This review power point will help you prepare for the War of 1812 Unit Exam.
It reviews all the people you need to know. You also need to study your notes, take the Moodle quiz several times and come to at least one review class.

John Murray
• I am a British officer.
• I led a raid into the
Champlain Valley in the summer of 1813 and burned many buildings in
Plattsburgh.

Thomas Macdouough
• I was commander of the American navy during the Battle of
Plattsburgh.
• My ship was the
Saratoga and I am called the “Hero of
Lake Champlain”.
• There is a street in
Plattsburgh named after me.

Martin Aikin
• A group of boys from the Plattsburgh
Academy fought during the battle.
• I was their leader.

George Izard
• I was commander of the American army before the Battle of
Plattsburgh.
• I was ordered to take most of the men to
Sackets Harbor.
• Even though we knew the British were going to attack Plattsburgh,
I had to follow orders.

Sir George Prevost
• I was the leader of the
British army at the
Battle of Plattsburgh.
• After we lost the naval battle I ordered a retreat.
• I was blamed for the defeat.

Noah and Adam Brown
• We built the Saratoga and several of the other ships used to defeat the British at the Battle of
Plattsburgh

George Downie
• I am a British officer.
• I was commander of the British navy but was killed early in the
Battle of Plattsburgh.
• My ship was the
Confiance.

Alexander Macomb
• I was the commander of the American army at the Battle of
Plattsburgh.
• There is a street in
Plattsburgh named after me.

Benjamin Mooers
• I was commander of the Clinton County militia during the
Battle of Plattsburgh.

Robert Henley
• I was an American officer.
• During the naval part of the battle, I commanded the
Eagle.

Peter Sailley
• I was a local
Plattsburgh businessman.
• I served as a supply agent for American troops in Plattsburgh.
• There is an avenue named after me.

Zebulon Pike
• During the winter of
1812 – 1813 I built a cantonment in
Plattsburgh
• I was killed at York in the summer of 1813.

Stephen Cassin
• I was an American officer.
• During the naval part of the battle, I commanded the
Ticonderoga.

William Bainbridge
• I was commander of the USS Constitution when we defeated
HMS Java in 1812.

Winfield Scott
• I was an American army officer.
• I was wounded and captured at
Queenston in 1812.
• I led the army to victory at Chippewa in
1814.

William Henry Harrison
• I defeated The
Prophet at the Battle of Tippecanoe in
1811.
• I also won the Battle of the Thames in
1813.
• Later I was elected
President of the
United States.

John Quincy Adams
• Henry Clay and I were the two
American negotiators at the Treaty of Ghent in December of 1814.
• Later I was elected
President of the
United States.

Francis Scott Key
• I watched the bombardment of Ft.
McHenry from an
American ship held by the British.
• I was inspired to write the poem that became the Star
Spangled Banner.

Isaac Hull
• I was commander of the USS Constitution when we defeated
HMS Guerriere in
1812.

Oliver Hazard Perry
• In 1813 I won the
Battle of Lake Erie.
• In my report I said
“We have met the enemy and they are ours”.

Dolley Madison
• This First Lady saved the portrait of George
Washington when the
British attacked and burned Washington in
1814.

James Monroe
• I was the Secretary of
State at the beginning of the War of 1812.
• I assumed the job of
Secretary of War after the attack on
Washington.
• Later I was elected
President of the
United States.

Andrew Jackson
• In 1814 my soldiers defeated the Creeks at the Battle of
Horseshoe Bend.
• In January of 1815 we won the Battle of New
Orleans.
• Later I was elected
President of the
United States.

Isaac Chauncey
• I was the American naval commander on
Lake Ontario during the War of 1812.

George Armistead
• I commanded the
American forces at Ft.
McHenry in
September of 1814.
• We did not surrender despite the heavy
British bombardment.

Stephen Decatur
• I was commander of the USS United
States when we defeated HMS
Macedonian in 1812.

James Madison
• I was the President of the United States during the War of
1812.

Henry Clay
• I was a War Hawk from Kentucky.
• I also served as one of the American negotiators at the
Treaty of Ghent in
December of 1812.

Jacob Brown
• In 1813 I stopped a
British attack on
Sackets Harbor.
• In 1814 I was commander of the
American forces on the Niagara Frontier.

Tecumseh
• I was the Native
American leader who helped defeat William
Hull at Detroit in
1812.
• I was killed at the
Battle of the Thames in 1813.

Robert Ross
• I led the British forces to victory at the Battle of Bladensburg and the burning of
Washington.
• I was killed in the attack on Baltimore.

Isaac Brock
• I was the British officer who defeated
William Hull at Ft.
Detroit in 1812.
• I was killed at the
Battle of Queenston later that year.

Alexander Cochran
• I was a British Vice
Admiral.
• I ordered hit and run raids in the
Chesapeake Bay area in the summer of
1813.
• I commanded the attacks on
Washington and
Baltimore in 1814.

James Yeo
• I was the commander
– in – chief of the naval forces in
Canada during the
War of 1812.
• I built the British fleet on Lake Ontario.

George Cockburn
• I was a British Rear
Admiral.
• I conducted raids in the
Chesapeake Bay area in both 1813 and 1814.
• I was involved in the burning of Washington.
• I helped eat the dinner prepared for the
President before my troops burned the
White House.

Sir Edward Pakenham
• I was a British officer.
• Andrew Jackson beat me at the Battle of
New Orleans in
January of 1815.