Causes

Result

A.

B. C.

Important Events of the War

A.

B.

C.

Effects

(Most Important!!!)

A.B.

C.

(Don’t forget to put the name of

the war)

Britain & France were still fighting. We were trying to stay out of it. We wanted to do business with

both countries. They refused to let us stay neutralA. Britain was interfering in U.S. shipping. They

would stop our ships and not let us sell or buy goods overseas.

I. Causes of the War

B. British were impressing our sailors. They would attack a ship and take our men to work on their ships and fight against France. In 8 years they impressed about 6,000 sailors.

Father of the

Constitution

While all this was going on we had another election and James Madison was elected

President in 1808

C. England began supporting Native American resistance to American settlers. England encouraged Native Americans to kill American settlers. Supplied them with guns, ammunition and promised a safe place to hide in British forts in Canada.

Results:Americans felt that England wasn’t respecting our

country. They were challenging our honor as Americans.

War of 1812Congress declared war in June 1812

II. War of 1812Important Events

For the most part England tried to just ignore us because they were already fighting France. We fought a few battles at sea. Won some.

A. After England defeated Napoleon (France) in 1814, they turned their attention to America. British forces burned the U.S. Capital building and the White House.

Teacher go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwOEMy5pg2g for burning of Perfect Storm over DC

B. Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that became our National Anthem=The Star Spangled Banner

In September 1814, the British attacked Ft. McHenry at Baltimore.

The Commander at Ft. McHenry had earlier requested a flag “so large that the British will have

no difficulty in seeing it.” For 25 hours the British bombed Fort McHenry from

ships outside of Baltimore harbor. The Americans refused to surrender, and Baltimore was saved. Held on a British ship, a Washington lawyer named Francis Scott Key watched the all night battle.

At dawn, Key discovered that the flag was still flying over the fort.

He expressed his pride for America in a poem that later became the U.S. national anthem.

Click here to see the Story of the Star Spangled Banner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVr_CGzTUcs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiVryYnzmdISmithsonian story of

Fort McHenry

C. Andrew Jackson became a hero by beating the British at the Port of New Orleans

British wanted to take the Port of New Orleans. They sent 7,500 troops in dozens of ships.

As the British were headed to New Orleans, General Andrew Jackson had his troops build protective walls of dirt for

them to hide behind.When the British attacked, the American riflemen mowed

them down while staying hidden.This was a great victory for Jackson and the Americans.

America lost 71 men but the British lost 2,000.Jackson was a hero who would later go on to become

President.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90uEEGHGSnU

There was no clear winner.In the Treaty of Ghent:

No territory changed hands and trade disputes were left unresolved but we proved we could defend ourselves against the strongest military of that

time.Effects:

A. Called the Era of Good Feelings =Patriotism and nationalism became important. (Pride in our nation and country)

B. The war broke the strength of Native Americans since they had sided with the British

IV. Effects of the War of 1812

Most Important Effect of the War:

C. Because we became isolated from Europe, we were forced to become more independent economically. The war kept us from buying goods from European countries so we had to start making our own goods. This encouraged the growth of manufacturing. Led to the Industrial Revolution. Americans opened factories, produced their own goods and we became less dependent on foreign made goods.

Causes

Britain was interfering in U.S. shipping

British began impressing our

sailors

England began supporting

Native American resistance

Important Events of the War

British forces burned the U.S. Capitol building and the White

House.

Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that became our

National Anthem=The Star Spangled Banner

Andrew Jackson

became a hero by beating the British at the Port of New

Orleans

A.B.

C.

Result

A.

B.

C.

War of

1812

War of

1812

Effects

Era of Good Feelings

=Patriotism and nationalism

became important.

Broke the strength of

Native Americans

We were forced to become more independent economically.

Encouraged the growth of

manufacturing. We became less

dependent on foreign made goods.

(Most Important!!!)

A.B.

C.