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$124 and360 acres | Amount that was given to men who joined the war effort in 1812 |
undisciplined, desertion, refused to march | terms which described American army at the beginning of the War of 1812 |
Isaac Hull | Captain of the U.S.S. Constitution |
H.M.S. Guerriere | British ship defeated by the U.S.S. Constitution in August of 1812 |
Conquer Canada | A goal of the War Hawks |
William Hull | American commander who led troops into Canada which later had to retreat from British forces |
Captain Oliver Hazard Perry | American who designed and built his own fleet of ships and defeated the British on Lake Erie |
"We have met the enemy and they are ours." | Famous quote by Captain Perry after the victory on Lake Erie |
Battle of the Thames | American victory after the battle on Lake Erie in which William H. Harrison, hero of Tippecanoe, pursued the British into Canada and won a decisive victory |
Battle of Horseshoe Bend | American victory under Andrew Jackson in which he, with the help of the Cherokees, defeated the remaining allies of Tecumseh, the Creeks |
Washington D.C. | U.S. capital burned by the British in 1814 |
Dolly Madison | Wife of President Madison who saved important papers when the British were burning Washington D.C. |
Fort McHenry | American fort in Baltimore MD that the British attacked, unsuccessfully on September 13, 1814 |
Francis Scott Key | American who observed the bombing of Fort McHenry and later wrote the "Stars-Spangled Banner," a poem telling of his night's watch of that bombardment |
Andrew Jackson | American commander who led the troops at the Battle of New Orleans |
2000 British/7 Americans | Number killed in the Battle Of New Orleans |
Battle of New Orleans | American victory. The battle could have been avoided because it took place two weeks after the British and Americans had signed a peace treaty |
Hartford Convention | Delegates from New England met here to protest the war. Many of the delegates threatened to leave the Union if the war continued. |
"Nothing was settled." | Quote from John Q. Adams in regard to the outcome of the war |
Treaty of Ghent | Document signed on December 24, 1814 that officially ended the war |