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14 Cards in this Set
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Chespapeake sailing by VA when a british ship demanded it to stop to look for AWOL soldioers; British fires on ship & kidnapped 4 americans (we were pissed)
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Chesapeake affair
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Cut off all American trade with Europe ; hurts new england
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embargo act
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US will trade w/europe but NOT england and france
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non-intercourse act (shitty name)
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reestablished trade with ALL europe
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macons bill #2
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made army to kill the whites; wanted to be eurpoean; europeans took advantage of him (got him druunk) ended up with nothing; tells everyone to fight for "indian-ness"
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tecumseh & the prophet
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captures _____ and wipes out town; found out english were inspiring the native americans with guns to wipe out americans; wanted to take canda from england
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battle of tippecanoe
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in canada; NY mitlita didn't help so we got owned
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Battle of Queenstown heights
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our only land victory; Tecumseh died
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Battle of thames river
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Couldnt be sunk by the british; "iron sides" made of new england oak
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USS Constitution
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wrote the star spangled banner
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Francis Scott Key
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was the flag still over FT _____ (inspirted star spangled banner)
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mchenry
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Jackson; everyone is at the capitol; leader of the brisih gave is soldiers a "break" didnt take it; jacokson forms army and saves the city; england loses 1/3 of their army
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Battle of New Orleans (not offically in War of 1812)
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North- amend constitution of we'll suceed
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Hartford Convention
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Who won the peace of ghent
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no one
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