| 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 |
