DOCSLIB.ORG

Study Guide: War of 1812 Vocabulary Impressment – the Act of Kidnapping and Forcing Sailors to Serve on Royal Navy Ships Against Their Will

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Study Guide: War of 1812 Vocabulary Impressment – the Act of Kidnapping and Forcing Sailors to Serve on Royal Navy Ships Against Their Will Study Guide: War of 1812 Vocabulary Impressment – the act of kidnapping and forcing sailors to serve on Royal Navy ships against their will. Key People James Madison – President of the US during the War of 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte – Emperor of France. He was also fighting against Great Britain during the time of the War of 1812. Henry Clay – a “War Hawk” Congressman from Kentucky. John C. Calhoun – a “War Hawk” Congressman from South Carolina. Andrew Jackson – a “War Hawk” Congressman from Tennessee. Oliver Hazard Perry – US Naval officer who commanded the US fleet during the Battle of Lake Erie. Francis Scott Key – US envoy who witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore. This inspired him to write a poem which became the Star Spangled Banner (our national anthem) Key Events / Important Battles August 1812: Tecumseh and General Brock capture Fort Detroit without firing a shot. August 1812: The USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerrier near Massachusetts. The USS Constitution received the nickname “Old Ironsides” because British cannonballs did little damage. October 1813: Battle of the Thames. William Henry Harrison defeats British in Canada. British abandon Northwest Territory. Tecumseh killed. December 1814: Both sides tire of fighting and wanted the war to end. The Treaty of Ghent (Belgium) ends the War of 1812. February 1815: Since communication was slow in the 19th century, news of the peace treaty did not reach North America in time to stop the Battle of New Orleans. Andrew Jackson’s victory over the British actually happened after the war was over!! Extended Response: The Battle of Tippecanoe resulted in two things that pushed the United States and Britain towards war. Explain. - British guns were found with Native Americans. This proved that Britain was helping the Native Americans (Great Confederacy) fight the Americans. - When Prophet was defeated by William Henry Harrison, Tecumseh’s Great Confederacy ended. This allowed more American settlers to move into the Northwest Territory. Britain did not like this as the new settlers competed with British fur traders. The regions of the United Sates were divided in their opinions / support for a war with Great Britain. Name the two regions that were in favor of a war with Great Britain. Explain why they were in favor. Name the region that opposed war with Great Britain. Explain the reason why it did not want a war. - The South was eager to fight Great Britain. Southerners like John C. Calhoun were convinced that victory over Britain would gain more land for the U.S. - The West was also eager to fight Great Britain. Westerners like Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson were convinced that victory over Britain would allow the U.S. to expand even further westward. - The Northeast (New England) was opposed to war with Great Britain. The economy of the Northeast depended on shipbuilding and trade. A war with England would result in less trade with Europe. The New England merchants did not want to ruin their business. Practice writing an answer to each of the two questions. Good Luck!! .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The War of 1812
    American flag HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY The War of 1812 Teacher Guide British navy Americans and British make peace American victory on Lake Erie G2T_U7_The War of 1812_TG.indb 1 27/09/19 8:48 PM G2T_U7_The War of 1812_TG.indb 2 27/09/19 8:48 PM The War of 1812 Teacher Guide G2T_U7_The War of 1812_TG.indb 1 27/09/19 8:48 PM Creative Commons Licensing This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. You are free: to Share—to copy, distribute, and transmit the work to Remix—to adapt the work Under the following conditions: Attribution—You must attribute the work in the following manner: This work is based on an original work of the Core Knowledge® Foundation (www.coreknowledge.org) made available through licensing under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This does not in any way imply that the Core Knowledge Foundation endorses this work. Noncommercial—You may not use this work for commercial purposes. Share Alike—If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. With the understanding that: For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. The best way to do this is with a link to this web page: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Copyright © 2019 Core Knowledge Foundation www.coreknowledge.org 5 All Rights Reserved. - 3 Core Knowledge®, Core Knowledge Curriculum Series™, Core Knowledge History and Geography™, and CKHG™ are trademarks of the Core Knowledge Foundation.
    [Show full text]
  • Fort Mchenry - "Our Country" Bicentennial Festivities, Baltimore, MD, 7/4/75 (2)” of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R
    The original documents are located in Box 67, folder “Fort McHenry - "Our Country" Bicentennial Festivities, Baltimore, MD, 7/4/75 (2)” of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON '!0: Jack Marsh FROM: PAUL THEIS a>f Although belatedly, attached is some material on Ft. McHenry which our research office just sent in ••• and which may be helpful re the July 4th speech. Digitized from Box 67 of The John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library :\iE\10 R.-\~ D l. \I THE \\'HITE HOI.SE \L\Sllli"GTO:'\ June 23, 1975 TO: PAUL 'IHEIS FROM: LYNDA DURFEE RE: FT. McHENRY FOURTH OF JULY CEREMONY Attached is my pre-advance report for the day's activities. f l I I / I FORT 1:vlc HENRY - July 4, 1975 Progran1 The program of events at Fort McHenry consists of two parts, with the President participating in the second: 11 Part I: "By the Dawn's Early Light • This is put on by the Baltimore Bicentennial Committee, under the direction of Walter S.
    [Show full text]
  • Is Now the Time to Retire the Star-Spangled Banner? by Daniel Hathaway
    Is now the time to retire The Star-Spangled Banner? by Daniel Hathaway During the recent demonstrations responding to the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, a number of monuments were toppled that represented the racist history of the United States. Among them, in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park and elsewhere, statues memorializing Francis Scott Key were pulled down. Key was author of the poem Defence of ​ Fort M’Henry, inspired by the British ​ bombardment in Baltimore Harbor in September 1814, that became the text of The Star-Spangled Banner. Joined to a tune ​ ​ by British composer John Stafford Smith, the song was officially adopted by the U.S. Navy in 1889 and became our National Anthem by resolution of Congress in 1931. The problem with Francis Scott Key, a Baltimore lawyer and district attorney, is that he had owned slaves since 1800. While he went on public record to oppose human trafficking, he also represented the owners of runaway slaves. The problem with his poem is that for 21st-century America, its sentiments seem less and less conducive to uniting a divided nation. The “Star-Spangled Banner” refers to the mammoth flag (originally measuring 30 by 42 feet) with fifteen stars and stripes symbolizing the states that formed the Union at the time. Raised “by dawn’s early light,” the flag, now owned by the Smithsonian Institution, offered proof of an American victory over the British during the War of 1812. Fittingly for the occasion that inspired it, Key’s poem begins with military imagery.
    [Show full text]
  • A History of the War of 1812 and the Star-Spangled Banner
    t t c c A History of the War of 1812 and The Star-Spangled e e j j Banner o o r r Objectives: Students will be able to cite the origins and outcome of the War of 1812 P P and be able to place the creation of the Star-Spangled Banner in a chronological framework. r r e e Time: 3 to 5 class periods, depending on extension activities n n Skills: Reading, chronological thinking, map-making. n Content Areas: Language Arts- Vocabulary, Language Arts- Reading, Social Studies- n a a Geography, Social Studies- United States history Materials: B B ♦ Poster board or oak tag d d ♦ Colored markers e e l l ♦ Pencils g g ♦ Copies of reading material n n a a Standards: p p NCHS History Standards S S K-4 Historical Thinking Standards - - 1A: Identify the temporal structure of a historical narrative or story. r r 1F: Create timelines. a a t t 5A: Identify problems and dilemmas confronting people in historical S S stories, myths, legends, and fables, and in the history of their school, community, state, nation, and the world. e e 5B: Analyze the interests, values, and points of view of those h h involved in the dilemma or problem situation. T T K-4 Historical Content Standards 4D: The student understands events that celebrate and exemplify fundamental values and principles of American democracy. 4E: The student understands national symbols through which American values and principles are expressed. 5-12 Historical Thinking Standards 1A: Identify the temporal structure of a historical narrative or story.
    [Show full text]
  • Rationality, Pirates, and the Law: a Retrospective
    LEESON.OFFTOPRINTER.CORREX.SECOND (DO NOT DELETE) 6/17/2010 6:44 PM RATIONALITY, PIRATES, AND THE LAW: A RETROSPECTIVE * PETER T. LEESON TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .......................................................................................1219 I. Antipiracy Law Before 1700 ....................................................1220 II. Antipiracy Law After 1700 .......................................................1222 III. The Hard-Plucked Fruit of Antipiracy Legal Reform and Pirates’ Response .....................................................................1224 Conclusion .........................................................................................1229 INTRODUCTION In the late 1720s, Caribbean piracy was brought to a screeching halt. An enhanced British naval presence was partly responsible for bringing pirates to their end. But the most important factor contributing to this result was a series of early eighteenth-century legal changes that made it possible to prosecute pirates effectively. This short Article’s purpose is to recount those legal changes and document their effectiveness. Its other purpose is to analyze pirates’ response to the legal changes designed to exterminate them, which succeeded, at least partly, in frustrating the British government’s goal. By providing a retrospective look at antipiracy law and pirates’ reactions to that law, my hope is to supply some useful material for thinking about how to use the law to address the contemporary piracy problem. * Visiting Professor of Economics,
    [Show full text]
  • War of 1812 Booklist Be Informed • Be Entertained 2013
    War of 1812 Booklist Be Informed • Be Entertained 2013 The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain from June 18, 1812 through February 18, 1815, in Virginia, Maryland, along the Canadian border, the western frontier, the Gulf Coast, and through naval engagements in the Great Lakes and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In the United States frustrations mounted over British maritime policies, the impressments of Americans into British naval service, the failure of the British to withdraw from American territory along the Great Lakes, their backing of Indians on the frontiers, and their unwillingness to sign commercial agreements favorable to the United States. Thus the United States declared war with Great Britain on June 18, 1812. It ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814, although word of the treaty did not reach America until after the January 8, 1815 Battle of New Orleans. An estimated 70,000 Virginians served during the war. There were some 73 armed encounters with the British that took place in Virginia during the war, and Virginians actively fought in Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio and in naval engagements. The nation’s capitol, strategically located off the Chesapeake Bay, was a prime target for the British, and the coast of Virginia figured prominently in the Atlantic theatre of operations. The War of 1812 helped forge a national identity among the American states and laid the groundwork for a national system of homeland defense and a professional military. For Canadians it also forged a national identity, but as proud British subjects defending their homes against southern invaders.
    [Show full text]
  • Was ​The War of 1812​. Impressment (Or Impressing Sailors)​. ​The
    Binder Page ______________ Name _________________________________________________ Period _____________ The War of 1812 Date____________________ PRESIDENT- JAMES MADISON James Madison was known as the “Father of the Constitution” and is sometimes ​ ​ ​ also called the “Father of the Bill of Rights”. He had helped write the Constitution and the ​ ​ ​ Federalist Papers that helped insure that the Constitution would be ratified. However, like his ​ friend Jefferson, he was in the Democratic-Republican party. When Jefferson was ​ ​ ​ President, Madison was his Secretary of State. After Jefferson’s two terms, Madison was elected as our 4th president. By far, the most important thing that happened in his presidency ​ ​ ​ was the War of 1812​ . ​ ​ CAUSES OF THE WAR OF 1812 The causes of the War of 1812 are tied to the enormous amount of fighting that had been taking place between Britain and France. The French leader, was trying to take over ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Europe a​nd Britain was trying to stop him. Americans were making profits trading with both sides. Both Britain and France were forbidding the Americans to trade with the other side. In spite of the fact that the Americans claimed to be neutral, both sides stopped ​ ​ American ships bound for their enemy. Since the British had the stronger navy, they were more effective at stopping American shipping and were seen at the bigger problem. To make matters worse, the British were also forcing British citizens to fight in the their navy. Drafted sailors was a practice known as impressment (or impressing sailors). The ​ British believed that British citizens anywhere​ in the world could be forced to serve in His Majesty’s Navy.
    [Show full text]
  • The Ambiguous Patriotism of Jack Tar in the American Revolution Paul A
    Loyalty and Liberty: The Ambiguous Patriotism of Jack Tar in the American Revolution Paul A. Gilje University of Oklahoma What motivated JackTar in the American Revolution? An examination of American sailors both on ships and as prisoners of war demonstrates that the seamen who served aboard American vessels during the revolution fit neither a romanticized notion of class consciousness nor the ideal of a patriot minute man gone to sea to defend a new nation.' While a sailor could express ideas about liberty and nationalism that matched George Washington and Ben Franklin in zeal and commitment, a mixxture of concerns and loyalties often interceded. For many sailors the issue was seldom simply a question of loyalty and liberty. Some men shifted their position to suit the situation; others ex- pressed a variety of motives almost simultaneously. Sailors could have stronger attachments to shipmates or to a hometown, than to ideas or to a country. They might also have mercenary motives. Most just struggled to survive in a tumultuous age of revolution and change. Jack Tar, it turns out, had his own agenda, which might hold steadfast amid the most turbulent gale, or alter course following the slightest shift of a breeze.2 In tracing the sailor's path in these varying winds we will find that seamen do not quite fit the mold cast by Jesse Lemisch in his path breaking essays on the "inarticulate" Jack Tar in the American Revolution. Lemisch argued that the sailor had a concern for "liberty and right" that led to a "complex aware- ness that certain values larger than himself exist and that he is the victim not only of cruelty and hardship but also, in the light of those values, of injus- tice."3 Instead, we will discover that sailors had much in common with their land based brethren described by the new military historians.
    [Show full text]
  • B-65 Francis Scott Key Monument
    B-65 Francis Scott Key Monument Architectural Survey File This is the architectural survey file for this MIHP record. The survey file is organized reverse- chronological (that is, with the latest material on top). It contains all MIHP inventory forms, National Register nomination forms, determinations of eligibility (DOE) forms, and accompanying documentation such as photographs and maps. Users should be aware that additional undigitized material about this property may be found in on-site architectural reports, copies of HABS/HAER or other documentation, drawings, and the “vertical files” at the MHT Library in Crownsville. The vertical files may include newspaper clippings, field notes, draft versions of forms and architectural reports, photographs, maps, and drawings. Researchers who need a thorough understanding of this property should plan to visit the MHT Library as part of their research project; look at the MHT web site (mht.maryland.gov) for details about how to make an appointment. All material is property of the Maryland Historical Trust. Last Updated: 03-10-2011 B-65, Francis Scott Key Monument Baltimore City Capsule Summary The Francis Scott Key Monument by the French sculptor Jean Marius Antonin Mercie stands on Eutaw Place at Lanvale Street. Dating to 1911, the monument is a fountain composed of a sculptural tableau of bronze and marble within a granite-walled basin. The bronze figure of the poet Key stands in a marble boat with a seated bronze sailor, as they return from the British ship on which Key had been held during the bombardment of Ft. McHenry. The figure of Key presents his manuscript to the bronze figure of Columbia, who stands, flag upraised, high atop the stepped roof of a marble temple which rises from the center of the pool.
    [Show full text]
  • The War of 1812: the Rise of American Nationalism
    University of Washington Tacoma UW Tacoma Digital Commons History Undergraduate Theses History Winter 2016 The aW r of 1812: The Rise of American Nationalism Paul Hanseling [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/history_theses Part of the European History Commons, Military History Commons, Political History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Hanseling, Paul, "The aW r of 1812: The Rise of American Nationalism" (2016). History Undergraduate Theses. 27. https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/history_theses/27 This Undergraduate Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the History at UW Tacoma Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in History Undergraduate Theses by an authorized administrator of UW Tacoma Digital Commons. The War of 1812: The Rise of American Nationalism A Senior Paper Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Graduation Undergraduate History Program of the University of Washington Tacoma By Paul Hanseling University of Washington Tacoma March 2016 Advisor: Dr. Allen 1 Abstract On June 18, 1812, United States President, James Madison, signed a Declaration of War against Great Britain. What brought these two nations to such a dramatic impasse? Madison’s War Message to Congress gives some hint as to the American grievances: impressment of American sailors; unnecessary, “mock” blockades and disruption of American shipping; violations of American neutral rights; and incursions into American coastal waters.1 By far, the most vocal point of contention was impressment, or the forcible enlistment of men in the navy. For their part, Great Britain viewed every measure disputed by Americans as a necessity as they waged war against the Continental advances of Napoleon and for maintaining the economic stability of the British people.
    [Show full text]
  • Fort Mchenry - "Our Country" Bicentennial Festivities, Baltimore, MD, 7/4/75 (4)” of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R
    The original documents are located in Box 67, folder “Fort McHenry - "Our Country" Bicentennial Festivities, Baltimore, MD, 7/4/75 (4)” of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Digitized from Box 67 of The John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library DRAFT /FORT McHENRY /JOMarsh/6-26-75 We meet here at twilight's last gleaming. The casement walls and silent cannon of Fort McHenry bear quiet testimony to a nation's travail on another night in another age. Francis Scott Key enshrined forever those events in 1814. The patroitism and national pride surrounding our flag, our country and their defense that night are our heritage in song and verse. The Star Spangled Banner is an expression of love of country. We must not become so sophisticated, or so blase, that we ignore these simple but eloquent lessons from our past. We need to remind ourselves that America really is 11 the land of the free and the home of the brave.
    [Show full text]
  • Who Was Jack Tar?: Aspects of the Social History of Boston, Massachusetts Seamen, 1700-1770
    W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 1972 Who Was Jack Tar?: Aspects of the Social History of Boston, Massachusetts Seamen, 1700-1770 Clark Joseph Strickland College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Strickland, Clark Joseph, "Who Was Jack Tar?: Aspects of the Social History of Boston, Massachusetts Seamen, 1700-1770" (1972). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539624780. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-v75p-nz66 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WHO WAS JACK TAR? ASPECTS OF THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS SEAMEN, 1700 - 1770 A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of History The College of William and Mary in Virginia In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Clark J. Strickland 1972 APPROVAL SHEET This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of f.hoV*A W *Y»onn ViA 1 AT*omon WAMVA* +*VW <s f* AyV A +•V A4VIac» V4 ^ OW f Master of Arts Clark J, Strickland Author Approved, July 1972 Richard Maxwell Brown PhilipsJ U Funigiello J oj Se ii 5 8 5 2 7 3 Cojk TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT........................................... iv CHAPTER I.
    [Show full text]