Which of the following statements about the Treaty of Ghent - PowerPoint Presentation

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Which of the following statements about the Treaty of Ghent is NOT true?A. It ended the War of 1812B. It settled the border disputes involving the Louisiana PurchaseC. It failed to address British impressmentsD. It did not address the freedom of the seasE. It was signed by Britain and the U.S.

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“THE AMERICAN CONTINENTS…ARE HENCEFORTH NOT TO BE CONSIDERED AS SUBJECTS FOR FUTURE COLONIZATION BY ANY EUROPEAN POWERS”THE SECOND WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE AND THE UPSURGE OF NATIONALISM1812-1824Slide3

Causes:British impressment of American seamenBritish interference with American commerceBritish aid to Native Americans on the frontierConsequencesDemise of the Federalist PartyIntensifying nationalist feelingsPromoting industrialization

Andrew Jackson

Only about 6,000 American casualties

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War of 1812 in a nutshellSlide4

War support cam from the South and the West, and some populated Middle StatesCanada, Florida, any place where there was room to expandCanada- British forces were weakest thereDetroit, Niagara and Lake Champlain- flopsControl of Great Lakes was vitalOliver Hazard Perry“We have met the enemy and they are ours”- Forced British our of Detroit- William Henry Harrison met and defeated British and Shawnee in the Battle of Thames- Tecumseh killed

Despite this influx of morale, British began to move forward and Americans were defending their own soil

“Canada! On to Canada!”Slide5

1814- Large British force landed in the ChesapeakeBurned Capitol and the White HouseAmericans held them off in Baltimore, and British bombarded Ft. McHenryFrancis Scott KeyCapitol in SmokeSlide6

1814Battle of New Orleans8,000 British troops defeated by Andrew JacksonImmediately made him a national heroPeace at Ghent had ended the war two weeks before this battle even happened

A New CelebritySlide7

Armistice (Cease Fire)December 1814No land exchanged or taken- impressment wasn’t even mentioned“Not One Inch of Territory Ceded or Lost!”Treaty of GhentSlide8

-26 New England delegates met in secrecy to address grievances-Moderate concerns/demands resulted: -financial assistance from Washington to compensate for lost trade -constitutional amendments, imposing an embargo, admitting new states- required a 2/3 vote in Congress -also wanted to abolish 3/5 clause of Constitution

-limit to 1-term presidency

-no election of a president from same state twice in a rowFinished these resolutions and brought them to Washington just in time to hear glorious news of New Orleans

-why is this the “death dirge” of the Federalists

Hartford Heartbreak for the FedsSlide9
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Why was this considered so?2nd War of Independence?Slide11

American writing- Washington Irving and James Fenmore CooperNorth American Review- 1815Revived B.U.S. in 1816Rebuilt CapitalDefeated Barbary Pirates

NationalismSlide12

British still trying to seek revenge in the marketplaceTariff of 1816- 1st tariff instituted for protection, not revenueHenry Clay- no longer War- Hawk, but still fired upAmerican System1.Strong Banking- easy and abundant credit2. Protective tariffs3. Funds from the tariff to build roads and canals

Madison vetoed $1.5 million proposal by Congress in 1817

Call for “internal improvements” resonated with American public

Some said it violated strict construction

States took it upon themselves to buildNY- Erie Canal -1825

Clay’s American SystemSlide13

Called so, because there was one political party- RepublicansTon of nationalismHowever, there was plenty of tension…South did not like tariffs- why????South did not want to pay taxes for roads that did not benefit themPanic of 1819Cause: Over-speculation of landResult: bankruptcies, companies go out of business, unemployment, people lose farms, deflation

Especially hit the West hard- “wildcat” banks went completely dry

Demonized the B.U.S. in the eyes of Westerners

Era of Good Feelings?Slide14

Removal of Indians by Harrison and Jackson opened up vast Western landsOhio Valley connected by roadsCumberland Road- connected western Maryland and IllinoisSteam boat- made upriver travel much easierLand Act of 1820Demanded “cheap” moneyThe WestSlide15

Tallmadge Amendment- no more slaves brought into MissouriAmendment defeated in the SenateRe-opened wounds of 1787- How so???Missouri Compromise of 1820- settled the first major 19th century conflict over slaveryMaine enters Union as a free stateMissouri enters as a slave state

Closed remaining territory of Louisiana Purchase above 36°30’

Missouri Compromise only ducked the question- did not resolve it

Era of Good feelings- not so much, but Monroe was re-elected. He was the only president to be reelected in a term where a financial panic began

The Question of SlaverySlide16

McCullough v. Maryland- 1819- States cannot tax a federal institutionCohens v. Virginia- 1821- Supreme Court can review decisions made by statesGibbons v. Ogden-1824- Congress controls interstate commerceFletcher v. Peck- 1810- protecting property rights against public pressures- state cannot impair contractsDartmouth College v. Woodward-

1819- upheld a contract from King George in 1769, and did not allow New Hampshire to change it

John MarshallSlide17
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Treaty of 1818 w/ Britain- clear boundariesRevolutions in Argentina, Venezuela, and ChileForced Spain to send troops from Florida to help in South AmericaAndrew Jackson took advantage of this- had quite the expedition!Monroe and his cabinet were alarmed at Jackson’s movement without permission- except John Quincy Adams- called for Spain to cede the territoryFlorida Purchase Treaty of 1819America left shaky claims in Texas for Florida and Oregon

New LandsSlide19

European monarch’s reaction to revolutionsRussia- declared all water down to 51 degrees- most of coast of British Columbia- Americans feared they were going to lose all prospects of CaliforniaBritish minister proposed a joint treaty declaring all other European powers are to be hands off of the AmericasRussian Aggression and Monarchy in AmericaSlide20

Declaration of Principles that asserted American independence from Europe in foreign policySaid Western Hemisphere is different and separate from that of EuropeWarned European nations against further colonial ventures into the Western HemispherePromised that the U.S. would not interfere in the internal affairs of European nationsCould the U.S. actually back up this claim?Monroe Doctrine