War+of+1812+outline


 * Pg.1)** English and France did not get along. The U.S.A. got stuck in the middle.


 * Pg.2)** Britain and France decided to stop US from sending supplies to one another's countries.


 * Pg.3)** British forced American citizens to serve in the country's Navy.


 * Pg.4)** The Leopard stopped the U.S. Navy ship (Chesapeake) tried remove 4 sailors.


 * Pg.5)** Some citizens wanted to go to war, but others didn't.


 * Pg.6)** An Embargo act was released and it hurt the US more than it hurt them.


 * Pg.7)** British wanted to contain the rapid Western expansion of the US and wanted to protect it's interest in Canada. Therefore they gave them weapons to fight the Americans movement west.


 * Pg.8)** The great Indian Tecumseh. He was trying to get the Idians to fight the Americans.


 * Pg.12)** War Hawks! Strongest in the West. They voted to go to war.


 * Pg.13)** They believed that war would provide an opportunity to increase the size of the nation.


 * Pg.14)** Their plan was to prepare for the war and to put the country in complete armor.


 * Pg.15)** James Madison said British was a state of war. People voted to go to war and the majority of them said yes.


 * Pg.16)** The votes counted and War Hawks went to war for first time.


 * Pg17)** The US who were very unprepared had random collections of people. The British had many weapons and were well trained.


 * Pg.18)** Privateer(regular citizens who kill british ships and were able to keep any treasures they found) - sailors invade British ships to try to make the battles more even.


 * Pg.19)** The US tried to take Canada from British and many important forts went to British. They FAILED.


 * Pg.20)** British moved closer to the capital, Washington, DC, by invading America.


 * Pg.21)** White House Residents ran and British reached White House and burned it down.


 * Pg.22)** Baltimore prepared for attack. Fort McHenry prepared for attack in Baltimore Harbor.


 * Pg. 23)** British ships bombard Fort McHenry with bombs. They also fight on land.


 * Pg.24)** On an American ship Frances Scott Key watched the battle that was happining.


 * Pg.25)** British finally retreated and everybody celebrated.


 * Pg.26)** The star spangled banner was written by Frances Scott Key as he watched the British retreat. It was approved as The National Anthem.


 * Pg.27)** The War of 1812 ended


 * Pg.28)** Star Spangled Banner.