1. War of 1812
“Our 2nd Revolution”

2. “Mr. Madison’s War” Madison – 4th President
During his terms, he was forced to make decisions about war.
This decision became what we know today as the War 1812 – or “Mr. Madison’s War”

3. Location, Location, Location…
Baltimore, MD
Chesapeake Bay
Great Lakes
Caribbean Sea
British Isles
Washington, DC
Atlantic Ocean
Canada
New Orleans, LA
Africa (Barbary States)

4. Causes? Barbary Pirates were attacking ships around Africa.
Impressments on the American ships by the British continued.
Native Americans were attacking American settlers in the Ohio River Valley with weapons supplied by France

5. Solutions?
Jefferson tried to Isolate the country through the Embargo Act – NO TRADE with any foreign country
Result: Angry merchants in the North as well as frustrated plantation owners in the South

6. Orders in Council 1807 British claim:
“No neutral vessels shall be allowed to trade with France nor enter any French controlled ports”
These were suspended in June 1812 (after we declared war)

7. France’s turn…… Napoleon threatens:
“The French will seize ALL vessels helping the British including any neutral vessels”

8. Solutions?
Madison takes the Embargo Act and alter it to help the US citizens
Nonintercourse Act: States that trade is allowed with any foreign country EXCEPT France and Britain

10. War of 1812 BEGINS!! Battles of Thames & Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison
Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
1st time to use guerilla warfare to win a battle

11. Significances Star Spangled Banner
Originally a poem written by Francis Scott Key
Described the Battle of Baltimore (Fort McHenry)
Adopted as the National Anthem by 1931

12. Con’t – Significances….
Burning down of the White House
Washington, DC
Dolly Madison – famous for saving the original copy of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and Washington’s portrait
Tried to destroy our symbol and bring us “down”

13. Con’t – Significances….
Hartford Convention
December 1814
New England “secession”
Push for a Constitutional Amendment to limit the powers of Congress and Southern states
End of the Federalist party
Seen as treason

14. Ending of the War? Treaty of Ghent Battle of New Orleans
December 24, 1814
Belgium
POWs were exchanged
Territorial boundaries were restored
US beat Britain for the 2nd but final time
Battle of New Orleans
January 8, 1815
Britain tried to separate New Orleans from the US
Last armed engagement between the British and Americans
British suffered high causalities