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A Time of Conflict Chapter 7, Section 1

A Time of Conflict Chapter 7, Section 1. Freedom of the Seas. I. Sailing in foreign seas was dangerous Pirates from Tripoli and other Barbary Coast States of North Africa. They raided ships and demanded Tribute Tribute : protection for money to allow ships to pass.

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A Time of Conflict Chapter 7, Section 1

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  1. A Time of ConflictChapter 7, Section 1

  2. Freedom of the Seas • I. Sailing in foreign seas was dangerous • Pirates from Tripoli and other Barbary Coast States of North Africa

  3. They raided ships and demanded Tribute • Tribute: protection for money to allow ships to pass

  4. II. 1804 – Pirates seized ship • Captain Stephen Decatur burned the ship and escaped in a small boat.

  5. We had to pay a ransom for the crew • Tripoli agreed to stop demanding tribute

  6. III. U.S. had neutral rights from 1803 – 1805 • Trade Prospered

  7. IV. IN 1805 Britain and France began seizing ships • British needed soldiers. • Stopped ships to search for deserters • Forced many Americans to serve in the British Navy (Impressment)

  8. V. Jefferson stopped trade with Britain. • Congress enacted the Embargo act in 1807 • It was ineffective

  9. VI. James Madison was elected president in 1808.

  10. War Fever • VII. In 1810, Bonaparte ended France’s trade restrictions with the U.S. • French continued to seize • American ships

  11. Tecumseh – a powerful Shawnee chief • Built a confederacy among Native American nations to stop the white movement into their lands.

  12. Tecumseh’s brother, The Prophet, urged followers to return to Native American ways. • Set up a village in Northern Indiana called Prophetstown.

  13. William Henry Harrison, governor of Indiana, attacked Prophetstown in the Battle of Tippecanoe. • Many Native Americans fled to Canada

  14. War Hawks: a group of young nationalistic Republicans • They were Led by Henry Clay & John Calhoun • They pressured the president to declare war on Britain.

  15. By Spring of 1812, Madison had decided that war with Britain was inevitable (unavoidable)

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