Transcript The War of 1812 - Marquette University High School

Honor – Expansion
1. Freedom of the Seas
 1806  Milan-Berlin Decrees
[“Continental System”]
 1806  Britain issued the “Orders in
Council.”
 Both French and British disrupt
American trade
2. Impressment
 1808-1811  Britain impressed over
6,000 American
sailors.
 Chesapeake Affair
3. Embargos
The Embargo Act (1807)
The “OGRABME” Turtle
The Non-Intercourse Act - 1809
4. Western Farmers
Concerns
 British instigation of
Indians
Poor crop prices in
foreign markets
Blamed on freedom of
seas issues
British General
Brock Meets with
Tecumseh
5. Expansion
• Expansion into the West & Canada
• Get rid of the British threat to the
North
“War Hawks”
John C. Calhoun [SC]
Henry Clay [KY]
Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811

General William Henry
Harrison  governor of
the Indiana Territory.

Tecumseh organized a confederacy
of Indian tribes to fight for their
homelands.

Tecumseh’s brother “the Prophet”
fought against Harrison and was
defeated at Tippecanoe.

Indians lose faith in Prophet’s
leadership and abandon
confederation

This made Harrison a national hero!
[1840 election  Tippecanoe &
Tyler, too!]
“Mr. Madison’s War!”
American Problems
 The US was unprepared militarily:
 Had a 12-ship navy vs. Britain’s
800 ships.
 Many preferred to enlist in the
disorganized state militias.
 Financially unprepared
 Regional disagreements.
 New England trades with British –
did not want war
Overview
of the
War
of
1812
3 U. S. Invasions of 1812
Campaigns of 1813
Battle of Lake Erie – Sept 1813
American Victory
O.H. Perry captures British flotilla
Wins control of upper lakes
Battle of Thames – Tecumseh killed
British Campaigns 1814
• New York - fighting upstate
• Washington
– Burned the capitol … response to
York
• Ft McHenry
– Star Spangled Banner
• New Orleans
Hartford Convention
December, 1814 – January, 1815
• New England
– Economy hurt by war
– Trade with the enemy
• NE Federalists meet in secret
– Opposition to the war
– Discuss Constitutional amendments
– Radicals discuss secession
• Rumors spread about secession
• Federalists discredited
Treaty of Ghent
December 24, 1814
“Status Quo Antebellum”
The Battle of New Orleans, 1815