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Chapter 7Foreign Affairs in the Early
Republic
Section 2- The War of 1812
California Standards - 8.5, 8.5.1,
Looking Back, Looking
Ahead
• Beginning in 1812, the
United States went to war
with Britain. Fighting took
place in the United States,
in Canada, and at sea.
Focusing on the Main Idea
• In 1812 the United States was at war with
Britain and was unprepared from the
onset.
• Even though the last battle of the war, the
Battle of New Orleans, took place two
weeks after the war had officially ended,
the American victory there instilled a
strong sense of national pride.
Places and People to Know
• Detroit
• Lake Erie
• William Hull
• Oliver Hazard Perry
• Andrew Jackson
• Francis Scott Key
Vocabulary to know
• frigate
• privateer
• consist
• assemble
• economy
Did You Know?
• Although Francis Scott
Key wrote the lyrics in
1814 of what was
eventually called “The
Star-Spangled Banner,”it
originally was called
“Defence of Fort
McHenry”and was not
adopted as our national
anthem until March 3,
1931.
Where Did Hull take the US
Troops?
• The United States did not
have a large army at the
beginning of the War of
1812.
• In July 1812 General
William Hull led troops
from Detroit toward
Canada and encountered
Tecumseh and his
warriors.
• Hull surrendered Detroit.
What Were Some Important
Battles
of
1812?
• Oliver Hazard Perry,
commander of the Lake Erie
naval forces assembled a fleet
to seize the lake from the
British.
• In a bloody battle, Perry’s
forces defeated British troops.
• Tecumseh was killed in the
Battle of the Thames on
October 5, 1813.
• By the end of 1813 the
Americans had won some
How Did the Americans Fight the
British on the Sea?
• Americans had three of the
fastest frigates, or
warships, afloat that
successfully destroyed
British ships.
• American privateers,
armed private ships, also
captured numerous British
vessels.
Who Did the US fight
Against On Land?
• Andrew Jackson,
a Tennessee
planter, led an
attack against the
Creek in March
1814.
• Defeat at The Battle
of Horseshoe Bend
forced the Creek to
give up their lands
to the United
States.
Discussion Question
• What happened at The Battle of
Horseshoe Bend?
• (Andrew Jackson defeated the
Creek people, who then gave up
their lands to the United States.)
What Was the British
Offensive?
• In August 1814 the British sailed into
Chesapeake Bay and over powered American
troops outside Washington, D.C.
• The British marched into the city and burned
the Capitol and the White House.
Who Wrote the StarSpangled Banner?
• The British left Washington,
D.C., and sailed to Baltimore.
• American troops were waiting
in Baltimore when the British
attacked.
• Francis Scott Key wrote a
song about the battle that is
now the national anthem, “The
Star-Spangled Banner.”
Why Did The
British
• British
troops Stop?
entered New
York State from Canada to
capture Plattsburgh, a key
city on the shore of Lake
Champlain.
• An American naval force on
Lake Champlain defeated
the British, and they
retreated to Canada.
• The British decided that to
continue fighting would cost
them too much with little to
What Was the Treaty of
Ghent?
• On December 24, 1814, the United
States and Britain signed a peace
agreement called the Treaty of Ghent.
What Made the Federalist Party Look
Unpatriotic?
• Before news of the treaty became known,
another battle broke out in New Orleans. The
Americans, led by Andrew Jackson, won the
battle.
• New England Federalists gathered at the
Hartford Convention in December 1814 and
discussed secession.
• Word arrived about Jackson’s victory in New
Orleans and the peace treaty.
• The Federalist party appeared unpatriotic.
Discussion Question
• What inspired Francis Scott Key to write
“The Star-Spangled Banner”?
• (Key was in Baltimore when the British
fought American troops at Fort
McHenry. In the morning after a night of
fighting, Key could see the flag still
flying over the fort, and this inspired him
to write the song.)
Section 2 Review
Page 359
• 1. Who won the Battle of Lake Champlain? Why
was it an important victory?
• 2. What were the effects of the Battle of New
Orleans?
• 4. Why did the Federalists Party lose support
after the War of 1812?
• 6. Explain the relationship between Britain’s war
with France and the War of 1812 and the Treaty
of Ghent.