Essential question. What were the causes and effects of the war of 1812?

The War of 1812

Election of 1808

James Madison (Republican)
Charles Pinckney (Federalist)

War Hawks

Supported war with Britain
Henry Clay (KY)
John Calhoun (SC)

Why Did Southerners and Westerners Support War?

British trade restrictions hurt farmers
Westerners

Moving West

Kentucky
Tennessee
Northwest Territory

Native American Resistance

Little Turtle – chief of the Miami people
Washington sent

Treaty of Greenville

August 1795
Indians gave up land in Ohio, Indiana, parts

Tecumseh

Shawnee leader
Believed Native Americans needed to unite to protect their lands

William Henry Harrison

Governor of Indiana territory
Won at the Battle of Tippecanoe
Indian

Declaration of War

June 1812
President Madison asked Congress to declare war

Quote, Madison

“Thousands of American citizens, under the safeguard of public law

Invasion of Canada

Attacked from Detroit, Niagara Falls, Hudson River Valley
All failed

Battles of War of 1812

Oliver Hazard Perry

Leader of Lake Erie Fleet
Defeated the British
Control for U.S.

Washington D.C.

August 1814
British fleet entered the city

Washington D.C.

Madison and other leaders fled
British set fire to the White

Fort McHenry

British marched on Baltimore
Attacked Fort McHenry
Not successful

Francis Scott Key

He wrote The Star-Spangled Banner while watching this battle

Battle of Lake Champlain

September 1814
U.S. Victory

Battle of New Orleans

January 1815
British landed at New Orleans
Victory for U.S.

War of 1812

Treaty of Ghent

Dec. 1814
Ended the War of 1812
England must honor U.S.