John C. Calhoun

BACKGROUND

• Born on March 18, 1782 in Abbeville, SC
• Died march 31, 1850 in Washington D.C.
• Earned a degree at Yale In 1804
• Married to floride Bonneau Calhoun and had 10 children

WAR OF 1812

• John C Calhoun was a war hawk
• A war hawk is a person who favors war during debates about whether to go into conflict)
• When British fired on an American ship and kidnapped 4 men this lead to the " Second American Revolution"
• Calhoun said that he thought the act was unacceptable.

RESULTS OF WAR

• President Madison was forced to flee White House as British reached DC and burned it down.
• The Americans just barely held off the British from ruining the new country.
• The battle at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, is what inspired Francis Scott Key to write our national anthem

INTERESTING FACTS

• One of John's daughters was married to Thomas Green Clemson, founder of Clemson university
• Was James Monroe's secretary of war, after leadership in war of 1812
• His middle name was Caldwell, which is what the C stands for In John C. Calhoun
• He was mainly responsible for dragging Texas into statehood, which led to the Mexican war.

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