The War of 1812
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9th - 12th Grade
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Emma Hoover
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The War of 1812
Lesson 4.3- Explain the causes and impact of the War of 1812
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James Madison
President during the War of 1812. He will be the first US President to officially declare war with another country
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Causes of the War
The British have been practicing Impressment (capturing American merchants and sailors and forcing them to be a part of their Navy)
The British have been supplying the Native Americans with weapons so that American settlers can't move in
There are disputes about where the Louisiana Purchase ends and Canada begins
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Fighting in the Northwest Territory
The Native Americans and the British are going to push the American military back
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Fighting on the East Coast
The US is going to build up it's navy- FAST
The British are going to recruit slaves for the fighting on the ground
They are going to burn down the capitol building!
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So how does it end?
Britain and the US don't want another war like the Revolution that lasts FOREVER
The 49th parallel is established as the boundary between the US and Canada- the the settlers could not move west
The Naive Americans and the slaves who helped the British were left hanging...
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The "2nd Revolutionary War"
This will be the only other war in American history that will be fought in our country
Fought on 2 fronts- In the Northwest territory and on the east coast
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