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| who became president in 1809 |
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| when did james madison become president |
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| what did james madison do in 1809 |
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| how did the war of 1812 start for the united states |
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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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| 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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| 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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| what were henry clay and john c calhoun and their supporters called |
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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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| where was opposition to war the strongest |
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| what did the new england people believe |
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| war would harm american trade |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| how long did it take for new ab treaty to get to america |
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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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| 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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| 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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| what british action led to war |
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| they said they would continue impressing sailors |
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