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DNA: Open your books to page 223. Define these vocab words on p.223▪ Impressment▪ Embargo Act of 1807▪ Tecumseh▪ War Hawk▪ Andrew Jackson▪ Battle of New Orleans

“Very little is known about the War of 1812 because the Americans lost it.”

- Eric Nicol

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Ch. 11 Sec. 4 – The War of 1812

Tecumseh dies, Jackson rises

The creeks surrender▪ The Creeks, Tecumseh’s allies in the South were divided over

what to do▪ Some wanted to keep fighting▪ Andrew Jackson, a Tennessee officer took command of the

American troops in the Creek War▪ In 1814 Jackson led American troops into battle▪ With the help of the Cherokees Jackson won a decisive victory at the Battle

of Horseshoe Bend▪ The leader of the Creeks walked alone into Jackson’s camp to

surrender▪ “I am in your power. Do unto me as you please…If I had an army I would

yet fight, and contend to the last…But your people have destroyed my nation.”

▪ Once again Native Americans gave up their land to the whites and the fighting stopped for the time being

The “Star Spangled Banner”

Bombardment of Baltimore▪ From Washington the British marched north to

Baltimore▪ Baltimore’s defense was Fort McHenry▪ From evening to dawn from September 13 to

September 14 the British used rockets to bombard the harbor▪ The British gave up ▪ Was the reason for the “Star Spangled Banner”

The Battle of New Orleans

Jackson defends new Orleans▪ Meanwhile the British prepared to attack New Orleans▪ They hoped to sail up the Mississippi

▪ Andrew Jackson was waiting for the British▪ Including thousands of frontiersmen and African Americans

▪ Jackson’s forces dug trenches as defense▪ The British kept advancing▪ 2,000 British died, 7 Americans died

▪ Overnight Jackson became a national hero▪ Second only to George Washington

▪ The thing is that the Battle of New Orleans took place two weeks after the United States and Britain had signed a peace treaty in Europe ending the war

The Battle of New Orleans

Nothing was settled

▪ The Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24, 1814▪ John Quincy Adams summed up the treaty▪ “Nothing was adjusted, nothing was settled.”

▪ Both sides agreed to return matters to the way they had been before the war▪ Since Britain was no longer at war with

France the conflicts faded▪ Many saw the war as a mistake

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Ch. 11 Sec. 4 – The War of 1812