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Feared the U.S. would be pulled into the war for having ties to each country. Declared that the United States would stay neutral in the war that was going on between France and Great Britain. Warned U.S. citizens not to give aid to either side.
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The British Royal Navy took sailors and made them join the Royal Navy.
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It was made to settle disputes between the United States and Great Britain that remained after the American Revolution. British military posts were still in the American northwestern territory British interference with American trade and shipping.
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Was made to announce that he was not going to continue his presidency into a third term. It offered advice to future presidents. Warned against political parties, because they would undermine national unity. He also warned against foreign arrangements, because permanent allies could become a threat to our national independence and lead to conflicts. But trading is ok.
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British warship HMS Leopard attacked the American frigate USS Chesapeake off the coast of Virginia. Chesapeake’s Commodore James Barron refused to let the British leader board the ship to look for British soldiers. killing three crew members and wounding eighteen others before boarding the ship. The Leopard then sailed to Halifax so that the men could be tried. President Thomas Jefferson pushed for economic measures like the Embargo Act of 1807.
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During the Napoleonic Wars, and even before that, France and Britain kept seizing ships and cargoes. The British also forced the people on the ships to join the Royal Navy Jefferson wanted to use economic pressure to make them respect the trade rights and the people. The act backfired and caused the American economy to decrease, which affected everyone. Many started to smuggle goods from other countries. The failure of the Embargo Act led to the Non-Intercourse Act, then Macon's Bill No. 2.
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A young group of men from the Southern and Western parts of the United States, who were elected into the U.S. Congress. They were mainly led byHenry Clay (Kentucky), John C. Calhoun (South Carolina). There constant advocinece for war with the British, and there nationalism curtributed to the War of 1812
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Tecumseh and his brother created the pan-Indian confederacy in Prophetstown, which was used to make a resistance against the U.S. Tecumseh was recruiting people from various tribes, discouraging them from adopting white ways and telling them not to stand for their land being stolen. Tecumseh refused the alliance with Britain, but eventually joined them against the U.S.
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Allied with the British, to go against the U.S. Tecumseh and his confederacy traveled to Canada and allied with British Major-General Isaac Brock, who promised them they would become their own independent Indigenous nation. He died in battle, causing his confederacy to shatter.
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The main causes were the British limiting American trade with Europe, and impressment, the Royal Navy’s practice of taking American seamen and forcing them to be a part of the Royal Navy. The Americans could not beat the British on the sea since they had a larger navy. They decided to take Canada. This advanced failed. The British got Washington, D.C., and burned down the buildings. The British stopped the Americans with a blockade, which ended in a draw. They came up with the Treaty of Ghent
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Ended the War of 1814. This treaty restored all land and territory to those who owned it pre-war. Both sides agreed to end all hostilities with the Native Americans. It was supposed to give them back their land and rights that the Natives had during 1811, but many people ignored these clauses.
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December 15, 1814, to January 5, 1815
New England delegates and the Federalists started to meet up because they were all dissatisfied with the economic impact and the overreach of the government. They wanted to make their own constitutional amendments, but they failed. -
This battle was the most important because the Americans prevented the British from taking the Mississippi River and New Orleans. The American army was led by Andrew Jackson.