Bell Ringer!
• Have you or someone you know even been in a
situation where you felt you had to ‘get
involved’? What happened? What made it hard
to stay out?
• Why was it difficult for Americans to maintain
neutrality with Britain?
– American merchants want to trade!
– Ships being attacked and sailors being kidnapped
(impressment)
– British aiding Native American attacks against settlers
on frontier
Embargo = no goods in or out
How did the American public respond?
What does the cartoon tell us?
What do you know about the Star
Spangled Banner?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_lCmBvY
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What do the terms Hawks and Doves
refer to when we are discussing war?
• Dove – peace
• Hawk – war
• War hawks were stirred by a strong sense of nationalism
(patriotism) and wanted a declaration of war against Britain
WAR!!
No, no..
Maybe..
Okay!
Why did America want to go to war
with England?
I. Causes
A. British interference with American shipping
B. British impressment of American
sailors
C. British aiding Native American
violence on the frontier
British interference in America’s
neighbor to the North: CANADA
"The outrages in impressing American seamen
exceed all manner of description. Indeed, the
whole system of aggression now is such that
the real question between Great Britain and
the United States has ceased to be a question
merely relating to certain rights of commerce
... it is now clearly, positively, and directly a
question of independence, that is to say,
whether the United States are really an
independent nation."
John Clopton, Virginia 1812
II. US was largely unprepared for war
- old or inexperienced officers
- a small army and navy (thanks a lot Jefferson!) 
III. THE FIGHT!
A. USS Constitution
“Old Ironsides” forces a British
surrender on the sea
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B. Americans invade Canada burn the
Parliament building
C. Harrison wins the Battle of the Thames
(Tecumseh is killed)
D. Oliver Hazard Perry wins the Battle of
Lake Erie, preventing a British invasion
E. Britain invades the Chesapeake Bay
1. They storm
Washington D.C.
They burn most of the city
~ Dolley Madison saves a famous
portrait of George Washington
G. Next they move to
attack Baltimore
a. Ft. McHenry
must be defeated
first
Star Spangled Banner, a history
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hZe8CPG
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b. all night long they bombard the
fort, but cannot defeat it
(Baltimore is
saved!)
Francis Scott Key
writes “The Star
Spangled Banner”
after witnessing the
victory
Today this song is our National
Anthem!
H. British
planned to
attack New
Orleans
ANDREW JACKSON IS READY!
a. Jackson’s force was made up of frontiersman,
Choctaw Indians, African-Americans and many
citizens from New Orleans!
b. from behind earthen walls they “dig in”
cannon and riflemen devastate the British
army
~ killed or wounded :
Britain
Americans
2,000
71
Victory makes Andrew Jackson a
national hero
III. 1814 ~ Treaty of Ghent
ends the War of 1812
American manufacturing grew during blockade,
leading to the US Industrial Revolution
Increases American patriotism!