| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Reasons for War | impressment of our sailors by the British; interfered with our trading - Freedom of the Seas; British gave Indians guns to fight the U.S. with |
| Weaknesses of the U.S. | only 12 warships; old commanders |
| Battle of Lake Ontario | American's got control; Canadians had giant land mine and killed 40 Americans including Zebulon Pike |
| Oliver Hazard Perry | famous naval hero; flew flag which says, "Don't give up the ship!"; sailed his ship, The Lawrence, to meet British on Lake Erie |
| Battle of Lake Erie | 2 hour battle; the Lawrence was destroyed; Perry got in a rowboat with his flag, 5 other sailors and took control of the second ship; Perry scribbled a not - "We have met the enemy, and they are ours" and sent it to William Henry Harrison |
| USS Constitution | "Old Ironsides"; pride of the U.S. Navy; cannonballs would bounce of it; never lost a battle |
| Battle of Thames | defeated British and Tecumseh was killed; Indian confederation idea fell apart because of Tecumseh's death |
| Burned White House (originally called President's House) | Dolley Madison fled with important papers and George Washington's portrait; thunderstorm stopped fire; painted white to hide damage |
| Baltimore, Maryland | British shelled Ft. McHenry for 3 days and never captured it; Francis Scott Key, on a prisoner of war ship, wrote a poem called "Star-Spangled Banner" on and old envelope |
| Battle of New Orleans | under command of Andrew Jackson; British attack in formation on January 8, 1815; Americans behind parapet mowed down British; 2100 casualties for British, 8 Americans killed, 13 wounded; fought AFTER peace treaty was signed!; Andre Jackson becomes a war hero which pushes him towards the presidency |
| Treaty of Ghent | signed in Belgium; no winners, did nothing BUT.... Great Britain and U.S. slowly became friends after the war |
| Hartford Convention | New England Federalists met at hartford, Connecticut; hated war and said that the states should declare it unconstitutional; Federalists were looked on as traitors and lose power |
| Main results of the War of 1812 | U.S. gets world respect; Andrew Jackson is war hero |
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