The War of 1812

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The War of 1812

• Chapter 9 Section 4

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Early Naval Victories

• Oliver Perry defeats British on Lake Erie
• William Henry Harrison cuts off the British
  retreat
• Battle of Thames Americans defeat British
• Tecumseh is killed

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Andrew Jackson in the South

• Instructed to weaken Native resistance
• Killed more than 550 Creek at Battle of Horseshoe
  Bend
• Modern-day Alabama

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Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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British burn Washington, D.C.
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British burn Washington, D.C.
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Battle at Baltimore Fort McHenry
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Francis Scott Key
O say, can you see, by the dawns early
light,What so proudly we hailed at the
twilights last gleaming,Whose broad stripes and
bright stars, through the perilous fight,Oer
the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly
streaming?And the rockets red glare, the bombs
bursting in air,Gave proof through the night
that our flag was still thereO say, does that
star-spangled banner yet waveOer the land of
the free and the home of the brave?
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Defeat at Plattsburgh War is over!
September 1814 Outnumbered, the Americans
defeated the British force of 10,000
soundly. Convinced the war had become too
expensive and unimportant, the British quickly
surrendered. The war was over.
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Or was it? Battle of New Orleans
January 1815 Nearly a month after the Treaty of
Ghent was signed.
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Impacts of the War of 1812

• U.S. considered a top-tier country by many
• Surge of Nationalism
• Breaks the back of the Federalist party
• War Hawks convince Republicans of the value of a
  strong central government