The War of 1812 by Shawn Bedard

Jackson

wafflestudent — 2015-11-16 18:39:18 UTC

Starting date: June 18, 1812

End date : December 24, 1814

napoleon bonaparte height: 1.6 m

causalities: United States: 2,200 battle deaths. 15,000 total casualties

British Empire: 1,600 battle deaths, 5,000 total casualties

wafflestudent — 2015-11-17 18:40:02 UTC

types of weapons: The weapons used in the war of 1812 were knives, swords, bayonets, pistols, muskets, rifles, cannons and to a lesser extent, crude bombs.

Isaac Brock

shawn_bedard — 2015-11-17 18:45:16 UTC

- Brock was the senior British officer in Upper Canada.

- Captured of Detroit

- Died at Queenston Heights

Who, What, When, Where, Why.

caydendavidbrow — 2015-11-17 18:45:56 UTC

Who: Napoleon Bonaparte and James Madison.

What: War of 1812.

When: Started on the 18th of June 1812. Ended on the 24th of December 1814.

Where: The Battle of Queenston Heights National Historic Site is a famous battle fought on 13 October 1812, when the British Army and Canadian Militia, assisted by First Nations allies, defeated an invading American Army on the Niagara Escarpment overlooking the village of Queenston. Also Upper Canada, Lower Canada on the Great Lakes and Atlantic in the United States.

Why: The war of 1812 started because fishing rights were bad so Napoleon Bonaparte went to war on ‘merica.

After The War: After Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat all the causes of the war had disappeared with the end of the war between Britain and France and, with the destruction of the power of Indians to block American expansion into the Northwest.

wafflestudent — 2015-11-17 18:47:35 UTC

types of ships: A brig is a sailing ship with two square-rigged masts. The mainmast—the aft mast—also has a gaff sail. Brigs were built as both naval and merchant vessels for coastal trading routes and ocean voyages as well. A naval brig might carry 10 to 20 guns. Being quick, they served in the War of 1812 as couriers and as training vessels.

famous ships

2015-11-17 18:50:53 UTC

Name: Niagara Owner: Pennsylvania Armament: 18 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 12-pounder long guns

Restored 1913, 1931–1943, 1963, 1988.USS Niagara, commonly called the US Brig Niagara or the Flagship Niagara, is a wooden-hulled brig that served as the relief flagship for Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

wafflestudent — 2015-11-17 18:54:47 UTC

The schooner was one of the most elegant and manageable sailing vessels of the age of sail. The name likely is of Dutch origin, meaning “beautiful” or “lovely.” Typically a schooner had two masts, a main mast and a foremast, with the forward mast being shorter than the rear mast.

wafflestudent — 2015-11-17 18:59:40 UTC

“Sloop” is another naval term that was loosely applied, in this case to a ship smaller than a frigate. Nevertheless, some sloops carried up to 20 guns and were formidable fighting ships.

wafflestudent — 2015-11-18 14:37:44 UTC

At the time of the War of 1812, the term “frigate” referred to ships that were often as long as a ship-of-the-line and were square-rigged on all three masts. They were faster, with lighter armament (about 28 guns), and were used in the war for patrolling and escort. The loose term "frigate" was also extended to smaller two-decked ships.

Tecumseh

2015-11-19 15:15:23 UTC

Tecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and became an ally of Britain in the War of 1812

Who won the War of 1812

shawn_bedard — 2015-11-19 15:28:21 UTC

Washington had expected the largely American population of Upper Canada to throw off the British as soon as its army crossed the border. But that didn't happen. Lured north by free land and low taxes, the settlers wanted to be left alone. So the British and Loyalist elite were able to set Canadians on a different course from that of their former enemy. And the growing belief that they, the civilian soldiers, and not the First Nations and British regulars, had won the war and helped to germinate the seeds of nationalism in Canada. Canada owes its present shape to negotiations that grew out of the peace, while the war itself gave Canadians their first sense of community and laid the foundation for their future nationhood. To this extent Canadians were the real winners of the War of 1812.

HMS Shannon

2015-11-19 16:55:32 UTC

By 1812, the British Navy was thought to be the most powerful in the world. The US frigate sailed to meet the Shannon on June 1, 1813. HMS Shannon escorted USS Chesapeake into the Halifax harbour on June 6, 1813.

LAURA SECORD

2015-11-19 16:59:57 UTC

On June 20 or 21, 1813, Secord overhead American officers discussing their intention to ambush a British outpost at the DeCou House, near Beaver Dams, and capture its commanding officer Lieutenant James FitzGibbon. Early the next morning, Laura set out on foot to warn Lieutenant FitzGibbon, who was roughly 30 kilometers away.

She successfully delivered her message first to about 400 First Nations warriors, then to FitzGibbon on June 22, 1813.

The British navy was the biggest in the world at the time, with more than 600 ships. How many did the U.S. Navy have? Only 18 sailable ships. It’s no wonder Britain didn’t take the war seriously at first.

2015-11-19 17:14:58 UTC

The saying “Don’t give up the ship!” comes from the War of 1812. Those were the dying words of Captain James Lawrence of the USS Chesapeake as his ship was captured by Britain’s HMS Shannon.

2015-11-19 17:15:26 UTC

Important Facts

FisherParkteach — 2015-11-19 17:16:51 UTC

By The Herzog

Women, who often traveled with their husbands’ military units, sometimes acted as spies. Canadian Laura Secord walked 33km to inform the British of a planned attack on the Niagara Falls area. The British then launched a surprise attack on U.S. troops and kept control of the peninsula. Secord was later recognized as a hero by the Prince of Wales. Many Canadians now associate Secord with a chain of candy stores named in her honor.

2015-11-19 17:17:30 UTC

Francis Scott Key’s famous song about the Battle of Baltimore wasn’t originally called “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The initial name was “Defence of Fort McHenry.” (Not exactly a catchy title.) It didn’t become the official national anthem until 1931.

2015-11-19 17:17:57 UTC

The peace treaty to end the war — the Treaty of Ghent, named for a city in what is now Belgium — didn’t resolve what might have been the biggest cause of the war: The British wouldn’t agree to stop capturing American sailors and forcing them to serve in the British navy.

2015-11-19 17:18:22 UTC

The final battle of the war took place after the peace treaty was signed. News of the Treaty of Ghent, which was signed on Dec. 24, 1814, didn’t reach all of the United States for several weeks. So British and Americans battled in New Orleans on Jan. 8, 1815. The United States — led by General Andrew Jackson — defeated the much larger British force.

2015-11-19 17:19:41 UTC