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who became president in 1809
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james madioson
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when did james madison become president
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1809
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what did james madison do in 1809
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become president
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how did the war of 1812 start for the united states
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bad
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what happened when james madison became president
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americans were angry with the british for supplying arms to native americans and impressing american sailors
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why were americans angry with british
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for supplying arms to native americans and impressing american sailors
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who were americans angry with in 1809
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british
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what did most americans think in 1809
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that their country was at stake and felt a new sense of nationalism or pride in ones country
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what happened in 1810
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henry clay of kentucky and john c calhoun of south carolina became leaders in the house of representatives
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when did henry clay and john c calhoun become leaders in the house of representatives
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1810
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what were henry clay and john c calhoun and their supporters called
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war hawks
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why were clay and calhoun and their supporters called war hawks
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they were eager for war with britain
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what was strongest in new england
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opposition to war
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where was opposition to war the strongest
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new england
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what did the new england people believe
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war would harm american trade
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what happned in 1812
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relations with britain worsened in the spring when british told the us that they would continue impressing sailors
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what happened with native americans after relations with british worsened
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native americans in the northwest began new attacks on frontier settlements
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what happened in june of 1812
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congress (us) declared war on britain
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what did british do when congress declared war on them
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they were still in war at europe and they werent willing to meet american demands to avoid war
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what did americans think at the beginning of the war of 1812 and what really happened
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they were confident that they would win but because of military cuts by jefferson, the us military wasnt prepared for the war
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why werent americans prepared for the war of 1812
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military cuts by jefferson
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what did british do at the beginning of the war
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britain set up a blockade of the american coast
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what is a blockade
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the action of shutting a port or road to prevent people or supplies from coming into an area or leaving it
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what happened by the end of the war
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british were able to close off all american ports
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what was an early success for the us
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naval success was the uss constitutions defeat of the british warship guerriere
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what happened in the west
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americans and british fought for control of the great lakes and the mississippi river
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what did british capture in west
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american general william hull's troops after they tried to invade canada
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what did american forces under oliver hazard perry do
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scored an important victory against the british on lake erie
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what did william henry harrison and his troops do
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defeated british at the battle of thames
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what happened in the south
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creek warriors attacked several american settlements
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what did andrew jackson do
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lead american troops to victory against the creeks in the battle of horseshoe bend
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what happened in 1814
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the british defeated napolean
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what happened after british defeated napolean
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they sent more troops to fight against the united states
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what happened in august of 1814
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british troops attacked washington dc and burned several government buildings including the white house
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what did british do after attacking dc
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moved onto baltimore where they attacked fort mchenry
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what happened on september 13 1814
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british warships bombarded the fort throughout the night
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when did british warships bombarded throughout the night
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september 13 1814
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what happened dawn of september 13 1814
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americans still held the fort
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what did francis scott key do
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witnessed the battle and wrote the poem "the star spangled banner"
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what is the star spangled banner
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national anthem of us
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what happened cause british were tired of the war
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two sides began negotiating a peace treaty
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what happened christmas eve of 1814
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us and britain signed the treaty of ghent ending war
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when was treaty of ghent signed
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christmas eve 1814
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how long did it take for new ab treaty to get to america
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several weeks
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what happened while not knowing ab treaty being signed
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two sides fought one last battle
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what was last battle of war
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battle of new orleans
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what happened january 1815
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us forces under general andrew jackson defeated british at battle of new orleans
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what happened in december 1814
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opponents of war met in hartford connecticut
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what did delegates suggest
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new england secede or withdraw from us
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when did convection quickly end to withdraw new england from us
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when news of treaty arrived
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what did ppl call war of 1812
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second war of independence
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once and for all...
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us has secured its independence from britain and european nations would now have to treat the young republic with respect
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what commanders led american forces to victory
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oliver hazard perry and andrew jackson
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what battle occured after treaty
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new orleans
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what british action led to war
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they said they would continue impressing sailors
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