Causes of War
This practice of kidnapping sailors from American ships and forcing them to serve in the British navy outraged Americans.
What is impressment?
This naval commander won the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813, giving Americans control of the Great Lakes.
Who is Oliver Hazard Perry?
This treaty signed on December 24, 1814, officially ended the War of 1812.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
The war increased this feeling among Americans, making them proud of defeating a powerful nation.
What is patriotism?
This Shawnee chief tried to unite Native Americans across the frontier to resist American settlement.
Who is Tecumseh?
This 1807 act banned trade with all foreign countries to punish Britain and France but devastated American merchants instead.
What is the Embargo Act?
This general became a national hero after his victory at the Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This 1817 agreement limited naval power on the Great Lakes between the U.S. and Britain.
What is the Rush-Bagot Agreement?
British blockades during the war boosted this economic activity in America as imports became unavailable.
What is manufacturing?
This Native American group attacked Fort Mims in Alabama, killing about 250 defenders.
Who are the Creek?
These young members of Congress from the South and West demanded war against Britain and wanted to invade Canada.
Who are the War Hawks?
This 1811 battle defeated Tecumseh's forces and was led by future president William Henry Harrison.
What is the Battle of Tippecanoe?
This 1818 agreement set the U.S.-Canadian border at the 49th parallel and allowed joint occupation of Oregon.
What is the Convention of 1818?
This group of New England Federalists met during the war to oppose it but lost political power when the war ended successfully.
What is the Hartford Convention?
Tecumseh founded his village near these two rivers in Indiana Territory.
What are the Tippecanoe and Wabash rivers?
This British attack on an American Navy ship stunned Americans and increased tensions before the war.
What is the attack on the USS Chesapeake by the HMS Leopard?
In this 1814 battle, the British set fire to the White House, Capitol, and other government buildings.
What is the Battle of Washington, D.C.?
This 1819 treaty gave Florida to the United States in exchange for giving up claims to Texas.
What is the Adams-Onís Treaty?
The war broke the power of these groups, particularly in the Northwest Territory.
Who are Native American tribes/groups?
British agents did this to Native Americans along the western frontier, increasing tensions with American settlers.
What is arming them (providing weapons)?
This act replaced the unpopular Embargo Act in 1809 but was no more successful, banning trade only with Britain and France.
What is the Non-Intercourse Act?
This 1814 battle in Alabama ended the Creek War and forced Native Americans to give up millions of acres of land.
What is the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
This treaty ended the Creek War in 1814 and forced Native Americans to surrender vast amounts of territory.
What is the Treaty of Fort Jackson?
This political party lost significant power after opposing the popular War of 1812.
What are the Federalists?
These conflicts over runaway slaves between Americans and Seminoles became known as the First Seminole War.
What are the disputes in Spanish Florida?
This president, elected in 1808, felt growing pressure from War Hawks and became the first president to ask Congress to declare war, serving as commander in chief during the entire conflict.
Who is James Madison?