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38 Cards in this Set
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General Sir Edward Pakenham
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Commanded British army down to New Orleans
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General Sir George Prevost
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Led more than 10,000 British troops into New York State from Canada
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Francis Scott Key
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Young attorney who wrote Star-Spangled Banner
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Dolley Madison
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Wife of James Madison
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Andrew Jackson
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Attacked the Creeks [Native Americans]
Battle of Horseshoe Bend Broke Creeks' resistance |
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Frigates
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warships
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privateers
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armed private ships
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Oliver Hazard Perry
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commander of Lake Erie naval forces
had orders to seize lake from the British |
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Henry Clay
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one of the leading War Hawks
Kentucky |
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John Calhoun
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one of the leading War Hawks
South Carolina |
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nationalism
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loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests above all others
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War Hawks
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Republicans during Madison's presidency who pressed for war with Britain
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General William Henry Harrison
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American governor of the Indiana Territory
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Tecumseh
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powerful Shawnee chief who built a confederacy among Native American nations in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan
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The Prophet
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Tecumseh's brother
Urged Native Americans everywhere to return to the customs of their ancestors |
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James Madison
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secretary of state, president
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embargo
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prohibits trade with another country
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neutral rights
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right to sail the seas and not take sides
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impressment
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forcing people in a service, as in a navy
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Stephen Decatur
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25-year-old U.S. navy captain who burned a captured U.S. ship down in Tripoli
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tribute
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protection money
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secede
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to withdraw
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Zebulon Pike
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led two expeditions though the upper Mississippi River valley and in a region that is now Colorado
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Sacagawea
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served as an interpreter with Lewis and Clark and helped the explorers survive
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Meriwether Lewis
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one of the co-leaders in the Lewis & Clark expedition
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William Clark
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one of the co-leaders in the Lewis & Clark expedition
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Toussaint-Louverture
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leader of the revolt in Carribean islands
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Robert Livingston
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U.S. ambassador to France
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Napoleon Bonoparte
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the leader of France
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conestoga wagons
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sturdy vehicles topped wiht white canvas
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Embargo Act
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banned imports from and exports to all foreign countries
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Nonintercourse Act
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prohibited trade only with Britain and France and their colonial possessions
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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General William Harrison lead a battle to Prophetstown
Glorious victory for Americans Lead to Tecumseh joining forces with British troops |
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Battle of the Thames
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After Lake Erie was in American hands, the British and Native Americans tried to pull back from the area.
Stopped by William Harrison, this battle took place. Tecumseh was killed. |
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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Andrew Jackson attacked the Creeks, killing more than 550 people.
Broke up the Creeks, forcing them to give up most of their lands to the Americans |
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Battle of Plattsburgh
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British suffered a humiliating defeat
General Prevost abandoned campaign After this battle, British leaders decided that the minor war in America was too costly and unnesscary |
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Treaty of Gent
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did not change any existing borders
nothing mentioned about the impressment of sailors, neutral rights had become a dead issue |
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Battle of New Orleans
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Americans achieved a decisive victory
Lead by Andrew Jackson Gory bloodshed |
