Transcript The American Nation

The American Nation
Chapter 10: The Age of Jefferson 1801–1816
Section 1:
A Republican Takes Office
Section 2:
The Louisiana Purchase
Section 3:
New Threats from Overseas
Section 4:
The Road to War
Section 5:
The War of 1812
Chapter 10, Section 4
The Road to War
•Why did conflicts
between white settlers
and Native Americans
increase during the
early 1800s?
Early Conflicts Between Settlers and Native
Americans
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• Between 1790 and 1810, 900,000 settlers
moved west of the Appalachians. They built
farms on Indian lands and hunted animals the
Indians needed for food.
• Settlers ignored treaties that the United
States government had signed with Indian
nations.
• Fighting often broke out between Native
Americans and settlers. In 1791 Indians
drove settlers from Ohio.
•American forces
under General
Anthony Wayne
defeated the Miami
and other Indian
nations at Fallen
Timbers, in presentday Ohio.
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• In 1795, the Miami and other Indian nations
signed the Treaty of Greenville, in which they
gave up land that would later become part of
Ohio. In return, they received $20,000 and the
promise of more money if they kept the peace.
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Chapter 10, Section 4
The Road to War
•What was the goal of
Tecumseh’s Native
American
confederation?
Tecumseh’s Confederation
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What Tecumseh
and his brother,
The Prophet,
believed
• They could keep settlers from taking more Indian land.
• By returning to the old ways, Indians could gain the power to
resist white invaders.
What the Prophet
did
• Built a village for his followers along Tippecanoe Creek in
Indiana Territory.
What Tecumseh
did
• Worked to organize Indian nations between the Mississippi
River and the Appalachian Mountains into a confederation,
or league.
• Called for unity against the settlers.
What the United
States did
• Troops under Governor William Henry Harrison marched
against Prophetstown. The Prophet led a surprise attack on
Harrison’s troops. In the Battle of Tippecanoe, both sides
suffered heavy losses. Harrison’s troops defeated the
Prophet’s forces.
Chapter 10, Section 4
The Road to War
•Why did the War
Hawks push for war
against Britain?
Why the War Hawks Pushed for War with Britain
Chapter 10, Section 4
• The British were supplying guns and ammunition
to Native Americans on the frontier. They
encouraged Indians to attack settlements.
• President Madison said that if either the British or
French would stop seizing American ships, the
United States would stop trading the other nation.
France agreed to stop, so the United States traded
with France but not with Britain.
• The War Hawks were members of Congress from
the South and the West who called for war. They
were stirred by nationalism, or devotion to one’s
country. They said Britain was treating the United
States as if it were a British colony.
•One War Hawk,
Henry Clay, hoped
that in a war the
United States could
conquer Canada.
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• Other War Hawks said that in a war with
Britain, the United States could seize Florida
from Britain’s ally, Spain.
• To cut off American trade with France, British
warships blockaded American ports. Finally
in June 1812, Congress declared war on
Britain.
Chapter 10, Section 4
Section 4 Assessment
Tecumseh and the Prophet tried to organize a confederation of Indian nations
in order to
a)
b)
c)
d)
keep settlers from taking any more Indian land.
drive the British out of Ohio for good.
oppose Native American rivals west of the Mississippi.
build more settlements like Prophetstown.
One reason the United States declared war on Britain in 1812 was that
a)
b)
c)
d)
Americans hoped a war would bring them more trade with Canada.
Spain threatened to sell Florida to Britain.
Britain kept trading with France.
Britain continued to seize American ships.
Chapter 10, Section 4
Section 4 Assessment
Tecumseh and the Prophet tried to organize a confederation of Indian nations
in order to
a)
b)
c)
d)
keep settlers from taking any more Indian land.
drive the British out of Ohio for good.
oppose Native American rivals west of the Mississippi.
build more settlements like Prophetstown.
One reason the United States declared war on Britain in 1812 was that
a)
b)
c)
d)
Americans hoped a war would bring them more trade with Canada.
Spain threatened to sell Florida to Britain.
Britain kept trading with France.
Britain continued to seize American ships.