2. Bell Ringer
Women: War Hawks – Why do you want to go to
war?
Men: Doves – Why are you opposed to going to
war with Britain?
3. Causes
Neutral Rights
Madison’s main message to Congress was for the
respect of the US self-determination for trade
the British (and other European nations, but
mostly British) repeatedly violated and insulted
American shipping
4. Causes
1. Orders in Council
set up a virtual blockade of Europe
vessels heading for continental ports had to buy
licenses to trade
ships had to accept British inspections or be liable
to seizure
2. Napoleon’s “Continental System”
set up a virtual and literal blockade of Europe
French blockade of the British Isles
any neutral ships that complied with the British
regulations would be subject to seizure when they
reached continental ports
5. Causes
3. Impressment
British boarded American vessels and forcing
British sailors to serve in the British navy (to help
fight the French)
Chesapeake Incident
When they refused to be boarded, British fired upon
the US frigate, Chesapeake, killing 3 and wounding
18
6. Causes
4. Battle of Tippecanoe
the Shawnee leader, Tecumseh, sought to unite
Indian tribes against the westward expanding
Americans
Governor William Henry Harrison of Indiana
Territory saw the danger of a united Native
American force and struck out against the
Shawnee capital, Prophet’s Town, while
Tecumseh was away
upon defeating the Shawnee at the Battle of
Tippecanoe, Harrison discovered the Native
Americans were being supplied by the British in
Canada
7. Events
1. War in Canada
a) 1812
Detroit captured by British
US failed to take Montreal
b) 1813
Commodore Perry defeats British fleet on Lake
Erie
US burns York, the British provincial capital of
Upper Canada
US retakes Detroit
Shawnee leader Tecumseh killed at the Battle of
the Thames
8. Events
2. War at Sea
Only 16 ships
a) 1812
US Frigates scored several victories
November British blockade the Chesapeake
and Delaware Bays
b) 1813
US ships bottled up in port due to blockade
9. Events
3. War in the States
British raiding and burning US towns along
the Atlantic coast
With little resistance, British enter
Washington, DC and burn the White
House (revenge for burning York)
10. Events
4. Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson led a series of 4 battles
defeating British and Native-American
allies
2 Weeks after the War of 1812 was
officially ended, Jackson defeats British
troops at New Orleans
Most noteworthy (remembered) victory of
the War
11. Effects/Results
1. Treaty of Ghent
Armistice Signed 12/24/1814
Did not settle many of the issues that led
to the War
2. Sense of Victory
Battle of New Orleans left America feeling
as though they actually won the war
The exploits of American frigates in their
battles with British ships
3. Intense Feeling of Patriotism
12. Effects/Results
4. Rush-Bagot agreement
Limited the number of naval vessels the
British were allowed on the Great Lakes
Began a tradition of an unfortified border
between the US and Canada (the longest in
the world)
5. Convention of 1818
a) Established the northern boundary of the
Louisiana Purchase at the 49th Parallel
b) Oregon Country would be open to joint
occupation between the US and Britain
c) US regained the right to fish off of
Newfoundland and Labrador