Children's+Book,+The+War+of+1812+=P

Hi! My name is Sammy. I am only seven years old. I live in the United States. I love Daddy. Daddy fights for the United States. He is in the army. I don't understand this war. Why do the British and United States fight? Why can't we be friends? He says one day this fight will be called the War of 1812. Daddy is so smart. This book was how Daddy explained the war to me. He wrote it just for me!

__Page #1__ Idea: Britain and France weren't friends. They fought in the ocean, the fight just had no end. Picture: Two ships on water.

__Page #2__ Idea: Britain and France wouldn't share. They wouldn't even treat eachother fair. Picture: Fighting over teddy bear.

__Page #3__ Idea: Britain took people from American ships, and made them fight. This is called impressment, and it just isn't right. Picture: Britain ordering France to fight.

__Page #4__ Idea: Britain took people from a U.S. ship called Chesapeake. This made the U.S. angry at Britain, they did not want to speak. Picture: Britain ship taking people from American ship.

__Page #5__ Idea: The President wouldn't let the U.S. trade with Britain anymore. This was a rule some wanted to ignore. They couldn't trade with other countries as well. This made some of the U.S. want to yell. Picture: Not allowed to trade.

__Page #6__ Idea: The U.S. was mad, so the President said they could trade again. They still weren't allowed to trade with Britain and France then. Picture: U.S. trading with countries other than Britain and France.

__Page #7__ Idea: Britain did not want to fight the U.S., it would get them into one huge mess. Britain gave the Indians men to fight. The British wouldn't attack the U.S., but they hoped the Indians might. Picture: Indians attacking U.S.

__Page #8__ Idea: Tecumseh was an Indian, the U.S. made him mad. He told other Indians the U.S. was bad. Picture: Tecumseh talking to other Indians.

__Page #9__ Idea: Tecumseh wanted all the Indians to be friends. He wanted fighting between them to end. He wanted the U.S. to leave America and go to another place. He thought the U.S. was a disgrace. Picture: Tecumseh telling U.S. to go away.

__Page #10__ Idea: The U.S. didn't like the Indians, Tecumseh went away for a while. The U.S. tried to make the Indians fight, the U.S. acted hostile. Picture: U.S. taunting Indians.

__Page #11__ Idea: Tecumseh made the Indians fight the U.S., and the U.S. fought back. They burned Tecumseh's village when they attacked. This was called the Battle of Tippecanoe. No one wanted to fight for Tecumseh anymore, would you? Picture: Hut burning.

__Page #12__ Idea: Some U.S. people wanted to fight with Britain. They were called War Hawks. Not all U.S. people wanted a war, they didn't like war talk. Picture: Arguing over war.

__Page #13__ Idea: James Madison was the President, he thought Britain was rude. He decided the U.S. would go to war with Britain, they would start a feud.

__Page #14__ Idea: The U.S. did not have many men to fight. The British had many trained soldiers that could shoot a target on sight. Picture: Compare U.S. soldiers to British.

__Page #15__ Idea: The U.S. asked ships called privateers to help in the fight, they made a deal. Privateers could capture British ships, they could even steal. Picture: U.S. privateer capturing British ship.

__Page #16__ Idea: The British and Indians worked together to capture Fort Detroit, it belonged to us. "We aren't ready for war," the U.S. began to fuss. Picture: British and Indians taking over Fort Detroit.

__Page #17__ Idea: The British moved closer to Washington D.C., where buildings like the White House are. When they burned Washington D.C., it was going too far. Picture: British approaching Washington D.C.

__Page #19__ Idea: Dolly Madison was James Madison's wife. She was in Washington D.C. when it was burned, that's where she lived her life. She saved a picture of President George Washington, it symbolized our nation. George Washington had our country's admiration. Picture: Dolly with Washington's portrait.

__Page #20__ Idea: The British wanted to attack Baltimore after the U.S. privateers stole from them. The U.S. used Baltimore's ports as a pirate haven, to them it was a gem. Picture: British marching to Baltimore

__Page #21__ Idea: Baltimore was protected by a big huge fort. It was named Fort McHenry, and it guarded Baltimore's shipping port. Picture: Fort McHenry

__Page #22__ Idea: Fort McHenry had a large American Flag. Through the sky that flag would zig zag. It was seen from a British prisoner ship. Francis Scott Key was a prisoner there. The thought of the Flag falling he couldn't bare. Picture: American Flag/ Francis Scott Key

__Page #23__ Idea: Francis Scott Key saw the British attack the fort. Fort McHenry protected Baltimore's shipping ports. Picture: U.S. fighting from fort.

__Page #24__ Idea: The U.S. looked like it was going to lose. To us this was such terrible news. Picture: Leader shot

Idea: A U.S. soldier shot the British army leader down. This made the British army start to frown. They could not fight quite as well. The U.S began to fight better, the British could tell. Picture: British army leader shot.

__Page #25__ Idea: The U.S. and British fought during the night. Rockets and bombs made loud noises and lights. Picture: Rockets, bombs, etc.

__Page#26__ Idea: In the morning, the U.S. flag was still there. The U.S. watched as it waved through the air. Picture: Flag, U.S. celebrating

__Page#27__ Idea: The U.S. was going to win all along. Francis Scott Key wrote a proud song. Picture: Francis Scott Key writing.

__Page #28__ Idea: That song is known as the Star Spangled Banner today, three cheers for Francis Scott Key -- Hip Hip Hurray!

Daddy came home from the war today. He told me our country is finally uniting. No one thought a country like the U.S. could ever beat Britain. The flag shows we can work together. It show our freedom, too. The American Flag is the symbol of the land of the free, and the home of the brave.