Abigail Adams Known as a mother of the Constitution Wife to 2 nd president John Adams She was very well educated and intelligent She envisioned a noble government with liberty and justice for all ID: 480307
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America post-WashingtonSlide2
Abigail Adams
Known as a mother of the Constitution
Wife to 2
nd
president, John Adams
She was very well educated and intelligent
She envisioned a noble government with liberty and justice for allSlide3
Another Fight?
James Madison became president in 1809
Tecumseh, a chief in the Ohio River Valley had been forcing people out
Many thought the British in Canada were helping the Native AmericansSlide4
War Hawks
Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky led this group to declare war against Great Britain
The War of 1812 began
Despite a strong British army, the U.S. won a few battles at seaSlide5
The War at Sea
Britain and France were fighting and the U.S. was working to stay neutral
The British began taking American sailors off their ships to serve in the British navySlide6
War on Land
The Native Americans sided with the British and won several victories near the Great Lakes
In 1814, British troops burned the capital city of Washington D.C.
Francis Scott Key watched Baltimore fall and wrote the Star Spangled BannerSlide7
Battle of New Orleans
A peace treaty was signed in 1814 and the war ended
News did not reach General Andrew Jackson and he defeated the British at New Orleans a few weeks later
Who won?Slide8
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we
hail'd
at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we
watch'd
, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
?
--Francis Scott Key (lyrics) and John Stafford (music)