10. Looking for…water route in the north "Ocean in View! O! the joy." http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=AA679F15-3354-4DB1-976A- http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2005/11/lewis_and_clark.html
13. Blockade an effort to cut off food, supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force, either in part or totally
14. Embargo Act of 1807 American Goods MUST stay in America!
15. Supply and Demand: When you have a lot of a product, it isn’t as valuable, So, in order to sell more of your cotton than someone else’s cotton, you have to sell it for less, you don’t make any money SO…what happened to American products? Price Quantity
16. Jefferson REPEALED the Embargo Act! Replaces it with…the Non-Intercourse Act Goods can go anywhere EXCEPT:
17. Importance of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery Journals were invaluable Plants and Animals Native American tribes Maps, lay of land Record of Journey Inspired nation to move westward…heard about all the ‘adventures’ that were there.
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20. Battle at Tippecanoe William Henry Harrison (future President) vs. Native Americans at a town called Tippecanoe
21. Causes British were still on the continent…Americans wanted them gone. They controlled Canada America wanted to expand, maybe North, GB in the way Indian uprisings in NW territory…GB was encouraging this GB/F war…U.S. caught in the middle, blockade was costing us money GB were capturing American sailors and forcing them to be British sailors
22. Started in July 1812 Fought on 3 major fronts New Orelans On east coast of the U.S. (DC) On the water, Atlantic Ocean
23. Baltimore Clippers Baltimore was the #1 Shipbuilding city The best selling model was the “Baltimore Clipper” It was built for speed so that it could outrun British/French navy ships Became obsolete after the war of 1812
24. Battle at Sea: Clippers vs. British Navy British blockade was successful, but Clippers did do some small damage. Mostly British were successful.
25. D.C. Up in Smoke British troops landed in Washington D.C. Set to burn down the capital… A thunderstorm came in and put out the fires before they did much damage
26. Battle at Fort McHenry After they left DC, GB moved toward Baltimore/Ft. McHenry U.S. was ready, had blocked roads, militiamen were waiting Ft. M: brick with tons of ammo, lots of cannons British sat in the water and shot at us with new Congreve Rockets, just outside of what our cannons could reach
27. F.S. Key went out to a British boat to negotiate the release of a hostage Was not allowed to go back immediately Saw the flag flying every morning and was inspired to write a poem Poem later becomes the national anthem Winner: US for outlasting GB
28. Treaty of Ghent Arranged by James Monroe (current secretary of state and next president) Signed in Germany…. No major issues resolved…a lot of the causes for the war went away when the French/British war ended.
29. War End/New Orleans US/GB signed Treaty of Ghent in Belgium Before the US found out about it, one last big battle happened in NO Andrew Jackson slaughtered hundreds of British troops Jackson becomes a war hero, US gains the state of Louisiana
30. Results of the War of 1812 No major territory swap No major treaty of any sort between countries Some Federalists in New England wanted to secede from the union, made Federalists look bad, but no one agreed with them New national pride
31. Was this the war that nobody won? No major issues resolved Clear boundaries between US/Canada Oregon Territory in NW is shared between US/Can for 10 years
33. Era of Good Feelings… James Madison is replaced by James Monroe, who won in a land slide Federalist party is gone, they lost followers Traveled the country visiting cities…was elected 2x
35. Top Inventions of the Industrial Revolution Clothing Industry – quick moving loom Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin Steam Engine Steam Boat/Trains New Methods of Steel production Eastman develops Photography, founds Kodak Morse develops Telegraph (later part of AT&T) Eventually, Edison will invent the light bulb
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39. Sectionalism = loyalty to your region People thought of themselves as “westerns,” “southerners,” or “northerners” – became more intense as new laws were debated Issues: slavery, states/national rights, taxes,
40. Missouri Compromise The government tried to keep a balance between free and slave states If the balance was uneven, it would make it difficult for the smaller side to pass laws in Congress Missouri was admitted in as a slave state, Maine was admitted as a free state Banned slavery north of the 36°30’N parallel for any new states (MD, KY, VA were already in)
42. Moving West First Census: 1790 – 4 million Wagons were packed, people moved west Companies built turnpikes National Road built: Maryland to Virginia, Virginia to Ohio, Ohio to Illinois Steamboat travel started up and down the rivers
43. Relations with GB Monroe wanted once and for all to settle issues with GB & S Sent his Sec. of State: John Quincy Adams Brit: 2 treaties Rush-Bagot Treaty: Limited # of navy vessels on Great Lakes, Disarm border of US/Canada Convention of 1818: set boundary of Louisiana Territory at 49th Parallel, US gained rights to Oregon Country
44. Relations With Spain Andrew Jackson (still a general) charged into FL and took over forts Was never ordered to do this, some people thought he should be Court-Marshaled JQ Adams made a treaty with Spain Adams-Onis Treaty: We got FL! Gave away parts of TX Spain left Oregon Country
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46. Monroe Doctrine Spain owned: Part of North America All of Central America All of South America, except for Brazil People started revolting against the Spanish Spanish partnered with: France, Austria, Russia, and Prussia to help fight revolutions
47. Monroe Doct. US said we would not interfere with any existing European colonies in the US, but we would fight any new ones North and South America “are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.” We would not interfere in European colonies Marked the last step in our independence