THE WAR OF 1812The Second Revolution

Laissez-faireNoninterference

Little government involvement in economic affairs and its direction.

The Buildup to War 1804 Thomas

Jefferson re-elected

12th amendment Fighting in Europe

between England and France

Impressment of US Sailors (captured and forced to fight for England)

Embargo Act of 1807 Jefferson cut off all trade

with Europe Hoped to prevent

impressment because ships wouldn’t be at sea.

Hurt the US economy

BUILDUP

1808- James Madison elected

INDIAN RELATIONS “The Prophet”

rejects ‘Euro..’ values

Tecumseh formed a confederation of Indians, won support of British

His brother, Prophet led an attack on US

US attacked the Indians at Tippecanoe (led by William Henry Harrison)

THE WAR HAWKS Because of

Impressment and the alignment with the Indians, many wanted to fight the British

Known as War Hawks

Led by John C. Calhoun (SC) and Henry Clay (KY)

THE WAR OF 1812 US Army and

Navy were weak 1814: burning

of White House, DC

Christmas Eve 1814 decl. Armistice

Treaty of Ghent All old

boundaries between the US and British in N. America restored

Battle of New Orleans Greatest victory of US

January 1815 Battle of New Orleans makes Andrew Jackson famous

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

In 1814 we took a little tripAlong with Colonel Jackson down the mighty MississipWe took a little bacon and we took a little beans and

we fought the bloody British in the town of New

Orleans

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

We fired our guns but the British kept a comin’,

There wasn’t as many as there was a while ago.

Fired once more and they began a runnin’, On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of

Mexico.

We ran through the briars and we ran through the brambles and we ran through

the bushes where a rabbit couldn’t go.Ran so fast that the hounds couldn’t catch

‘em, on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

We looked down the river and we see’d the British come

And there must have been 100 of ‘em, beating on the drum

They stepped so high and they stepped so well, we stood by our cotton bales and didn’t

say a thing

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

We fired our guns but the British kept a comin’,There wasn’t as many as there was a while ago.

Fired once more and they began a runnin’, On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

We ran through the briars and we ran through the brambles and we ran through the bushes

where a rabbit couldn’t go.Ran so fast that the hounds couldn’t catch ‘em,

on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

Old Hickory said we could take ‘em by surprise if we didn’t

fire our muskets till we looked ‘em in the eyes

We held our fire till we see’d their faces well, we opened

up our squirrel guns and really gave ‘em hell

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

We fired our guns but the British kept a comin’,There wasn’t as many as there was a while ago.

Fired once more and they began a runnin’, On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

We ran through the briars and we ran through the brambles and we ran through the bushes

where a rabbit couldn’t go.Ran so fast that the hounds couldn’t catch ‘em,

on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

We fired our cannons till the barrels melted down, then we grabbed an alligator and we

fired another roundWe filled his head with

cannonballs and powdered his behind, and when we touched the powder off, the gator lost

his mind.

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

We fired our guns but the British kept a comin’,There wasn’t as many as there was a while ago.

Fired once more and they began a runnin’, On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

We ran through the briars and we ran through the brambles and we ran through the bushes

where a rabbit couldn’t go.Ran so fast that the hounds couldn’t catch ‘em,

on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico