PRESIDENTS MADISON AND MONROE

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PRESIDENTS MADISON AND MONROE
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JAMES MADISON
Madison easily won the election of 1808 and
became the 4th President of the United States
He would serve as president from 1809-1817
He was married to Dolley Madison
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During the early part of Madisons term there was
conflict with the Native Americans
They resented the amount of Anglos that were
settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Angry Native Americans vowed to keep settlers
from taking more Indian land
Two of these leaders were Tecumseh and the Prophet
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Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana
Territory fought the Prophet at the Battle of
Tippecanoe
The Americans won, but Indians continued to
resist settlement
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EVENTS LEADING TO WAR
Great Britain was supplying Indians with guns and
ammunition
America halted trade with Great Britain
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The British also began impressments of U.S.
Sailors
Impressmentseizing men from a ship and forcing
them into a navy
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Members of Congress from the West and South
stirred up a sense of nationalism!
Nationalismdevotion to ones country
These people were called War Hawks and called for
war. The leading War Hawk was Henry Clay of
Kentucky
In June of 1812, President Madison reluctantly
declared war on Great Britain
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WAR OF 1812
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The British blockaded American ports
There was early fighting at sea
A major U.S. victory occurred when the USS
Constitution defeated the British ship HMS
Guerriere
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Fighting also occurred in the West (Great Lakes
and Canada)
At the Battle of Lake Erie, Oliver Hazard Perrys
small fleet defeated the British to control the
lake
Battle of Lake Erie
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General Harrison continued his fighting against
the Indians
Tecumseh had allied himself with the British
Harrison defeated and killed Tecumseh at Thames
Andrew Jackson also defeated the Creek Indians at
Horseshoe Bend
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British troops, after landing in Chesapeake Bay,
marched on Washington D.C.
They set fire to the capital including the White
House
Dolley Madison, the Presidents wife, was
narrowly able to escape with a famous portrait of
George Washington
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The British then marched on to Baltimore
The key to the citys defense was Fort McHenry
The British bombed the fort into the night
The Americans held out
Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled
Banner in tribute of the battle
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O say, can you see, by the dawn's early
light,What so proudly we hail'd at the
twilight's last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and
bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,O'er the
ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly
streaming?And the rockets' red glare, the bombs
bursting in air,Gave proof thro' the night that
our flag was still there.O say, does that
star-spangled banner yet waveO'er the land of
the free and the home of the brave?
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The Battle of New Orleans was the final battle of
the War of 1812
The British wanted to capture New Orleans and
sail up the Mississippi River
here
They were stopped by General Andrew Jackson and
his sharpshooters
Only seven Americans died
Jackson became a national hero despite the fact
that the battle was fought after peace had been
decided upon
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Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran
through the brambles. And they ran through the
bushes where a rabbit couldn't go. They ran so
fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em, On down
the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Well, we looked down the river and we see'd the
British come. And there must have been a hundred
of 'em beatin' on the drum. They stepped so high
and they made the bugle ring. We hid behind our
cotton bales and we didnt say a thing
We fired our cannons till the barrel melted down,
Then we grabbed an alligator and we fought
another round. We filled his head with
cannonballs and powdered his behind, And when we
touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind.
We fired our guns and the British kept
a'comin.But there wasn't nigh as many as there
was a while ago.We fired once more and they
began to runnin'down the Mississippi to the Gulf
of Mexico.
Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran
through the brambles. And they ran through the
bushes where a rabbit couldn't go. They ran so
fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em, On down
the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Well, in eighteen and fourteen we took a little
tripalong with Colonel Jackson down the mighty
Mississip.We took a little bacon and we took a
little beans,And we caught the bloody British
near the town of New Orleans.
We fired our guns and the British kept
a'comin.There wasn't nigh as many as there was a
while ago.We fired once more and they began to
runnin'down the Mississippi to the Gulf of
Mexico.
We fired our guns and the British kept
a'comin.There wasn't nigh as many as there was a
while ago.We fired once more and they began to
runnin'down the Mississippi to the Gulf of
Mexico.
We fired our guns and the British kept
a'comin,But there wasn't nigh as many as there
was a while ago.We fired once more and they
began to runnin'down the Mississippi to the Gulf
of Mexico.
Old Hick'ry said we could take 'em by surprise,
If we didnt fire our muskets till we looked 'em
in the eyes. We held our fire till we see'd
their faces well, Then we opened up our squirrel
guns and really gave 'em.....well,
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TREATY OF GHENT
Britain and America signed a treaty in Ghent,
Belgium
They agreed to restore things to prewar conditions
This prompted delegate John Quincy Adams to say
Nothing was adjusted, nothing was settled
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JAMES MONROE
President Monroe, a Democratic-Republican, was
easily elected as the 5th President of the United
States
His time as president was called the Era of Good
Feelings
It was called this because the Federalist party
had died out and no one opposed Monroe for
president
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ADAMS-ONIS TREATY
Secretary of State John Quincy Adams met with
Spain to discuss Florida
Spain agreed to give up Florida for 5 million
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MISSOURI COMPROMISE
In 1819 Congress considered Missouris admission
as the 23rd state
An uproar occurred because it would disturb the
balance between free states and slave states
slave
free
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Senator Henry Clay came up with a compromise
He said Missouri would enter as a slave state and
Maine would enter as a free state
He also said that no slavery would be allowed
north of the 36 30 line
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MONROE DOCTRINE
Several revolutions were occurring in Latin
America
Monroe worried that European powers would
interfere in these revolutions
He made a foreign policy statement known as the
Monroe Doctrine
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The Monroe Doctrine stated that European powers
could not interfere in the Western Hemisphere or
the U.S. would get involved
This doctrine shaped U.S. foreign policy for more
than 100 years
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