The War of 1812

Jefferson’s 2nd Term (1805-1809)Fighting between G.B. and France continues

G.B. blockaded French ports, as a result 1,000 U.S. ships were seized

But Americans would most be upset by British impressment (seizing U.S. sailors and drafting them into their navy)

The Indiana TerritoryGov. of the Indiana territory, William Henry

Harrison was unable to get the Shawnee to sign away their land and leave the territory

Tecumseh, leader of the Shawnee tried to create a confederacy to help defend the land from the Americans

While gone, his brother Prophet led an attack on the Americans (Nov. 1811)

G. Britain and The Native AmericansThe Americans burned down the Shawnee

capital, but the U.S. suffered many casualties (Battle of Tippecanoe)

After the battle, the U.S. found out that the weapons the Shawnee were using were from British in Canada (Still British Territory)

The WarCongress declares war in June of 1812 (James

Madison now President)

Battles took place from Chicago to Detroit, up to Montreal and down to Baltimore and Washington D.C.

It was a back and forth war, with victories on both sides

The British burned the capitol and the White House

We got the “Star Spangled Banner”

Treaty of GhentTreaty was signed on Christmas Eve of 1814

Declared an end to fighting, but did not address significant issues b/w the two countries; it was basically a tie, but it saved the U.S. from a second round of British rule

Many of the issues would be resolved in the coming years

Two Economic Systems

Industrial RevolutionThe first large factories in the U.S. are built

in the north

Factories using power-driven machines begin to replace hand tools and small artisans

The first large and efficient factory can mass-produce textiles by 1813

By the 1820s Lowell, MA becomes a booming manufacturing center

King CottonThere are still farmers in the north, but they grow

corn and raise cattle; they do not need much labor to profit

Cotton is a very lucrative cash crop for southern plantations, so they have no incentive to industrialize

With cotton in high demand in G. Britain and in the north, and with the invention of the cotton gin, plantations increase and get bigger

So, what is the effect of this??

Slavery While slavery dies out in the north, it grows in

the south

By the time of Jefferson’s presidency most northern states had abolished slavery; some states never even allowed slavery

From 1790-1810 cotton production rose from 3,000 bales per year to 178,000 bales per year

And in the same time the # of slaves rose from 700,000 to 1.2 million

Protecting and Governing The expanding U.S. would be protected from

further European powers via the…

Adams-Onis Treaty- The U.S. gains the Florida Territory

Monroe Doctrine: President James Monroe in 1923 warns all nations not to interfere with countries in the western hemisphere

Slavery in the New StatesWhat happened when Missouri applied for

statehood?

We get Henry Clay’s Missouri Compromise.

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