The War of 1812 was a was against Britain. The British navy was disengaging America's desire to expand its territories. Impressment of America seaman was at a all time high. This was could be considered as a controversy war. The United States was not ready for another war in the eyes of many Americans.
Follow this link to the History Channel. In there, there are countless videos and articles describing the events of the War of 1812. Please choose one video and one article and discuss your findings in essay form.
When Americas war of 1812 broke out we were up against at the time the world's greatest naval fleet. We were the bright ones to take them on. We tried to remain neutral but with all of the attacks on our ships and people we had had enough. The worst part is that the people were a diverse group. Half of them wanted the war yo happen and the other half didn't. Also during the war we tried to raid Canada. Not smart. When we did that we were met by many native Americans and French that were not happy that we were there. We lost that battle badly. Th Is war also included our capitol being taken and burned. We lost this war bad real bad
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DeleteMr. Johnson was know as a very small soft spoken man that is very smart and a capable president. He has a couple of screw up I'm his presidency but over all is an outstanding president.
ReplyDeleteThe War of 1812 defined James Madison’s presidency. Many Americans celebrated the War of 1812 as a second war of independence. The United States took on the greatest naval power in the world. One cause of the War of 1812 included British attempts to restrict U.S. trade, the Royal Navy’s impressment of American seamen and America’s desire to expand its territory. The War of 1812 produced a new generation of great American generals, including Andrew Jackson and helped propel 4 men to presidency: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, James Monroe, and William Henry Harrison. Even though the War of 1812 was remembered as a minor conflict, the war had a major impact in the United States and ended the Federalist Party. It also started the War Hawks.
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DeleteThe British and French were at war during this time, (also the time of the Louisiana Purchase), and didn't want America trading with Britain or France. They each thought America was secretly on the enemies side, when America was neutral. Because of the war and those two countries not letting us trade with them, they would impress our sailors and use them as soldiers for there armies. Thomas Jefferson passed the Embargo Act which stated America could not trade with them at all because they were taking our sailors. These were the main causes of the War of 1812. (102)
ReplyDeleteIn the War of 1812, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have a large impact on the young country’s future. Causes of the war include: British attempts to restrict U.S. trade, the Royal Navy’s impressment of American seamen and America’s desire to expand their territory. Even though America suffered many defeats by the British, American troops were able to repulse British invasion in New York, Baltimore, and New Orleans! This boosted national confidence and even fostered a new spirit of patriotism. The Treaty of Ghent on February 17, 1815 ended the war but left many questions unanswered. Many people in the United States made the War of 1813 as a “second war of independence” beginning an area of national pride and partisan agreement! (136)
ReplyDeleteThe War of 1812. It didn't actually begin and end in 1812 like you might think. It lasted from June 1812 to (technically) December 1814. There was a treaty, the Treaty of Ghent, reached in December 1814, but wasn't ratified until February 1815. Confused yet? Well, word of the treaty didn't reach the US in time, so there was another couple battles in the US which boosted patrioticism. The War of 1812 also had a couple nicknames, such as: Mr. Madison's War and the "second revolutionary war" considering it was fought with British. Unfortunately, this war had no "real" winner because Britain decided the war would be too costly and well America was just loosing a lot of battles (which included burning our capital building) except for the last three (New York, New Orleans, and Baltimore) which were major victories in our eyes. This war seems like a minor conflict to American history, but is major to Canada and Native Americans because it helped them to better govern themselves. This war also ended the Federalist Party when they were called unpatriotic. The best outcome of this war however, would have to be how it boosted American patriotic-ness and helped America in the 1800s. (203)
ReplyDeleteFrom my findings I found a lot of stuff on Andrew Jackson. The information mostly as president and about the Battle of New Orleans. On January 8, 1815, the war in New Orleans was not aware that the treaty was made. Britain mounted an attack on New Orleans only achieve defeat from Andrew Jackson. In which he became the hero of the Battle of New Orleans. Which is part of the reason he became president of the United States. As president Andrew Jackson stands out from the rest. Unlike the others who had good calm attitudes, he had a big temper but he used it to get the people to do things. He is one of the great president that we will remember for a long time.(127)
ReplyDeleteJames Madison was the first president to declare war. Everybody called the War of 1812 “Mr. Madison’s War”. It was also called the second war for independence. Some of the reasons that we started the war was because Britain was impressing our ships and sailors and they were getting the Native Americans to attack us on the frontier. And we wanted to show that we were a strong nation, and that we could hang in there with the big boys. A lot of people were so mad that they were rioting in the streets and dozens of people died. (100)
ReplyDeletethe war of 1812 was most widely known a Mr. Madison's war, because it was the first time we have ever had a president declare war on another country. but at first he didn't want to do this he tried so hard stay neutral throughout the war but it was hard because of all the attacks on our ships. the deal was that if you were neutral you could still travel the seas and not get attacked. One of the reasons people were so shocked that Mr. Madison declared war was because most people thought that he was a pushover because he was so soft spoken.(106)
ReplyDeleteJames Madison became the first president to ask for a declaration of war. he declared war in 1812 on June 1. Britian interfered with our trade, pushed natives to attack us, and British ships seized, or impressed our ships and sailors. The war became known as Mr. Madison's war. New England didn't want war, but the War Hawks were pushing Madison to do it. The war would harm New England the most because of all their ports and ships. Americans Fought in the streets of Baltimore the day after Madison declared war and dozens were killed. he was not taken seriously about the war and no one believed we would be able to beat britians Huge navy.
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The war of 1812 was one of the worst things that we could have gotten involved in as a country at that time. For starters Britain had the worlds greatest navy we probably had the worlds worst. But just like Americans today if it seems like a bad idea that's just an even bigger reason to do it. At the beginning we were not getting beat as bad as we should have been getting beat. The reason for this was that the British and French were fighting each other so by us fighting the British too that made them have to fight us and the French on two different fronts and continents. But once the French lost it was over for us the British actually beat the crap out of us regardless of what every one else thought. So we turned. To our great skill of treaty making to dig our selves out of the hole we were in. The only good things to come out of this was one the British had to leave America and two we found a new sense of union.(199)
ReplyDeleteThe War of 1812 really put the declaration of Independence to the test. This was the first time a president had asked Congress to declare war. In Madison's letter of justification on the war he states that the impressment was only gong to get worse and how that act was hurting our trade on the water. He also went on to talk about the invasions on the frontier lead by the Native Americans. Many federalists did not like the thought of the War of 1812. And so when we "won" the war they lost all respect. Even though Madison was thought to be a war type of president, he really proved himself during this war. (111)
ReplyDeleteThere was a battle in 1811 at the Northwest Territory that led into the War of 1812. William Henry Harrison, the territorial governor of Indiana at the time, was busy with the Battle of Tippecanoe. He beat a massive group of Native Americans, and this victory caused them and their Shawnee chief leader Tecumseh to get support from Britain. However, there was an ongoing dispute going on between the House and the Senate because of President Madison's declaration of war on June 18, 1812. Madison had been pushed by the War Hawks to even declare war in the first place, but the federalists were against this war because they needed the trading plan with Britain to make money--because they were from the north. The southerners, however, felt no risk in that area. Along with that, the poorly ready American army experienced a defeat on August 16 at a British colony in Canada. They also got greatly humiliated when Tecumseh’s men managed to make Michigan William Hull's men surrender in Detroit. With the help from Britain, Tecumseh and his forces were more greatly equipped.
ReplyDeleteMajor General Ross was leading troops into Washington D.C. during this time. Dolley Madison, the FIRST first lady was told to evacuate the city along with many others, but she didn't leave the White House until she had secured George Washington's portrait. She felt that it needed to be saved for future generations, and she risked her life doing this because she was one of the last to leave the city. The White House was destroyed and burned soon afterwards as well as the rest of D.C.
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