Transcript New Threats from Over Seas & The Road to War

•Grab your INB!
New Threats from Over Seas
& The Road to War
American Neutrality
• Britain and France went to war again in
1803 while Jefferson is President.
• US traded with both sides
• Hundreds of American ships were
captured
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Impressment– the practice
of forcing people into service.
Embargo
• Jefferson put a ban on
trade
• Embargo Act – banned all
trade with France and
Britain
– Hurt America more than
France and Britain
• Smuggling – importing or
exporting goods against
trade laws
Closer to War
• France agreed to stop attacking American
ships…but not Great Britain.
– United States halted trade with Britain
New President!
• James Madison becomes the 4th
President!
• He continued Jefferson’s policies.
• Remember: Wrote much of the
Constitution, Secretary of State, wealthy
slave owner from Virginia.
– Also the shortest President ever!
Closer to War
• President Madison did not want war
• New Englanders wanted to restore trade
with Britain
• War Hawks – Americans who called for
war. Led by Henry Clay.
– Nationalism – devotions to ones country
– Mostly from the south and west
CAUSES of War!
• Britain continued to board American ships
and practiced impressment of American
sailors, and seized American ships by
Great Britain.
• England was supplying guns to the Indians
– Encouraged Indians to attack the settlements
To stop trade with France, Britain
blockaded American ports.
• June 1812 President Madison asked
congress to declare war on Britain
War of 1812
• Also called Mr. Madison’s War and the
Second War for American Independence
Burning of the
White House
Battle of Lake Erie
Most of the fighting
took place on the
Great Lakes!
Fort McHenry,
Baltimore, Maryland—Francis Scott Key
Battle of New Orleans
Led by General Andrew Jackson
IMPACT
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1. Treaty of Ghent: Ended the war of 1812!
2. Worldwide respect for the US.
3. Nationalism (love of country) increased!
4. Great Lakes would be shared by US and
Great Britain/Canada
5. Economy grew in the
United States.
6. Manufacturing increased in
the NorthEast to make
materials for war