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Intro- The first battle was the battle of Tipprcanoe. Harrison buned down the camp. pg1) Britain and France at war- There was a battle between Great Britain and France and the US was stuck in the midle. pg2) Britain and France's decision about imports from the USA- Britain made a law that the US couldnt ship goods to France but the US continued to ship goods to both France and Great Britain. pg3) Impressment- The british caught many American ships. They then forced people they suspected of deserting the navy to serve in the army. pg4) Chesapeake incident- The British tried to stop four US sailors on their ship but the british were forced to open fire. pg5) Embargo act- This act was made to protect US sailors and ships pg6) Did the embargo act work?- The embargo act did not work and was replaced with the non intercourse act. This banned trade with both France and Britain. pg7) Why did the British help Indain nations- They sent an army to the Indain nations so they didnt have to fight the U.S. pg8) Who was Tecumseh?- He was the greatest Indain leader. He told other tribes about the danger of the coming millitary. pg9) What was his dream? His dream was to combine all of the territories into a single confederation to fight the new settelers. pg10) Battle of Tippecanoe- Harrison began to fight the indains while Tecumseh was away. Harrisons troops won. pg11) Impact of the battle- Tecumseh was unharmed but never lived his dream. pg12) War hawks point of veiw- They thought the only answer to their problems with Britain was to declare war. pg13) Opponents veiw- They wanted to be friendly with Britain again rather than fight. pg14) Declaring war- James Madison declared war. He won his second election and became a cheif in the war of 1812. pg15) The United States during the war of 1812- Shipping connected the U.S. to the rest of the world. The British took 5,000 U.S. sailors from their ships. pg16) The first U.S. president to declare war- James Madison was the first U.S. president to declare war. He declared war because the British and French were interfering with trade, inciting indains and British weretaking U.S. sailors. pg17) The U.S. at the begining of the war compared to Britain- Britain was very prepared compared to the U.S. because we didnt have a real navy and the British had a very strong navy. pg18) Privateers- The privateers were the people who would come and fight with their own ships to try and form something like a navy. pg19) Washington D.C.- The British burned the capitol. There was no one there so it was vounerable to attack. The British burned it to get back at them for burning the buildings in Canada. Dolly Madison was the last first lady out of D.C. pg20) Baltimore, Ft Mchenery, Francis Scott Key- The British attacked Baltimore because it was a nest of pirates. Fort Mchenry protected Baltimore and the British tried to take out the fort. During the battle Francis Scott Key wrote the national anthem. pg21) Conclusion- The U.S. proved that we have the stronger army and we dont give up. We after we won the battle we symbolized freedom. pg22) SSB- //O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,// //What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?// //Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,// //O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?// //And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,// //Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.// //O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave// //O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?//

pg23) My interpretation- can you see by the loght of the morning we proudly haild at the gleaming the flags stripes and stars through the fight the bombs were streaming the glare of the rockets gave proof that the flag was still there does the flag wave or the land of the free and the home of the brave