PPT-War of 1812 & Madison

Complete the WARM UP on your Google Doc The War of 1812 These excerpts from President Madisons Declaration of War were read to Congress on June 1 1812 We behold our seafaring citizens still the daily victims of lawless violence We behold our vessels wrested taken from their lawful destinations in to British ports We behold in fine on the side of Great Britain a state of war against the United States. Chapter 7. The “Revolution of 1800” . Burr and Jefferson tie in the election of 1800. Alexander Hamilton supports Jefferson . Jefferson, Republican, takes office with Burr as VP . Peaceful transfer of power from one party to another . Protecting Sailors and Settlers. Foreign Policy at the Beginning. President James Madison took office in 1809. His new approach to protect Americans at sea was to offer France and Great Britain a deal.. USA vs. Great Britain. Causes and . Impact . Trade Embargo of 1807. Embargo. : an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.. Singed into law by Jefferson. The USA stopped trading with GB and France to “punish” them for impressment of sailors and naval blockades. . In August 1814, President James Madison (1809-1817) learned that 4,000 British sailors were entering the Chesapeake Bay and threatening to attack Washington. Madison cancelled plans to visit his Virginia plantation home and gathered his advisors together at the White House. One hundred soldiers camped out in front of the President’s House to protect Madison while he planned the defense of the nation’s capital. Madison and his wife . War of 1812’s Roots. Adams Administration. Quasi War with France. Jefferson Takes Office. Trade with Britain and France was $60 annually. France and Britain are at WAR in Europe – Remember Napoleon . How did Madison build the case for war in his message to Congress? . What were the issues in maritime disputes between the U.S. and Great Britain? . What were the accusations against the British in North America? . The Embargo of 1807. Embargo of 1807. He mobilized the military to enforce the blockade. He declared regions of NY (near Canada) in a state of insurrection. . Embargo proved ineffective. Causes of the War of 1812. Brief Timeline of events leading to the War of 1812. Nonintercourse. Act of 1809. Embargo Act repealed . US trades with everyone but France and GB. Macon’s Bill #2. Reopened trade with GB and France . the Americans did have just cause for a war with the British. War of 1812. The Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815) . British adopted policies that angered the Americans. Napoleon ordered a blockade (the Berlin Decree) to cripple British trade by closing French controlled ports to British ships.. American Independence. Causes of the War . France and Britain were at War . Both France and Britain “impressed” American sailors. Impressment. - seizing. . Americans at sea and drafting them into their navy. Transcending Jefferson. *Picking up after Thomas Jefferson since 1809* . Created by: Jodie David, Sarah Barnett, Scarlett . Bekus. , and Jillian Szczepanski . I am your father……. . Of . the Constitution . Key Concepts. :. 4.1.1.a . – As various constituencies and interest groups coalesced and defined their agendas, various political parties, most significantly the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans in the 1790s and the Democrats and Whigs in the 1830s, were created or transformed to reflect and/or promote those agendas. . Britain and France were yet again at war (for almost 20 years). Former Thirteen Colonies was now the United States of America; a nation completely independent from the colonies to the north that made up British North America. 1. Freedom of the seas.. 2. American resentment of Britain.. 3. American belief that the Brits in Canada were arming and encouraging the Indians.. 4. American ambition to annex Canada and Florida..