Book+Pages+for+War+of+1812

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__You know that song we sing called the Star-Spangled Banner? Ever wonder how it was created? Did you know it started with a fight? My name is Jamie Trent and I was an American soilder during the War of 1812. This was a time when the United States came together and worked as one.__ //Pic- Flag, Soldier, First line of SSB//
 * Pg.1** //Intro-// War Of 1812

__In the early 1800's, Britian and France didn't get along. They decided to fight each other at sea.__ //Pic- Two boats at sea with cannons and people on them.//
 * Pg.2** //Britain and France at War//- Britain and France fight at sea

__Britian and France didn't want to trade with each other. They tried to stop the United States from trading to the opposite country.__ //Look at old book.//
 * Pg.3** //Britain and France decision about imports from USA//- Britian and France didn't want US import sent to other country.

__The British Navy took over many of our ships. They took some American sailors from their boats and forced them to work in the British Navy. Thankfully I was not on one of those ships.__ //Pic- Two Boats, one with British on other taking Americans on their ships//
 * Pg.4** //Impressment//- British took over many us ships, made people work on British ships

__A British ship wanted to take over one of our ships called Chesapeake. We did not like this one bit. The British took out guns and took people by force,__
 * Pg.5** //Chesapeake incident//- Once a British ship the Leopard took over an American ship called the Chesapeake. Sailors on the Chesapeake refused to go. The British took them by force.

__Because of this, the United States made a law stopping American ship owners from trading with many countries. Many people did not like this because they lost money__
 * Pg.6** //Embargo Act-// US stopped trade with all countrys.

__Ignoring the rule, many people had traded anyway. Britian increased their trade with South America.__
 * Pg.7** //Did the Embargo act work//?- No, people traded anyways, Britian increased trade

__American settlers started to grow to the Northwest. Britian did not like this so they gave help to the Northwest Indians__
 * Pg.8** //Why did British help Indian Nations//?- American settlers grew to northwest, Britian wanted to stop this.

__Techumseh was a great Indian. He warned other tibes about the settlers invading their tribes.__
 * Pg.9** //Who was Tecumseh?-// Great Indian, warned other tribes

__Techumseh wanted different Indian tribes across the US to join together and fight the settlers__
 * Pg.10** //What was his dream?-// Want Indian Tribes across America to join together

__While Techumseh was in the south getting tribes to join the fight, some Indians attacked a settlers campsite.__
 * Pg.11** //Battle of Tippecanoe-// Techumseh left, Indians attack settlers camp

__The settlers made the Indians go away. Techumseh's dream was crushed__
 * Pg.12** //Impact on Tippecanoe on Tecumseh's Dream-// Settlers made them go away, dream was crushed

__Some people called WarHawks wanted to go to war with Britian because Britian wasn't treating them very nicely.__
 * Pg.13** //War Hawks Point-of-View-// They want to go to war with Britian

__The WarHawks thought Britian wanted to stop the US from becoming powerful and expanding. Others didn't think they stood a chance against Britian.__
 * Pg.14** //The opposition's point-of-view-// War Hawks thought Britian tried to stop Us from expanding

__Lot's of people in New England,including me, did not want to go to war because we didn't want to fight the mighty British Army. We also had many people who needed to continue to trade with them to make money and a war wouls stop all trade. Others thought they could handle it. President James Madison took a vote and decided to go to war.__
 * Pg.15** //The President, the reasons, the vote-// James Madison issued a vote. New England didn't want to go to war, others did. He decided to go to war.

__At the start of the war, America was doing terribly. The British were like human feet while we were little ants getting squished by them. Though, we did keep on fighting.__
 * Pg.16** //US at beginning of war compared to Britain-// US was like an ant fighting a human foot compared to Britian

__The United States Government told people who owned their own ships to go fight the British. These people were known as 'Privateers'. They succeeded and captured many British ships.__
 * Pg.17** //Privateers//

__1During this time, Canada was owned by Britian. We decided to burn down their capitol building. 2After this incident the British sent a lot more troops to Canadato fight us. They had beaten us and wanted to attack our capitol, Washington, DC.__
 * Pg.18+19** //Early Blunders(2)//

__1The Britishgot very angry we had done such a thing to Canada's Capitol, They had decided in an instant to burn down Washington, DC.__ 2__While President James Madison and others fled from their capitol, his wife, Dolly Madison stayed behind in the White House to save a portrait of the First President of the United States, George Washington.__
 * Pg.20+21** //Washington, D.C. (2pp)//

__1 After Washington was in ruins, Britian wanted to attack Baltimore, which was our 3rd largest city. The British had arrived in Maryland on the morning of September 12th, and we prepared for battle. 2 During the attack, we did not back down and one of our men killed the General Ross. The great powerful leader of the British Army. This gave us a great push to keep on fighting. We weren't done with this war yet. 1(2)Fort McHenry was were everything took place. This Fort was what was protecting the city of Baltimore, protecting our country. I was sent here to fight in this battle, not knowing what would happen, or that this would be the battle that changed history. 1(3) While preparing for battle, Francis Scott Key was sent to a boat to talk to the British about letting his friend free. At this time, the British were getting ready to attack Fort McHenry, and the ship wouldn't let Key go to land until the attack was over. 1(2)Key watched the whole fight, which lasted from morning to next morning. He saw the British attack us with bombs and rockets. When the sun rose in the morning he saw that the flag on the fort was still proudly waving in the wind. The Americans had not been defeated. The great sight inspired him to start writing a poem about what he had seen. This poem has become our National Anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner. 1(3) We were fighting bravley throuhout the whole time, never giving up. The next morning, everyone saw what we never expected to see. On the morning of Sep. 14th, we were all tired and worn out. We awoke to a beautiful sight that none of us will ever forget.__
 * Pg.22-26** 1//Baltimore, 2Ft McHenry, 3Francis Scott Key, etc (4-6pp)//

__Our flag, the colors red, white, and blue, were still waving proudly in the air, and the British had given up and left. After years and years of fighting, we had finnaly beaten the British. Even though we got beat time after time in this war, we never gave up.__
 * Pg.27** //Conclusion//

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,** O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?** We see what was raised just hours ago, Our colors Red, White and Blue, still intact. The battle was a fierce one, which many know. As the bombs flew and shots went off, light was given, Which proved we never gave up, and our flag was still shown. The flag was flying high in the sky, Over the land of the brave, and those who have died**
 * Pg.28** //Lyrics to SSB-// Will put SSB here,
 * Oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light**
 * What so proudly we hailed, at the twilight's light gleaming?**
 * Whose broad stripes & bright stars, through the perilous fight,**
 * O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
 * Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.**
 * O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
 * Pg.29** //Your interpretation-// Shall put my version of SBB on this page
 * As we look toward our flag,