A | B |
Embargo Act | No forign trade is allowed between the United States and other countries |
Non-Intercourse Act | Reopened trade with all countries except France and England |
Star Spangeld Banner | national anthem |
War Hawks | Western Americans who wanted war with England and for assisting the Indians wanted England out of Canada. |
blockade | the blocking off of a city or port by enemy ships or other forces |
first phase of war of 1812 | war fought strictly at sea |
second phase of 1812 | began after the British defeated Napoleon |
William Henry Harrison | won Battle of the Thames |
Oliver Hazard Perry | motto was "don't give up the ship" |
Tecumseh | defeated at Battle of the Thames |
Fort McHenry | located in Baltimore harbor, inspired Star Spangled Banner |
James Madison | President during the War of 1812 |
Washington DC | burned by British hit and run attacks |
Dolley Madison | saved famous painting of George Washinton from being burned |
Francis Scott Key | author of Star Spangled Banner |
Andrew Jackson | commander during Battle of New Orleans |
Battle of New Orleans | fought after the peace treaty was signed |
Treaty of Ghent | peace treaty between Britain and the U.S. |
secession | withdrwing from the Union |
Hartford Convention | 1814 meeting in whcih New Englands delegates met to discuss their opposition to the war |
Federalists | political party which lost power after the Hartford Convention |