The War of 1812
The Star-Spangled Banner
Pages 414-427
Workbook pg. 75
Let’s Go West!
After the Lewis and
Clark Expedition,
many Americans
wanted to settle in
the new western
lands.
American Indians
still fought with
American pioneers,
trying to turn them
back.
Remember the British?
In the Northwest
Territory, the British
helped the Indians
by selling them
guns.
Before long,
trouble in the
Northwest Territory
helped push the
U.S. into a second
war with Britain.
Tecumseh – Indian Leader
Tecumseh, an Indian
leader, warned the
U.S. that the Indians
would fight if they
were made to give up
more of their land.
Tecumseh would not
let the Indians fight
unless they were
attacked first.
Battle of Tippecanoe
Fearing an attack from the Americans, the
Indians did attack first.
During the Battle of Tippecanoe, neither
side clearly won the battle. The
Americans destroyed the Indian village.
Indians throughout the Northwest
continued attacking settlers hoping they
would return east.
Blame the British!
Many people blamed the Indian attacks on
the British.
Many thought the answer was simple.
Take over Canada and drive the British out
of North America.
The British were also stopping American
trade ships from traveling to Europe.
War fever spread across the states.
War Declared!
Congress voted to declare war on Britain in
June of 1812.
James Madison was President during the
War of 1812.
Washington Attacked!
The British attacked
the city of
Washington, D.C. in
August 1814.
The British set fire to
the White House, the
Capitol, and other
buildings.
Dolley Madison
Dolley Madison
saved a full-length
portrait of George
Washington and
other valuable
items from the
President’s
Mansion.
Battle at Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry, a star shaped fort, in
Baltimore, flew a flag with 15 stars and 15
stripes.
The British bombed the fort for hours but
the Americans refused to surrender.
Francis Scott Key, a poet, was taken
prisoner by the British during the battle.
He watched the battle from a British ship.
The Flag in 1812
The Star-Spangled Banner
By dawn, Francis Scott Key began looking
to see which flag was flying above the fort.
He saw the Stars and Stripes !
He wrote the poem the Star-Spangled
Banner to record what he saw during the
battle.
Later, the poem became our National
Anthem.
The Star-Spangled Banner
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last
gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through
the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly
streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in
air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was
still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the
brave?
Who Won the War?
Neither side was clearly the winner in the
War of 1812.
On December 24, 1814 the British and
the Americans signed a peace treaty in
Europe officially ending the war.
A wave of nationalism, or pride in the
country, swept the nation.
America proved itself equal to a great
European nation.
The Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe was now the 5th President
of the United States.
The Monroe Doctrine, was a government
plan of action.
The doctrine declared that the United
States was willing to go to war to stop
European countries from expanding their
American empires.