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jefferson is elected
Jefferson was reelected because people liked what he did. Jefferson helped us by doing things like purchasing Louisaiana, and stopping the Barbary pirates. The republicans voted for him. -
Embargo act
The embargo act was a law that banned United States from trading with all foreign countries. Jeffferson created this law. It was supposed to stop Britan and France from shooting their ships. -
Madison became president
James Madison is demotratic republican. He is one of our founding fathers. Madison was secratary of state under Thomas Jefferson -
Battle of Tippecanoe
The Indians had a town that was their capitol basically. All of the white settlers didn't like alll the Indians so their govenor formed a army to defget them out of to make the Indians leave. Even though Tecumsah and the prophet had permisssion to have a town there. So the Indians fought too. They lost against the white settlers -
war of 1812 begins
United States declared war for lots of problems including trading with France and British. The countries that participated in the war were America, United Kingdom, and its Native American alleis. -
Battle at Lake Erie
The American Navy beat the British Royal Navy. They faught this war basiclaly to see who would get Lake Erie for during the war. -
Batttle of Thames
The battle of Thames was the U.S against the U.K and Tecumsah combined. The battle of Thames was faught because the British had controlled Lake Eerie but then US Navy took it taking all of their supplies so British surrendered an ran to the river of Thames. American troops finished off British troops. -
British burn Washington DC
On August 22 the presient was going to check on his troops. Just as the British made threats to burn the Whitehouse. You would think the U.S troops would immediatly go to the White House to protect it but instead the president and his wife fled for safety. The British arrived there and burned the White house. -
treaty of ghent
The war of 1812 ended in 1814 Christmass Eve. Britain wanted both sides to keep the land they had won during the war. America wanted to keep it the way it was before the war. They decided no one could keep anything they won in the war, and that the U.S would not expand into Canada. -
Battle of New Orleans 1815
The battle of New Orleans is the last string of major battles in the war of 1812. This battle ended the war. The resolution of the war was just calling the whole thing off.
