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=War of 1812=

=Political Causes by: Casey P. and Dillon P.= = One of the political Causes of the War of 1812 is the piracy issues. Because of the constant piracy, the United States had to put constant effort into protecting American ships.[|Impressment] was also another big issue. Impressment means that Britain began kidnapping American soldiers to serve the British navy. There were also many searches conducted, and too many soldiers were getting wounded. Embargo also contributed to the war. Embargo is when the government stops merchant ships from leaving or entering a country's ports. Another political dilemma was how New England was strongly against the war. Even though they lost a considerable amount that didn’t matter to them. In New England’s eyes war would make matters much more difficult. Also, the people of New England had ties to Britain, therefore favored Britain’s side in its dispute with France. = = = = = = In 1807 American Anger from impressment peaked after a British warship stopped an American warship to search for deserters. The captain of the American warship refused to let the British search, because of this the British opened fire. Twenty-one American sailors were killed or wounded. = = = = = = Once Jefferson became president the Barbary States had gotten $2 million from the United States, but the ruler of Tripoli still wanted more money. Since Jefferson hates tribute so much, he turned to war instead. The New Englanders and Federalists hated the thought of going to war, and Merchants in New England knew that war would lead to a blockade of there ports. They preferred to take there chances at sea. Many people in the South and to the west, unlike the [|Federalists], favored the thought of going to war. Just like all Americans they resented Britain's policy of impressing American sailors. They also accused the British of making trouble among Native Americans in the states and territories to the northwest. Trouble was growing and ended up pushing the Indians off their land. Two Indians were trying to fight back by uniting Native Americans up and down the Mississippi River into one great Indian Nation. In 1811, Tecumseh and his warriors fought with a militia force led by Indiana governor William Henry Harrison. = = = = Click the play button below to hear about the Political Causes of the War of 1812! = = media type="file" key="podcast.mp3"  = =** Source: History Alive! pg 166-168, War of 1812 (Overview) **=

=Economic Causes by: Casey P. and Dylan V.= = =

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Since the french and the English kept capturing the US boats America was in a big economic struggle because it put trade to a halt and plus the random and Jefferson had to close down a large amount of International ports which led to over 55,000 people losing there jobs. That put the economy in a rut. The plan that Jefferson put to action was called an embargo. America had to pay over 2 million dollars in ransoms to tripoli. Another bad economic struggle was caused by the blockade, which stopped people or supplies from getting out or in. In order to protect the sailers Madison stopped trading which hit the economy hard. Napoleon had been defeated in europe so the English were able to send 15,000 men which put hopes of conquering Canada at end. The blockade had a big impact on the economy, before the blockade America made $130 million in 1807 and in 1814 only $7 million.======

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The [|embargo act]had a huge negative impact on the economy, because it hurt many traders and it trashed the trading system they had set up. After this Madison said that whoever stopped attacking American ships first would be able to trade with America. This attempt failed miserably, so then he declared the Non- Intercourse Act in which America doesn't trade with either Britain or France, but does trade with all other foreign countries. The Federalists were not delighted- to say the least- with this option. The Federalists residing in the northeast territories on the U.S. relied on Great Britain for trading and money. The whole reason we went to war with Britain is that the Southwest farmers were not able to expand their land, due to the Native Americans. These Native Americans were given weapons by Britain, and fended off their territories from the farmers. This sparked Madison's interest, since he was a Democrat-Republican whose roots are from this region. He declared war on Britain, to the pleasure of the Warhawks in the southwest and the displeasure of the federalists who relied on Britain economically.======

In 1803 France and Britain went to war. Washington’s foreign policy of isolationism lasted but since America would not help England or France they decided to set up a blockade, to close all ports for America so that stopped trade with Britain and France. That did not help the economy at all in fact it hurt it. Also Britain and France kept on capturing American ships and Britain would force American sailors to serve in the navy. American people were outraged so Jefferson set up the Embargo Act of 1807, which meant they would stop trade with all other nations. The only ones losing money were the American merchants. Then shortly after that he set up the Non-intercourse Act of 1809 this stated that America would trade with all nations except Britain and France. This did not really work either so in 1809 James Madison offered them both a deal, if they supported safe passage America would not trade with the other nation. France accepted but Napoleon would send ships to check they weren’t trading the England.

=  = =Sources: Causes of the War of 1812.pdf and History Alive! pg 166 and 169 and Wikipedia =

=Major Battles and Leaders by: Isireli N.=

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One of the major battles was the war of 1812. The war was between Britain and France over freeing people from all kings. America did not want to take part in the war following the policy of [|George Washington's Neutrality]. Both countries urged America to pick a side in the war. France and Britain attacked American merchant ships and gathered merchants as solders for the war. America was not capable to fight in the war due to alliances and government economy. The government being split up in two parties were not sure about what to do. The Federalists, or Hamiltonian's, who which controlled most of the government wanted to keep an Alliance with Britain to continue trade and economic growth. The Democratic Republican, or Jeffersonians, were for France because they wanted freedom for all of the known world from kings and Monarchies the way America got their own freedom.=====

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Another major battle was the battle in Canada between General Hull of Britain and America. He wanted to take control of the great lakes and cut off supply to American troops to keep America from moving upward to Canada. Their plan backfired when America won all the battles and General Hull was forced to surrender. America had won their first major battle as a country. Another major battle took place in America between American settlers and the Native Americans.=====

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The battle against American settlers was lead by Henry Hawk who was determined to keep America belonging to the American Natives. The battle of Creek would be a major part of American exploration into the West and control over Indian territory. After America won the battles the Indians and the were forced out of their lands after the death of [|Chief Tecumseh]. After some time America had declared war on Britain and Britain attacked Baltimore. After that unsuccessful battle the British fleets surrendered to American forces after losing the battle of Lake Champlain in New York.=====

[[image:http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=78706&rendTypeId=4 width="330" height="239" align="center" caption="The photo above shows the battle of Creek." link="http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id"]]
= = =Source: Histor**y Alive p**g 164-168 =

No one technically won the war of 1812, two weeks befor the last battle in New Orleans the American and British diplomats meeting at Ghent, in Belgium. Had signed a peace treaty between the two before word came over seas the Battle of New Orleans had already been fought. Problems between Great Brittan and the US quickly went away; impressment and ship takeovers went away as well. The war however had some major effects on the United states. First, Indians in the Northwest weakeed after the death of their leader, Tecumesh. Secondly, national pride surged: "the second war of independence." Because they had stood up to the Englush for the second time the United States had truly now have become a sovereign country. Lastly, the federalist pride was greatly damaged because of the war and theirparty had never recovered. =Source: History Alive! pg 170= = = = = = = = = = =
 * Consequences of the War of 1812 by: Phoebe B.**