1. Unit 6 – 10.3
A TIME OF CONFLICT

2. I. Ships at Sea
Trade
1785, Empress of China, NY to China for silk & tea
MORE merchant ships to China, India, South America, & Africa

3. Piracy on the Mediterranean Sea
Pirates from North Africa = Morocco, Algiers, Tripoli, & Tunis
1801 Tripoli demands payment from US
TJ refuses
Tripoli declares war
TJ sends blockade
Americans captured
Peace treaty signed in 1805 (US paid $60,000 for release of prisoners)

4. Violating Neutral Rights
British & French at war, 1803 (US neutral)
By 1805 they were trying to block us from trading
French = search & seize ships caught trading with British

5. British Abuse
British sailors deserted = stopped American ships to search (impressment)
June 1807 = British warship, Leopard, stops American vessel, Chesapeake
Chesapeake refuses to let Leopard search ship
Leopard opens fire = killing three crew members
Set off anti-British fury

6. Trade Embargo Act, December 1807
Banned imports & exports to ALL foreign countries
Disaster = unemployment rose, couldn’t trade tobacco or cotton to European markets, price for wheat fell
Repealed in March 1809
Nonintercourse Act passes = prohibited trade with only Britain & France

7. II. TENSIONS RISE Election of 1808
Democratic Republicans choose James Madison
Federalist choose Charles Pinckney
Only support = NE states
Madison wins, 122 electoral votes to 47

8. French & British
1810 = new trade law = direct trade with whoever lifted their trade restrictions first
French continues seizing US ships
Angry at French but Madison believe Britain was the bigger threat

9. Domestic Conflicts Ohio = state in 1803
Settlers moving onto Native land (by treaty)
Tecumseh, Shawnee chief = confederacy of Native American nations in the northwest to halt white movement into Native land
Backed by British (Canada) & Tenskwatawa (the Prophet)

10. 4. The Battle of Tippecanoe
Harrison (Indian Gov.) attacks
Prophet forces flee
American victory
Tecumseh joins British

11. The War Hawks Republican congressmen Led by Henry Clay & John Calhoun
Supported increase in military spending
Desire to expand land & nationalism
Support war