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pg. 1 The British and French fought on the sea. pg. 2 Ships sailing from America had to be searched so that supplies would not be sold to the enemy. pg. 3 Sailors were forced to sail on British ships. pg. 4 The captain of the ship the Chesapeake wouldn't let his men go. A great fight broke out. pg. 5 The people of the United States wanted to ban trade, against Britian. They passed a law called the embargo act. pg. 6 President Jefferson and congress passed the embargo act. The American merchants lost profits. pg. 7 The British helped Indian Nations because they wanted more territory. pg. 8 A Shawnee chief named Tecumseh was very helpful by bwarming other tribes of danger from settlers. pg. 9 Tecumseh wanted to unite the Indian Nations so they could oppose the American settlers. pg. 10 When Tecumseh went to gather forces William Harrison attacked. pg. 11 After Tecumseh's village was destroyed his dream was destroyed. pg. 12 The members of congress who believed they had to go to war were called the War Hawks. They faught against Britian. pg. 13 The opposers of the War Hawks pleaded America not to go to war. They felt that America's army and Navy were too small and poor to fight Britian. pg. 14 President James Madison held a vote to see whether to go to war or stay at peace. The War Hawks won and America went to war. pg. 15 When war was declared America gathered the men that could fight and the British had a well trained army. America was well out numbered. pg. 16 The United States did not have a navy and hired merchants to pirate British ships and were called the privatiers. pg. 17 The United States militia went into Canada and tried to take it over. Their army was small and wouldn't do much damage. pg. 18 The British army that was stationed in Canada took out the Amerian troops. pg. 19 After the over running of the soldiers 8in Canada the British army went down to the United States to take out the capital of Washington D.C. pg. 20 Once the British made it into Washington D.C. they burned down the White House in revenge of the burning down of their capital in Canada. pg. 21 Once the British defeated Washington D.C. they wet to attack Baltimore. pg. 22 The British finally made it to Fort McHenry and the bombarding began. pg. 23 Francis Scott Key was on a British ship as the bombardment began an he watch as the fight grew. pg. 24 After a long battle the British retreated back to great Britian because the Americans held them back for so long and weren't going to give up. pg. 25 Francis Scott Key wrote a poem of what he saw during the battle and entitled it "Defence of Fort McHenry." pg. 26 The American troops celebrated as the ships retreated back. pg. 27 The British army's next attack occured in New Orleans. Thjey were badly defeated. After that a piece treaty was written. pg. 28 "Defence of Fort Mchenry" later was named "The Star Spangled Banner." In 1931 that song became our National Anthem.