Native Americans
The American Indians who lived in the Ohio/Indiana Valley
Who are the Shawnee?
The British conscripting American sailors into their navy
What is impressment?
The fourth president of the United States, served from 1809-1817
James Madison
The Shawnee leaders
Who were Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa?
The battle where the British gained Native Americans as their allies
What was the Battle of Tippecanoe? (1811)
A nation formally halting trade with another place.
What is an embargo?
A treaty that required the Native Americans to give up 3 million acres of land in Indiana and Illinois (1809)
What is the Treaty of Fort Wayne?
The largest country in North America that was still a crown colony of Britain as of 1812.
People in Congress who wanted to fight Great Britain and pressured James Madison to do so.
Who were the War Hawks?
What were the Creek Wars and what happened during them?
The part of the war where the Red Sticks, a faction of this namesake tribe attacked Andrew Jackson's army of 5,000.
The reason the British burnt the White House
Revenge for the invasion of Canada
Why did the American soldiers invade York, Canada in 1812?
To try and get Canadians, similar to Americans, to rebel against their British rulers and join in the war.
The treaty that ended the Creek Wars and took millions of acres of land from the Native Americans in Alabama and Georgia
What was the treaty of Fort Jackson? (1814)
Why did the British impress the American sailors and violate neutral trade?
They were bitter about losing the Revolutionary War and hoped to control the United States again.
Why was the War of 1812 called the Second War for Independence?
Because the Americans were being abused by the British a second time and wanted to be seen as equal and independent from Great Britain