chapter 12 Flashcards
americans tried to invade canada from
detroit, niagara and lake champlain but were fought off by canadians
americans attacked canada by sea and were more
successful
oliver hazard perry captured british fleet in
lake erie
in august of 1814, a second british force attacked washington d.c., burning most of the capital, including
white house and capitol
francis scott key: american prisoner aboard british ship who watched british bombard
fort mchenry; wrote star spangled banner
tsar alexander I of russia called americans and british to come to peace because he didn’t want british ally to
lose strength in americans and let napoleon overtake europe
treaty of ghent was an
armistice
both sides stopped fighting and conquered territory was
restored
hartford convention: secret meeting to discuss disgust of the
war and redress grievances
harford convention demanded: financial assitance from washington to compensate for
lost trade from embargoes
harford convention demanded: constitutional amendments requiring 2/3 vote in congress before
an embargo could be imposed, new states admitted, or war declared
harford convention demanded: the abolition of
slavery
harford convention demanded: president could only serve
1 term
harford convention demanded: abolition of the 3/
3/5 clause
harford convention demanded: prohibition of the election of 2 succesive presidents from the same
state
hartford resolutions marked the death of the
federalist party
war of 1812 showed other nations that america would
defend its beliefs
rush-bagot agreement was made between u.s. and britain and it limited the
naval armament on the great lakes
by-product of the war of 1812 was heightened
nationalism
tariff of 1816 for protection for
american companies
british componies were trying to put american factories out of business by selling their goods for much less than
american factories
president madison vetoed a bill to give states aid for infrastructure, deeming it
unconstitutional
democratic-republicans were opposed to using federal money to support
interstate improvements
era of good feelings: 2 political parties were
getting along
panic of 1819→main cause: over-
over-speculation in frontier lands
bank of us.s. hated by western farmers because it
foreclosed many farms
people moved west because of:
cheap land, construction of highways, and eliminated indian territories
land act of 1820 authorized buyer to purchase 80 virgin acres at minimum of
$1.25 an acre
west demanded cheap
transportation and cheap money
Fletcher vs. Peck: georgia legislature granted 35 million acres to private speculators; next legislature
cancelled the transaction
fletcher vs. peck: marshall let state give acres to speculators since it was a contract; decision protected
property rights against popular pressures
dartmouth college vs. woodward: dartmouth college given a charter by king george III but new hampshire wanted to take it away; marshall ruled in
favor of the college
angle-american convention of 1818 allowed americans to share newfoundland fisheries with canadians and provided for a
10 year joint occupation of the oregon country without a surrender o the rights/ claims of either america or britain
with the revolutions in south america, spain was forced to take its troops
out of florida
ANDREW Jackson WENT INTO FLORIDA CLAIMING HE WOULD PUNISH THE INDIANS
and recapture the runaways who were hiding in Spanish Florida
Jackson captured
St. Marks and Pensacola→2 most important spanish posts in area
florida purchase treaty of 1819: spanish ceded florida and cliams to oregon in exchange for
america’s claims to texas
george canning (british foreign secretary) asked american minister if U.S. would band with British in joint declaration renouncing
any interest in acquiring latin american territory and warning european dictators to keep out of latin america
european monarchs were — by the monroe doctrine because of america’s
offended; soft military strength
president monroe was mainly concerned with—- when he issued the Doctrine
security of america
russo-american treaty of 1824: russians retreated farther
north into alaska
