SECTION 1

ELECTION OF 1800

• The two federalists John Adams and Charles Pinckney ran against two Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, they also both believed that there success was from their candidates.
• Supporters made their arguments in letters and newspaper editorials
• Jefferson was approved that he wanted to destroy organized religion
• Jefferson and Burr had won 73 electoral votes, each to 65 for Adams, and 64 for Pinckney
• Problems with the voting system led co gross to propose the 12th amendment

JEFFERSON'S POLICIES

• Jefferson wanted to reduce the power of the government

JEFFERSON IS INAUGURATED

• People, all around the world went to Washington just to hear Jefferson's speech
• March 4, 1801, he left the boarding house and left the capital

JEFFERSON IN OFFICE

• Jefferson would benefit from democratic republican party's, houses of congress
• He chose James Madison and Albert Gallatin
• The alien and sedition act expired, congress allowed it to
• Jefferson hoped that saving money would allow the government to repay the national debt

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WAR OF 1812: EARLY BATTLES

• United States was stuck in a war with one of the worlds most powerful nations

WAR AT SEA

• The British navy had hundreds of ships... But the U.S. navy only had 20 ships or less
• The U.S. Navy were small but had well-trained soldiers and powerful new warships such as the USS Constitution
• America has beaten some British ships several times in one-on-one duels
• The British ended up blockading America's seaports

BATTLES ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDERS

• Three attacks were planned at sea from Detroit, from Viagra Falls, and up from the Hudson River Valley towards Montreal
• The Detroit attack failed in August of 1812
• The other two American attacks failed as well whenever state militia troops refused to cross the Canadian border, not wanting to fight in a foreign country
• In 1813 the U.S. went on the attack again, trying to break Britain's control over Lake Erie
• The Navy gave the task to commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
• After building a small fleet, Perry sailed out to meet the British on September 10, beginning the Battle of Lake Erie
• The British ended up surrendering; Perry's victory forced the British to withdraw, giving the U.S. army new hope
• General Harrison marched his army into Canada
• At the Battle of the Thanes River in 1813, he defeated a combined force of British troops and Native Americans
• British power in the Northwest ended after Harrison's victory

THE CREEK WAR

• War happened with the Native Americans in the south
• Creek Indians were mad at the U.S for pushing into their lands, so they took up arms in 1813
• A large force attacked Fort Mims on the Alabama river, destroying the fort and killing close to 250 of its defenders
• In response the commander of the Tennessee militia, Andrew Jackson, gathered around 2,000 volunteers to move against the creek nation
• In the spring of 1814 Jackson attacked the Creek and win the battle
• The Treaty of Fort Jackson was signed in late 1814, and it ended the war and forced the Creeks to give up millions of acres of their land

GREAT BRITAIN ON THE OFFENSIVE

• The situation in the east grew worse
• After defeating France in April 1814, the British sent more troops to America

BRITISH ATTACK IN THE EAST

• The British attacked Washington
• The British set fire to the White House, the Capitol, and other government buildings
• The British sailed on Baltimore and Maryland and it was guarded by Fort McHenry
• America refused to surrender so Britain decided to retreat instead

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

• Andrew Jackson commanded the U.S. forces around New Orleans
• The battle began on the morning of January 8,1815
• 5,300 British troops attacked Jackson's force of about 4,500
• When the British came they were all caught in an open field and more than 2,000 British men were killed or wounded
• The Americans only suffered about 70 casualties
• The Battle of New Orleans made Andrew Jackson a hero and was the last major conflict of the war or 1812

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EFFECTS OF THE WAR

• At the Hartford Convention, federalist opposed the war and sent delegates to meet with congress
• The delegates ca,e too late, the war had already ended and that's when the Federalists lost most of their political power
• Slow communications caused neither the Federalists or Jackson knew about the Treaty of Ghent
• The Treaty of Ghent ended the war of 1812
• The war produced intense feelings of patriotism among many Americans for standing up to the British
• It also broke the power of many Native American groups

SECTION 2

American settlers move west

• Thousands of Americas settled between Appalachians and the Mississippi River. New Orleans located at the mouth of the Mississippi was a very important port, it was always busy. Jefferson might shut down New Orleans. Spain controlled both New Orleans and Louisiana and it was going to the west side.

Louisiana

• They closed New Orleans and there were a lot of angry people. Jefferson wanted to buy New Orleans

Napoleon and Louisiana

• France was led by napoleons and Louisiana. Bonaparte conquered most of Europe. The Napoleons wanted to try to win land and they were defeated in 1802.

Jefferson buy Louisiana

• When tried to buy New Orleans, Talleyrand offered to sell them all of Louisiana. French was at war with Great Britain and the napoleons need money for military purposes. French will sell Louisiana for 15 million dollars.

Explorers head west

• American only knew a limited amount of native Americans. Jefferson wanted to know everything about Native Americans.

Lewis and Clark Expedition

• In the year of 1803 a president asked Congress to fund and expedition to explore west. They needed a leader so the president chose Meriwether Lewis to be the leader, and they also needed a co-leader so Meriwether chose his friend Lieutenant William Clark. On May of 1804 Lewis and Clark began their journey which was to explore the Louisiana Purchase. If Lewis or Clark ever got lost they would use the Missouri River to help guide them. Sacagawea helped their journey by naming plants and gathering needs for the group.

Contact with native Americans

• Crops of discovery went up about 600 miles not seeing one native Americans. When they spotted buffalo herds all the men and women thought there were native Americans near around. Almost all Native American groups depends on buffalo as their food, clothing, and tools.
• November 1805 Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific Ocean, Lewis and Clark and all the explorers had to stay there for the winter time. They got a lot of their information from the Native Americans on the way back home about western plants and animals.

Pike's exploration

• Zebulon Pike was a young army officer who was sent to another mission out on the west, the point of this mission was to find the beginning point of the Red river. The US thought that the Red river was part of the Louisiana Territory's of the western border of Spain. He got arrested later on and was very thankful and happy he was doing business with the Spanish and southwest.

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Violation of Neutrality

• American merchant ships went everywhere around the oceans. The ships had to go through a lot of violent storms. Some people would steal the ships for money so sometimes it was risky for things that were expensive. No one liked the US to supply other people with goods. There was a handful of people who got captured on accident, but later on they started to target them.

THE EMBARGO ACT

• People were wondering he to handle the violations of Great Britain. Some thought they wanted to go to war. They came to a conclusion was that there will be no foreign trade and they lost a lot of money. Angry people sent Jefferson hundreds of petitions demanding a repeal of the Embargo acts.

Non-Intercource acts

• 1809 congress tried to revive the nations trade by replacing unpopular act, the law was not successful.

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• CONFLICT IN THE WEST The west Britain and native Americans clashed with the American settlers over land.

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• THE CONFLICT OVER LAND Native Americans in old Northwest Territories kept losing land while they poured there region. Indians didn't agree on the treaty protested the settlers arrival. Territories went around the world filling Americans settlers with a lot of anger.

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Tecumseh resists US settler

• Someone saw a angry Native American being pushed off their land. Native Americans had to do what white people had to do.

The battle of tippecanoe

• The Indian territory governor is William Henry Harrison, and he watched Tecumseh's activity alarmed. Tecumseh's could be in a serious threat to American powers to the west. Tecumseh traveled south to ask creek nation to join forces. Harrison attacked Tecumseh. The Indians broke into a army of lines. Tecumseh lost the fight and crushed his dreams so then he fled to Canada.

Call for war

• There was evidence of British support for Tecumseh that inflamed Americans. American spelt that British has encouraged Tecumseh to attack.

The war hawk

• What were they? They were several young members of congress who lead the calling for war against Britain. A lot of leaders wanted to put a stop to British influence among Native Americans, they wanted to gain more land and they would do that by invading Canada.

The opposition