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__The War of 1812 Children's Book__

Introduction: Pg.1) **Greetings. My name is General Coal. Before my retirement, I was known as the most demanding general in the British navy. Some even said that I had a heart of coal. That's where my nickname came from. Those blasted Americans! I can't believe all we had to go through during the War of 1812. I bet you haven't even heard of this war! We put in so much hard work and so many people died but you Americans have the nerve to forget it! Well I am going to fix that. I am going to inform you on the War of 1812...even though it will be difficult for me. I don't want to be a sore loser after all...** //(Picture of Fireworks on the forth of July with people overlooking capital Picture of people singing)//

Britain & France at War: Pg.2) **It was pretty obvious to everybody that my country, England, didn't get along well with France****. In fact we hated them! Our navies were at war. Those crazy American's kept sticking themselves in the middle!** //(Picture of Britian & France navy ships with flags, and american flag in the middle)//

Pg.3) **My country sure didn't want the US giving our enemies supplies. I'm pretty sure the French felt the same way. Therefore, my country decided to pass laws letting ships be taken over & searched on their way to France. France passed laws stopping all shipment to Britain.** //(Picture of ship with US flag going to French shore with English ship in the way)//

Pg.4) **Those pesky Americans!** **I kept having to stop those American ships on there way to France. The other officers as well as myself were getting pretty annoyed. While we were searching the ships we searched for any deserters of our navy. I have always been so loyal to our navy! I don't know why anybody would have betrayed us and let us down like that. Anyway, any suspected deserters had to work on our Warships. People liked to call this, Impressment.** //(Picture of British warship with deserters onboard looking unhappy)//

Chesepeake Incident: Pg.5) **One day, I was sailing along doing my usual duties as general. Then, I notice a ship in the distance. It was a US navy ship called the Chesepeake. I gathered my crew and we took over the ship. I tried to take 4 of the sailors but the captain wouldn't let them go. We decided to take them by force. We opened gunfire. I wish it hadn't come to that but those Americans are just so savage! This is an example of Impressment.** //(Picture of Chesepeake boat with four sailors onboard, with guns pointed to them by British)//

Embargo Act: Pg.6) **I was sitting down for my morning tea & the newspaper arrived. The headline was, " United States President Jefferson, and US Congress pass the Embargo Act." This would stop America's all trade with all foreign countries. The US was hoping that the Embargo Act would hurt my country...but little did they know.** //(Picture of Packages with British, French seal with a giant red x across them)//

Did the Embargo Act work? Pg.7) **The Embargo act didn't work. Merchants all across the US lost money because their business depended on trading. The act also didn't hurt my country in the least. We just started trading with South American countries. Nothing the American's did could bring us down! The US congress took away the act. Those Americans can't stick to anything very long.** //(Merchant at his desk looking distressed and upset)//

Why Did British help Indian Nations? Pg.8) **My country did not want the Americans to move any farther west across North America. We did not want to fight the Americans ourselves. We gave the Indians military help. We wanted the Indians to be able to fight off the Americans.** //(Picture of United States, map, with arrows pointing west ward showing US expansion)//

Who were the War Hawks & what did they believe? Pg.9) **My friend stopped at my house one day. He delivered new news to me. There was a group in the US congress named the War Hawks. They thought that my country was trying to stop America from becoming a powerful country.** //(Wark Hawks pointing at British flag and yelling)//

The Oppositions point of view: Pg.10) **My friend also explained to me the view of the a** **party called the Federalists. They just wanted peace. They knew that war would hurt the US's trading. They just wanted to be friends with the my country. I don't know how eager us British folks were for peace though...** //(Picture of a federalist meeting with the peace sign)//

The president, reasons & vote: Pg.11) **The Us,** **President James Madison took a vote. Should the US declare war on the British? The majority of the American's voted yes. America was having it's first war! I wondered if they knew what they were getting themselves into.** //(Picture of congress with everybody raising their hands for war)//

US at the beginning of the war compared to the British: Pg. 12) **The navy of the US was less powerful than our navy. We had hundreds of ships. The US only had about twenty. I knew in my heart that we could easily defeat the Americans.** //(Picture of huge British ship compared to small American one.)//

Privateers: Pg.13) **The US Government hired people who owned their own ships to attack our ships. They were called "privateers." These privateers captured many of our sheeps. The American's were so weak that they had to get extra help. I think that's pretty pathetic.** //(Government making a deal with Privateer owner next to his ship.)//

Early Blunders: Pg.14) **My country owned Canada. The United States burnt down the capital of Canada. I couldn't believe how low the American's stooped!** //(Picture of people with United States flag burning down Canadian capital)//

Pg.15) **We easily defeated the Americans in Canada. We were going to attack Washington D.C, the US capital next.** //(Picture of The British with fists in the air, proud of victory, marching)//

Washington, D.C. (2pp) Pg.16) **The soldiers of Britain burnt down the national capital, Washington D.C. The strangest chain of events occurred next. All the soldier's from my country were stuck out in the middle of a tornadoe & hurricane. How terrible!** //(Picture of the White House being burned)//

Pg.17) **My country did this to get the US back for burning down our Canadian capital. The strangest chain of events occurred to our soldiers next. They got stuck out in the middle of a tornadoe & hurricane. How terrible! All of my navy officers & I felt extremely bad.** //(Picture of the US burning down the British capital with an arrow and picture of British burning down Washington)//

Baltimore, Ft McHenry, Francis Scott Key, etc (4-6pp) Pg.18) **My country** **was going to attack Baltimore next. This time the Americans were prepared. They were going to put up a fight. The rag-tag US navy assembled at Fort McHenry. You should have seen how ridiculous they looked compared to our shiny outfits and fancy supplies. They waited patiently for us to arrive.** //(Picture of Fort McHenry - look up on internet to make more accurate - and picture of the US crouched around it)//

Pg.19) **Our navy ships finally pulled up. I remember walking around the decks of my ship and making sure all the youngsters were prepared to put up a good fight. We bombed Fort McHenry for hours, all through the night.** //(Picture of Fort McHenry with bomb bursting mid-air)//

Pg.20) **Francis Key Scott was an American stuck on a ship. He watched the whole battle from beginning to end upon the ship.** //(Picture of Francis Key Scott staring in amazement at the battle)//

Pg.21) **The battle had been going a long time. We were growing weak. The Americans were putting up a harder fight than we had expected. We finally decided to give up. We are not quitters! We just were getting too tired to function.** //(Picture of British navy looking worn out and half-asleep finally giving up)//

Pg.22) **The American flag still waved proudly. Francis Key Scott saw this from his ship. He knew that America was still a nation & that we had won the battle. He couldn't be happier.** //(Picture of American flag proudly waving with people embracing and cheering around it)//

Pg.23) **Amidst the celebrating, Francis Key Scott was making history. He wrote a poem about his experience on the ship watching the battle.** //(Picture of Francis Key Scott writing a poem on parchment, with quill etc.)//

Conclusion: Pg.24) **As you might have guessed...this poem was the Star Spangled Banner which became the national anthem of America. If we had won that battle than America probably wouldn't even be a country! I must say I didn't expect the American's to tire us out like that. Therefore, I give them a little credit. As hard as it is for me to admit, I suppose the Americans are a little brave. It sure did take a lot of courage to go up against a navy such as ours.** //(Picture of us today on 4th of July on lake near the White House, free country, national anthem being sung, etc)//

Pg.25.) __Lyrics to SSB__ Pg.26.) **As most American's have noticed...the Star Spangled Banner isn't the easiest song to understand. You have just figured how the Star Spangled Banner was born. Now, you get to learn what It means:** **Words According to Me**

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