Marisa's+War+of+1812

italiansoccer10's War of 1812.

Page #1- When war broke out in 1803, the United States was caught in the middle. Page #2- American merchants carried goods into Britain and France. Page #3- Many American boats were caputered and searched for when entering France. Page #4- In 1807 a ship named Leopard stopped a Navy Ship named Chesapeake. Page #5- Trade with all foreign nations was banned. Page #6- Many American merchants still smuggled goods to Europe. Page #7- Britain wanted to contain the rapid western expansion of the United States and to protect it's interest's in Canada. Page #8- The British government therefore provided military aid to Indian nations in the Northwest Territory. Page #8- Tecumseh was the most influential and talented leaders. He was a skilled Indian warrior and a great speaker. Page #9- Tecumseh wanted to unite the American Indians into a single confederation to opppse the American settlers. Page #10-Tecumseh traveled south to ask leaders of the Creek nation to join his confederation, when gone a man named Harrison marched his forces close to the Indians, causing an attack. Page #11- The War Hawks were the strongest in the South and West. Page #12- Harrison and his men destroyed Tecumseh's village. Page #13- The strongest opponents for the War Hawks were the Federalists. The Federalists were more interested in renewing friendly business ties. Page #14- Britain was currently in a state of war against the United States.

There is going to be additional pages added about the three girls and some journal entries that they have written through out the war. (They are going to have like 2-3 pages worth of diary/journal pages.)--> (Which adds 6 more pages to my story which equals a total of 20 pages.)

Intoduction to the story...

Document 10 dated on March 1813 is as followed.

3 girls with different looks on how the war affected and changed their lives. These are there three points on view.

These girls are, Emily 11 years old. Gabby 9 years old. Cassidy 14 years old.

The following story is a journey in which these girls will never forget.