April 13, 2016`
AIM: How did the conflict at home
and abroad lead to the War of 1812?
DO NOW:
Please watch the following clip and
be prepared to discuss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eruwOiHoTTo
Following the American Revolution U.S.
trade with foreign countries increased
very rapidly. This created both
advantages and disadvantages for the
U.S. However, the situation became
complicated because the U.S. developed
a foreign policy of neutrality after
George Washington’s 2 terms as
President.
Do you believe trading with other countries
could jeopardize U.S. foreign policy?
Impressment: The act of seizing ships, kidnapping
its sailors and forcing them into labor.
LIMITS ON TRADE
Jefferson passed the
Embargo Act: Totally banned
all importing and exporting.
It hurt the U.S. the most.
Then passed a limited ban
called the Nonintercourse Act:
No trade with just Britain and
France.
CONFLICT WITH BRITAIN
The U.S. and Britain continued to
disagree over trade. Whoever
stopped seizing American ships
first would be the nation the U.S.
traded with: It was France!!
The embargo with Britain
continued. However, President
Madison still did not want war.
March 24, 2015
AIM: Why did the U.S. go to
war with Britain?
DO NOW:
Look at the 2 images on the
following slide and describe
what you believe each one
represents.
THE WAR HAWKS
Members of Congress from the South
and West called for war against Britain.
Had a strong sense of nationalism.
Felt they were still being treated like a
colony of Britain.
ARGUMENTS FOR WAR
Henry Clay was the most
outspoken War Hawk.
He wanted war!!
I want revenge on Britain
for seizing American
ships.
Let’s conquer Canada
and seize Florida from
Spain
Let’s bring peace to the
frontier.
An Act Declaring War Between the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland and the Dependencies
Thereof and the United States of America and Their
Territories.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America, That war be declared to exist between
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United
States of America and their territories; and that the President of
the United States is hereby authorized to use the whole land and
naval force of the United States to carry out war, and to issue the
use of private armed vessels of the United States against the
vessels, goods, and effects of the governments of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
APPROVED, June 18, 1812
The Beginning
1811: William Henry
Harrison wins the Battle of
Tippecanoe.
Tecumseh is convinced
they need British help.
U.S. forces almost
immediately attacked
Canada, then a British
colony.
1812: Humiliating U.S.
defeat at Detroit.
The Middle
1813: Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s wins
the Battle of Lake Erie, placed the NW Territory
under American control.
Harrison was able to retake Detroit with a victory
in the Battle of Thames (in which Tecumseh was
killed).
U.S. navy had been able to score several
victories over the Royal Navy in the early
months of the war.
August 24, 1814: Washington D.C. captured,
government buildings including the Capitol and
the White House burned!
The End
Peace talks had begun at Ghent (modern Belgium), and Britain
moved for an armistice after the failure of the assault on
Baltimore. In the negotiations that followed, the United States
gave up its demands to end impressment, while Britain promised
to leave Canada’s borders unchanged and abandon efforts to
create an Indian state in the Northwest.
On December 24, 1814, the U.S. and Great Britain signed the
Treaty of Ghent.
On January 8, 1815, unaware that peace had been concluded,
British forces mounted a major attack on New Orleans, only to
meet with defeat at the hands of future U.S. president Andrew
Jackson’s army. News of the battle boosted sagging U.S. morale
and left Americans with the taste of victory, despite the fact that
the war was technically over.
QUESTION:
If nothing technically
changed, why was this an
important war for the U.S.
and considered a
victory????