History Chapter 10.5
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10 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Batle of Lake Erie | Battle where US set out to win control of Lake Erie - during this battle the British battered |
| Battle of New Orleans | This battle was at the end of the War of 1812 - it was a battle bewteen the Brisish and American forces led by Jackson that ended in an AMerican Vistory |
| Hartford Convention | A gathering of New England delegates during the War of 1812 to protest the war by threatening to secede from the union. The war hurt New Englands Sea Trade |
| Treaty of Ghent | a peace traty signed by Britan and the US at the end of the War of 1812 |
| USS Constitution | affectionately knows as Old Ironside - during the war of 1812 British cannonballs bounced off her thick wooden hull. |
| HMS Guerriere | British ship that battled the US Constitution during the war of 1812 - the guns of the USS Constitution tore holes in sides of this ship and shot off both masts - this captain of ths ship surrendered |
| Unprepared for War | The US was not ready for this war - Because Jefferson had reduced spending on defense they Navy only had 16 ships as opposed to the Brisish who had a huge fleet |
| troops of War of 1812 | US had to volunteer people to help fight in the war |
| Captain Oliver Hazard Perry | led the Battle of Lake Erie - he had no fleet so he built his own ship - the british battered his ship and left it helpless - he rowed to another American ship & finally won this battle. He wrote this message on the back of the envelops " We have met the enemy & they are ours" |
| Andrew Jackson | He led the battle of New Orleans which led to an American victory |
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