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Unit 3: Building a New Nation Chapter 9: Increasing Conflict & War, 1805-1815

Unit 3: Building a New Nation Chapter 9: Increasing Conflict & War, 1805-1815. Neutral America. Jefferson won the 1804 election Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815 U.S. encountered difficulties in trading with the British & French – faced hostilities

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Unit 3: Building a New Nation Chapter 9: Increasing Conflict & War, 1805-1815

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  1. Unit 3: Building a New NationChapter 9: Increasing Conflict & War, 1805-1815

  2. Neutral America • Jefferson won the 1804 election • Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815 • U.S. encountered difficulties in trading with the British & French – faced hostilities • British were practicing impressment – forcing the enlistment of sailors into the Navy, including U.S. citizens

  3. Neutral America • Leopard/Chesapeake Affair • The Leopard fired upon the Chesapeake, killing 3 Americans • Americans called for war, but Jefferson decided to use diplomacy & economic sanctions to keep the U.S. out of war

  4. The Hated Embargo • Embargo Act of 1807 – forbid the export of all goods from the U.S. • Ruinous for the U.S. economy, especially in the NE & South • Illegal trade network developed along the Canadian border • Repealed in 1809

  5. Madison’s Administration • Non-Intercourse Act replaced the Embargo Act • That was replaced in 1810 with Macon’s Bill No. 2 • U.S. began trading with France & continued the embargo with Britain

  6. Tecumseh & “the Prophet” • Tecumseh & “the Prophet”, brothers who were Shawnee Indians, concluded that the time had come to stop the onrush of settlers in the west

  7. Tecumseh & “the Prophet” • Put together a confederacy of all tribes east of the Mississippi • Aided by the British? • Some politicians, such as Indiana Gov. William Henry Harrison, viewed the Indians & British as obstacles to national destiny

  8. Tecumseh & “the Prophet” • At the Battle of Tippecanoe, Harrison & his men attacked followers of the Shawnee Indians & burned their town • War Hawks voted in favor of war

  9. Highlights of the War of 1812 • Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British at the Battle of Put-in-Bay

  10. Highlights of the War of 1812 • The British burned Washington D.C.

  11. Highlights of the War of 1812 • Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” in 1814

  12. Highlights of the War of 1812 • The most successful battle fought by the Americans in the war was the Battle of New Orleans, which was fought after the war was over

  13. Treaty of Ghent – a Tie? • Provided for the acceptance of the status quo at the beginning of hostilities • Did not address the issues over which the U.S. & Britain had gone to war

  14. Results of the War of 1812 • Caused a heightened sense of nationalism • War heroes Andrew Jackson & William Henry Harrison emerged • Indians were forced further west • Americans gained greater industrial independence

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