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Childrens Book SH Book Pages Page 1: Britain and France had a lot of different ideas on how a country should be run. They had many problems. They went to war. Page 2: France and Britain decided that the United States would not be allowed to ship anything to other countries besides Britain and France. The USA did not listen. Page 3: Britain was not happy that the US was breaking the rules. They took American men from their ships and forced them to serve in the British army and navy, and work on their ships. This is called impressment. Page 4: Soon after, a British ship called the Leopard tried to take four US soldiers. The USA refused, which made Britain very mad. They decided to take them forcefully by shooting the US ship with cannons. This is now known as the Chesapeak Incident. Page 5: After that President Thomas Jefferson passed a law that said nobody from the USA could trade with other countries. This law was called the Embargo Act. Page 6: Unfortunately, the Embargo Act did not work. It caused the USA to lose a lot of money. To take place of the Embargo Act, Jefferson passed the Non-Intercourse Act, which made it okay for the US to trade with all countries BESIDES Britain and France. Page 7: In the US, the Native Americans and the Americans were fighting over land. Britain did not want the US to get more powerful, so they decided to help the Native Americans fight the USA and not let them go farther west. Page 8: There was one Native American leader, his name was Tecumseh and he was very powerful. Page 9: Tecumseh’s dream was to unite the American Indians of the Northwest Territory, the South, and the Eastern Mississippi Valley into one single group to fight the American Settlers. Page 10: One Day, when Tecumseh was traveling south to the Creek Nation, William Henry, The Governor of Indiana Territory attacked the Native Americans. The Americans easily destroyed the Native Americans. This event is known as the Battle of Tippecanoe Page 11: When Tecumseh returned, he found his village in shambles. Everything was ruined. Tecumseh’s dream was destroyed. Page 12: The War Hawks were important members of congress. They believed the solution was to go to war with Britain.

Page 13: They believed that the British were angry because the United States was expanding. They thought that going to war would hold off the British and allow the US to grow more. Page 14: The Federalists were another group in congress. They disagreed with the War Hawks. They thought it was important to keep a good relationship with the British because they were in charge of a lot of resources and they were more powerful. Page 15: President James Madison decided that Britain was being unfair. He called a vote to see whether we should declare war on Britain. **//__3 reasons__//** Page 16: The votes were counted, and for the first time the War Hawks were the majority. The war of 1812 soon began. Page 17: The US troops did not stand a chance against the British. The US was unprepared and disorganized. While the British were well trained and powerful. Page 18: The US had no navy, and they needed to stop the British and even out the fight. They hired some ship owners to take over British ships. Page 19: Canada was owned by Britain during this time. So the USA decided to burn down Canada’s capital. Page 20: After that, the British defeated the US forces in Canada. They invaded America and started to march to Washington, the US capital. Page 21: The British burned down The White House, the capitol of the USA as revenge for the US burning down Canada’s. Page 22: The British then planned to attack Baltimore protected by Fort MC Henry. When the US found out they started to prepare a larger more powerful navy. Page 23: This time when Britain attacked the US was prepared. When the British attacked they hit the fort with countless bombs. Page 24: The US had a strong defense of their own. During the battle, a lawyer names Francis Scott Key was watching from a nearby boat. Page 25: After a very long and tiring fight, the British retreated, The US had won! Page 26: There was a very long and happy celebration. Page 27: During the fight, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem about what he saw. After the fight he submitted it to a local paper. Page 28: Eventually, Francis’s poem was approved and became the star spangled banner. Page 29: Lyrics to ssb and my interpretation.