The War of 1812

1. The War of 1812 The 2nd Revolution Great Britain again?

2. What problems did the US face at Sea? What did the US do to offset the above problem? What navel method did the British use to try and force the US into submission? What did the combination of the Battle of Lake Erie and the Battle of Thames do for the US? What person dies at the Battle of Thames? What is the connection between the Battle of Thames and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend? Why do the British burn Washington DC? Who saves many of the documents and paintings in the White House What happened at Fort McHenry? What was created at Fort McHenry? Lack of a large navy. Use privateers paid to capture or sink British ships. Navel Blockade of the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico Broke British power on the Northwest frontier and secured the U.S. border with Canada. Gave hope to the U.S. Military. Broke the British-American Indian alliance. Tecumseh Tecumseh had tried to recruit the Creek into his Indian confederation. As revenge for the burning of York the British capital in Canada. Dolly Madison The First Lady After a 25 hour bombardment, the British fleet retreated. The Star Spangled Banner was created as a poem by Francis Scott Key.

3. What combination of people made up the troops under Jackson’s command? What is important about the date of the Battle of New Orleans? Why information does the amount of British casualties provide about the Battle of New Orleans? Describe what the Hartford Convention was. Who were the leaders of the Convention? What happened to the group that supported the Convention? What items did the Treaty of Ghent resolve? What did the War of 1812 resolve? Regular soldiers, state militia, and pirates led by Jean Laffite. The Battle of New Orleans occurs after the war is officially declared over by the Treaty of Ghent. That New Orleans was a significant victory over a larger British force. A move to have New England secede from the United States and make a peace treaty with Britain. New England Federalists. The Federalists were humiliated and lost much of their power in the U.S. government. Nothing, it really just ended the war. It did not solve the problems that were the cause of the war. Nothing, except that the new nation knew that it could now defend itself from a foreign threat.