https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem American Perspective of the War of 1812 en-us 2016-09-20 12:48:19 UTC 2017-03-15 10:36:01 UTC hello@padlet.com jalen_anglin1 https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125048808 2016-09-20 12:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125048808 shakhlo13 https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125049540 -On August of 1814, a formidable British force landed on Chesapeake Bay area and advanced on to Washington 
--------The invaders entered the capital and set fire to more public building 
- While Washington burned, the Americans held firm at Baltimore as the British continued to fire Fort McHenry 
--------- The British were not able to capture the city, and this event inspired the song "The Star Spangled Banner"

- A third British blow occurred on 1814 aimed towards New Orleans 
- Andrew Jackson and his "Hodgepodge" force containing sailors, regulars, pirates, Frenchmen, as well as militiamen from Louisiana, Kentucky, and Tennesse  
- The overconfident British made the mistake of launching a frontal attack on Jan. 8, 1815 on the entrenched American riflemen and cannoneers 
--------- The attackers suffered a devastating loss of two thousand individuals in just half an hour
- News of the victory traveled around the country "like a clap of thunder," no one even cared that a peace treaty had been signed at Ghent

]]> 2016-09-20 13:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125049540 weshyames https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125049592 -The American army wasn't well trained. They also were poor strategists
-British's weakest forces are in Canada.
-3 U.S Invasions, all quickly ended:
--------Detroit
--------Niagara
--------Lake Champlain
-Americans looked for success on water because they were trained properly, unlike the army.
-Oliver Hazard Perry led a naval fleet in the victory at Lake Erie, thus giving new energy to the Americans. 
-Retreat by the British led to the loss of Detroit and Fort Malden.
-1814: Napoleon's power is destroyed; he is exiled from France. This meant that America was alone in the fight.
-Thomas Macdonough saves New York on 9/11/1814. The win near Plattsburgh forced the British army to retreat. ]]> 2016-09-20 13:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125049592 hasten_biddlecome https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125051785 - Tsar Alexander 1 wanted to save British strength, so he proposed a to mediate between the British and Americans.
- Russia was stressed about Napoleon's ambitions.
- Met in the Belgian city of Ghent in 1814.
- British was cocky, and made steep demands which included:
---- Neutralized Indian buffer zone
---- Control of Great Lakes
---- Most of Maine
- Americans rejected.
- News of war weariness for Great Britain made the British delegates willing to compromise.
-Result: Both sides agreed to stop fighting and restore conquered territory. (Basically an armistice)]]> 2016-09-20 13:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125051785 jalen_anglin1 https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125052013 -New England proposes secession from the union
-The Hartford Convention demanded financial assisstance from Washington to compensate for lost trade and for constitutional amendments requiring two-thirds vote in Congress before an embargo could be imposed, new states admitted, or war declared.
-The Hartford Resolutions were the death of the Federalist Party


]]> 2016-09-20 13:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125052013 jalen_anglin1 https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125056421 -The War of 1812 was a small war, involving about 6000 Americans killed or wounded.
-The Indians relinquished vast areas of forest and land north of the Ohio River.
-The war revived and intensified bitterness towards Great Britain.

]]> 2016-09-20 13:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125056421 shakhlo13 https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125062827 - James Monroe was nominated for the presidency in 1816 by the republicans 
--------this continued the so-called dynasty of Virginians in Washington ]]> 2016-09-20 13:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jalen_anglin1/6gzsz7y0rpem/wish/125062827