3 Causes, Effects, and Events Project
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- You were working for the British Navy. You must come with us.
- What- I have never even been to Britain!
- Give back our land!
- We're here now, so deal with it.
- Steal our ships, aide the Natives, AND interfere with shipping?
- This calls for war!!!
- The British kidnapped American sailors and forced them to work in the British Navy.
- FIGHT!!!
- We're doomed, aren't we?
- The British aided Native Americans in fighting Americans by providing supplies. The Native Americans fought hard for their stolen land.
- NO! I must save Washington's portrait!
- "Warhawks" were advocating for war with Britain. They included Henry Clay of Kentucky and John C. Calhoun of South Carolina.
- Almost 2000 dead on our side.
- William Henry Harrison
- In September 1813, at the Battle of Lake Erie, Oliver Hazard Perry captured 6 British ships. This enabled William Henry Harrison to push the British into upper Canada, where the British were defeated in a major battle.
- In August 1814, invading British troops set fire to the Capitol, the President's mansion, and other landmarks in Washington D.C.
- First Lady Dolley Madison
- In January of 1815, General Andrew Jackson, with a ragtag army of 7000 militia, defended the city of New Orleans. It was the biggest victory of the war for the Americans. Even though it was unnecessary, it was a moral victory.
- General Andrew Jackson
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