Transcript The War of 1812 ppt

The War of 1812
In the War
of 1812, the
U.S. captured and
burned the
Canadian
city of York.
Find York on
the map.
(Click the
mouse.)
In return, the
British marched
on Washington
D.C. They
burned the White
House, the
Capitol, and
other buildings.
(Click again.)
The British
built a huge
bonfire out of
the furniture
taken from the
White House.
President
Madison and
his wife, Dolly,
barely had
time to get out
of the city.
The British next
moved to take
Ft. McHenry
near Baltimore,
MD. They
bombarded the
fort with
cannonballs
fired from land
and nearby
ships. (Click the
mouse.)
Aboard the
British flagship was an
American
prisoner of
war, Dr.
Beanes. A
laywer friend
of his, Francis
Scott Key,
rowed out to
the British
ships.
He asked the British to let Dr. Beanes go. The commander
agreed, but said they must remain aboard until morning.
Francis Scott Key did
not sleep that night as
the British guns
pounded Ft.
McHenry. From the
deck of the warship
he could see the flash
of guns firing away.
Could the Americans
hold out? During the
night, Francis Scott
Key asked himself
that question many
times.
The night gave
way to dawn.
Key peered
through the haze
and smoke.
When the air
cleared, he saw
the stars and
stripes were still
there. The
British had
failed to capture
Ft. McHenry.
(Click the mouse
twice.)
Key wrote down
his experience in a
poem. It was later
set to music and is
now known as our
“Star-Spangled
Banner.”
O say can you see, by the dawn's early
light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's
last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so
gallantly streaming? (defensive barrier)
And the rocket's red glare, the bomb
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?
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Credits
Pictures were scanned from America! America! Scott,
Foresman and Co., Glenview, IL, © 1982
The United States: People and Leaders, Modern Curriculum
Press, Inc., Cleveland, OH © 1981
Call to Freedom, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, © 2000
The slideshow was created by Marie Sontag, © 2001
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