mywarof1812.com/images/splash_1.jpg. Barbary Pirates. Barbary Coast States – North African Nations
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The Road to War & The War of 1812 Chapter 7, 8th Grade, Glencoe http://mywarof1812.com/images/splash_1.jpg
Barbary Pirates • Barbary Coast States – North African Nations • Pirates Tripoli & Barbary States attacked European & American ships – ____________ _________________________________________________________________________ • Capture the Philadelphia (U.S. ship); Stephen Decatur set the ship on fire to prevent __________________________________________________________________________ • June 1805 – Tripoli agrees to not attack our ships, but U.S. has to pay __________________________________________________________________________
American Neutrality is Violated • 1803 – Britain & France went to war again • Both the British & French _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Limits on Trade • Embargo Act of 1807 • Forbade Americans ______________________________________________________________________ • It cut off supplies to France & Britain, but it also hurt the U.S. • Embargo Act failed because _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • U.S. couldn’t import sugar, tea, or molasses • Eventually U.S. agrees to trade with Britain & France again once they ______________________________________________________________________ • Napoleon tricks U.S. and continues to capture U.S. ships; Some Americans call for war • 1808 – ______________________________________________________________________
Conflicts with Native Americans • Ohio becomes a state in 1803, but settlers __________________________________________________________________________ • Tecumseh & the Prophet thought Indians were __________________________________________________________________________ • They called for the Indians to return to their old ways & resist white invaders; although they received support from the British • Tecumseh organized a _________________________________________________________________________ • 1811 – General Harrison, governor of Indian Territory, leads attack on Prophetstown on the __________________________________________________________________________ • No clear winner, but white celebrate; Tecumseh flees to British-held Canada Tecumseh & the Prophet http://www.wvec.k12.in.us/battle/prophet.gif http://smcdsb.on.ca/mdy/Tecumseh.gif
War Hawks • War Hawks = members of Congress from the South & West who called for war with Britain • Reasons War Hawks Wanted War • To ________________________________________________________ • To stop British ____________________________________________ • To demonstrate ______________________________________________________ • To take _____________________________________________________________________ • To end ________________________________________________________________ • War Hawks thought war would bring peace & safety to the Frontier and dreamed of more land • Those opposed to war don’t want extra taxes & are concerned about British attacking U.S. ports http://members.tripod.com/~war1812/WARHAWKS.JPG
War of 1812 • U.S. declares war _____________________________________ • Britain still at war _____________________________________ • Pres. Jefferson reduced spending on _________________________________________________________________________ • Few regular troops = relied on volunteers • British blockaded American ports to __________________________________________________________________________ • U.S. navy too small _____________________________________ http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/war1812.JPG
Battles • American General William Hull was ______________________________________________________________________ • American Captain Oliver Hazard Perry was successful at __________________________________________________________________________ • Andrew Jackson able to win the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814) against the Creeks • Native Americans ___________________________________ Andrew Jackson http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Andrew_Jackson.jpeg/180px-Andrew_Jackson.jpeg http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/6423/Ships/1812.jpg
Final Battles • 1814- Britain defeats France & send ________________________________________________________________ • British win battle in Maryland & then march on Washington, D.C. • British _____________________________________________________________________ • ________________________________________________________________ able gather important paper of pres. & portrait of George Washington from White House • Battle of Fort McHenry – inspired American Francis Scott Key ________________________________________________________________________ • Battle of New Orleans – British attack Jan. 8, 1815 -- __________________________________________________________________________ • Could have been avoided because _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/05/images/0920Burn.jpg
Results of the War of 1812 • Treaty of _____________________________________ • Pre-war ____________________________________ • USA gained _____________________________________________________________________ • The US showed _____________________________________ • Andrew Jackson __________________________________________________________________________ http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/fi/00000071.jpg
Questions • Write Three “Deep” Questions and answer them (questions that cannot be answered “yes,” “no,” or with a simple date or fact) • 1. • 2. • 3.
