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. CAUSES of the War of 1812. Cause #1 – . British interference . with American shipping – naval blockade. GB and France were at war with each other. GB did NOT want the US to provide the French with food and supplies, so they set up a partial blockade.. 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.. Complete the guided reading as you view the power point.. Causes. War . between France and Great Britain threatens shipping. British . policy of . impressment. infuriates Americans. Chesapeake . incident . 1. . Key Issues. :. New Congress in Nov. 1811. Nationalists in the early 19th century. Sectionalism: . . i. ) North. ii) South. iii) West .  . Emerging leaders. Henry Clay of Kentucky. John C. Calhoun of S. Carolina. 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 . Unit 6: Foreign Policy. Focus Groups. 1) What were the effects of the French and Indian War?. 2) What were the economic causes of the American Revolution?. 3) What were the political causes of the American Revolution?. Do Now-Embargo . Act-1807. England and France seizing our ships, and England is . impressing (. kidnapping our sailors and forcing them in the British navy),,,,How should Jefferson respond to these actions????. CAUSES of the War of 1812. Cause #1 – . British interference . with American shipping – naval blockade. GB and France were at war with each other. GB did NOT want the US to provide the French with food and supplies, so they set up a partial blockade.. 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 . CAUSES of the War of 1812. Cause #1 . – . British interference . with American shipping – naval blockade. GB and France were at war with each other. GB did NOT want the US to provide the French with food and supplies, so they set up a partial blockade.. 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. . Who won the War of 1812?. What did the US gain from the War of 1812?. What did the US lose from the War of 1812?. What did G. Washington state about getting in other countries business?. Why the War of 1812 so important to the United States?. 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.