https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8 en-us 2018-11-15 20:03:28 UTC 2024-10-25 15:55:07 UTC hello@padlet.com ricardo_305016 https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305010993 The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, The United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815. 
5 people involved in the war were James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Tecumseh, William Henry Harrison, and Oliver Hazard Perry. ]]> 2018-11-15 20:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305010993 ricardo_305016 https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305016988 2018-11-15 20:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305016988 ricardo_305016 https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305017493 The causes of the War of 1812 were a series of penalties given by the British and French against the US as part of the Napoleonic Wars and American outrage at the British practice of impressment, especially after the Chesapeake incident of 1807.]]> 2018-11-15 20:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305017493 ricardo_305016 https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305018831 One of the battles of the war of 1812 were the battle of Lake Erie. On September 10, 1813, American Naval forces under General Oliver Hazard Perry won a major victory over British forces at Lake Erie on Pennsylvania’s coastline. Because the American victory closed off British navigation of Lake Erie, British forces evacuated Detroit. The retreating British and Indian forces were subsequently engaged at the Battle of Tippecanoe along the Thames River in Indiana. General William Henry Harrison and American forces routed the enemy on October 5, 1813.]]> 2018-11-15 20:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305018831 ricardo_305016 https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305021077 On November 6, 1811, territorial governor William Henry Harrison and 1,000 riflemen marched to the village of Prophetstown for the purposes of clearing the land for American settlers. The march was timed to coincide with the absence of the great Native warrior, Tecumseh, who was recruiting warriors in the south for his cause. Early that morning, Harrison’s men were ambushed. Despite a brutal battle in the dark morning, Harrison’s men succeeding in causing the Natives to retreat. Two days later, American forces burned Prophetstown to the ground. The razing of Prophetstown so angered the Native Americans, that many decided to join the British cause against the Americans.]]> 2018-11-15 20:31:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305021077 ricardo_305016 https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305023833 On January 8, 1815, British General Edward Pakenham and over 10,000 British soldiers and Native warriors attacked Andrew Jackson and his well fortified army of over 5,000 men at Chalmette, about five miles downriver from New Orleans. The object was to separate Louisiana from the rest of the United States. American soldiers, aided by pirates under the command of Jean Lafitte, cut down wave after wave of British soldiers from behind impenetrable defenses. Pakenham was killed in the battle and the British suffered over 2,000 total casualties. The battle was the last armed conflict of the War of 1812.]]> 2018-11-15 20:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305023833 ricardo_305016 https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305024925 The War of 1812 ended when Great Britain and the United States of America signed the Treaty of Ghent on December 24th, 1814. The treaty said that each country would have their borders made the same as they were before the war. So, neither Britain or the U.S. gained any territory from each other.]]> 2018-11-15 20:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305024925 ricardo_305016 https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305025335 2018-11-15 20:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305025335 ricardo_305016 https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305026004 Sources: “War of 1812 for Kids.” MrNussbaumcom 13 Colonies Connecticut Colony Comments, Greg Nussbaum, www.mrnussbaum.com/war1812/.]]> 2018-11-15 20:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ricardo_305016/91leiw7uzov8/wish/305026004