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10 Cards in this Set
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Orders in Council
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British regulation that all ships going to Europe needed licenses and would be searched for contraband
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Impressment
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British practice of stopping American ships to seize sailors
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Embargo
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Government ban on trade with other countries
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James Madison
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"Father of the Constitution" elected 4th President of the U.S.in 1808
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Francis Scott Key
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Maryland lawyer who wrote the Star Spangled Banner after watching the British bombard Fort McHenry
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Non-Intercourse Act
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Act to forbid trade with France and Britain while authorizing the President to reopen trade with whichever country removed its trade restriction first
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War Hawks
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Congressmen from primarily the South and West who voted for war
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Tecumseh
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Shawnee leader who believed that Native Americans needed to unite to protect their lands
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Nationalism
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Loyalty and devotion to a nation
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Treaty of Ghent
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Ended the War of 1812 and restored prewar boundaries
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