CH 11 Section 4.

The War of 1812.

Battle Strategy

Fort DetroitThe British (with Tecumseh’s help) captured

the fort because state militias refused to fight on foreign soil.

Captain Oliver Hazard Perry

• Perry oversaw construction of small fleet to break British control of Lake Erie.

Battle of the ThamesHarrison ordered a cavalry charge through the

British lines, defeating them and their Indian allies.

• This weakened the British/Indian alliance around the Great Lakes.

The Creek War

• Andrew Jackson attacked Indian villages and made Chief Red Eagle surrender at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

• The US gained millions of acres of Creek land.

Mayhem!The British invaded DC and burnt

down the White House.

Dolly Madison saved a portrait of George Washington.

The Battle of New Orleans.

• The British attacked through morning fog.

• Andrew Jackson led troops that slaughtered 2000 British.

(A peace treaty had ended the war two weeks previously.)

The Star-Spangled Banner

• Francis Scott Key wrote this poem while trying to get his friend released from a British war ship in the Chesapeake bay.

The Treaty of Ghentended the War of 1812.

• The US escaped disaster. All territory was returned and all issues left unresolved.