war+fo+1812+bc

= = =__//BOOK PAGES//__= pge.1- Hi my name is Captian Chuggs and i am the captian for the French warship pge.2- We went into war with British pge.3- The British captured hundreds of Americans who were working with the France and forced them to work on their ships which they called Imprissments pge.4-The Untied States passed a law which said they couldnt trade with any other country and called it the Embargo Act. pge.5- British tryed to force the US ship Chesapeake to work for them. They refused and the British fired. Which made all of the Americans very upset. pge.6- It was later decided that the embargo actc would be declined pge.7- British helped indian nations so that the united states couldnt expand pge.8- one of the most talented indian leader was Tecumseh pge.9- Tecumseh's dream was to bring together american indians to opose american settlers pge.10- His dream was dertroyed whenever Harrisons troops destroyed their village. pge.11- The indians attacked Harrisons camp and started the battle of Tippecanoe pge.12- After the battle Tecumseh gave up on his hopes and dreams pge.13-The war hawks were members of the congress who belived that they s hould go to war with Britian. pge.14- They all voted to decide whether or not they should go to war pge.15- The first president to declare war for the US was James Madison pge.16- The US wasnt perpared for this war though, they didnt have a good army or navy because they didnt have any proper training! pge.17- While Britians army and navy had LOTS of training!!! pge.18- The war started off badly for the US. They tryed to invade Canada and to their surprise there waiting for them was the British troops pge.19- Americain kept losing their battles because of bad choses that they had made pge.20- Washington was and still is Americas capitol. But no one thought that the British would attack it because there wasnt anything very important there like trade. So they placed their troops in different places which was a HUGE mistake. pge.21- And since we had burned down their capitol first the British attacked ours for revenge and and to teach us a lesson. pge.22-But the strange happening about the British burning down Washington happened next. It impacted the Britsh troops more then the US... pge.23- A powerful hurricane tore through the city. Tornadoes also appeard clearing out the British troops. pge.24- The next target for the British was Baltimore. They called it a nest of pirates pge.25- But Baltimore was protected by George Armasted pge.26- The Americaians created a man made reaf by sinking their own ships so the British wouldnt be able to get by to attack them. pge.27- Then the general of the US telles his troops to attack which started the turining point of the battle. pge.27- The US killed the Britsh commander. pge.28- But a man named Franis Scott key was watching the battle going on. He watch the bombs exploding through the air. pge.29- He watched the US win the war. pge.30- making a poem that we no of as the star spangled banner pge.31-lyrics to the star spangled banner pge.-32- my interpatation of it