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Title: War of 1812- Foreign Causes


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War of 1812- Foreign Causes
  • I. Foreign France and England attacking American
    merchant ships/impressment
  • French Revolution turns violent Jeffersons
    Democratic-Republicans favor
  • Washington stays out Neutrality Proclamation
    1793 U.S. just beginning
  • Jays Treaty Britain wont attack in future,
    but wont pay for past attacks

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War of 1812 Foreign Causes
  • Washingtons Farewell Address stay out of
    foreign alliances policy for next 100 years
  • Adams next president XYZ Affair American
    ambassadors not bribed
  • Jefferson deals with France
  • Embargo Act dont trade with anyone totally
    fails/destroys economy
  • Nonintercourse Act Trade w/ everyone but
    Britain/France

3
War of 1812-Domestic Causes
  • II. Causes Domestic
  • British forts along frontier
  • British Helping Native Americans fight colonists
    moving west
  • Wipe out Canada Indians will have no home
    base/British support
  • Tecumseh tries to unite Indians big battle lost
    at Tippecanoe

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III. Federalists opposed to war
  • Embargo of 1807 hurting trade
  • Supported Britain
  • Later have Hartford Convention and threaten to
    have New England secede
  • Signals end of Federalist Party bad idea to
    talk of new country during wartime

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IV. Importance of War of 1812
  • Peace Treaty (Treaty of Ghent) changes nothing
    status quo ante bellum same as before
  • Andrew Jackson becomes war hero
  • Establishes national song Star Spangled Banner
  • Unites Americans against common enemy
  • American beginnings of strong navy USS
    Constitution Old Ironsides
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