By Braden Huck 

 Impressment is the practice of forcing people to serve in the Army or Navy without their consent. 

Tecumseh was a brilliant Indian leader who warned other Native Americans that settlers wanted their lands. 

At the Battle of Tippecanoe, US forces defeated Tecumseh and his followers. 

The USS Constitution aka Old Ironsides fought in the War of 1812 and is still an active commissioned warship.1

The 1808 Slave Act banned new slaves from coming into the United States. 

The Embargo Act of 1807 was an Embargo that made illegal any and all exports from the United States. The goal was to force Britain and France to respect American rights during the Napoleonic Wars. 

The Creek Nation signed the Treaty of Fort Jackson which forced them to give up millions of acres of land to the United States.