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**STORY PAGES!!**
page 1- Hi my name is captain McGiggle, and I am going to tell you about the war of 1812! page 2- In 1812 the US found itself caught in the middle of the navy battle between the French and the British. page 3- Both Britain and France made laws against carrying goods to the other country, by any other country; however the US ignored most of these laws and took goods to both sides. page 4- The British navy captured me and hundreds of American ships trying to reach France, and they made us all fight for the British Navy. page 5- In June, 1807 the British ship The Leopard stopped the U.S. ship The Chesapeake. When the sailors wouldn't leave, the British opened fire and captured four Americans, this upset many Americans. page 6- Because no one knew what to do about trade the United States made a Trade Embargo, which means America could no longer trade with the British. page 7- In 1807 Congress passed the embargo act, but it hurt America more then Britain. page 8- In 1809 the Embargo Act was replaced with the Non-Intercourse Act, which only banned America from trading with Britain and France. page 9- The British didn't want to fight the United States, but they wanted the Indians to stop the American setllers moving west. The helped the Indians fight the Americans.. page 14- The War Hawks was a congress led group who believed the problems with Britain could all be solved by war, so when they thought Britain was trying to keep them from becoming powerful they thought the best thing to do was war. page 15- Many people disagreed in having a war because America was still small and Britain is more developed with a bigger army, navy and were more equipped. page 16- James Madison decided to have a vote and The War Hawks won, they declared war on the British and Madison served another turn in office and was a commander in chief at the war of 1812. page 17- The US decided to burn the Britians capital in Canada, so as a resualt the British burned the White House in washington. page 18- After a few fights on land, the British decided to attack Fort McHenry. page 19- The fight lasted all day and still raged on through the night. page 20- I sat in a boat with Mr. Francis Scott Key while we waited for the sun to rise to see if the flag still waved. page 21- We both knew that if the flag didn't wave in the morning the British had won the fight, and hope was lost. page 22- We were so excited to see the flag still wave. I stood next to him as he wrote a poem about it. page 23- The poem Francis Scott Key wrote was turned into what we now know as the star spangled banner.