Ch.10, Sec.4 – The War of 1812 The War Begins - England tried to avoid another war with the United States because they were still fighting against the French - to avoid war with the Americans, they stopped interfering with American ships - the first phase of the war (1812 – 1814), England spent little time and resources fighting us because of the French - the second phase of the war (April – December, 1814), England had defeated France, so they spent all their energies and resources fighting against the United States
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Ch.10, Sec.4 – The War of 1812 The War Begins The War Begins - England tried to avoid another war with the United States because they were still fighting.
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Ch.10, Sec.4 – The War of 1812
The War Begins
- England tried to avoid another war with the United States because they were still fighting against the French
- to avoid war with the Americans, they stopped interfering with American ships
- the first phase of the war (1812 – 1814), England spent little time and resources fighting us because of the French
- the second phase of the war (April – December, 1814), England had defeated France, so they spent all their energies and resources fighting against the United States
Ch.10, Sec.4 – The War of 1812
- the United States only had 16 ships and 7,000 soldiers when we declared war on England in the summer of 1812!!!!
The First Phase of the War
- the U.S. navy rose to the challenge against England and proved faster & more experienced
- the most important naval battle occurred on Lake Erie in September of 1813, which involved naval officer, Oliver Hazard Perry Oliver Hazard
- Francis Scott Key, a Washington lawyer, watched the British attack Fort McHenry all night long and wrote the U.S. national anthem after discovering the flag in the fort was still flying high in the morning; “Oh say can you see by the dawn’s early light”
- by September of 1814, British soldiers tried to cut off New England, but were defeated in the Battle of Lake Champlain