National Growing Pains and the War of 1812

TOP TEN

1. JAMES MADISON ELECTED AS PRESIDENT. Elected in 1808. Led US through the war of 1812.

2.TECUMSEH AND PROPHET. Indian cousins who untied Indian Tribes in a confederacy in order to stop western expansion.

3 . WAR OF 1812. US V s Great Britain over land and impressments. Many Battles ending with the victorious battle of New Orleans.

4.TREATY OF GHENT. Both countries done fighting! Britain finally agrees to US status quo. Impressments stops.

5. HARTFORD CONVENTION: Federalists meet to succeed from nation in secret because they do not want to continue war of 1812. Look like cowards in end.

6. MONROE DOCTRINE: 1823, Monroe says: No one else mess with North or South America. ( colonization).

7. ERA OF GOOD FEELING: World finally at peace. The US quest for national identify.

8. NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS. Northern leaders: John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, & Martin Van Buren. Southern: William Crawford, John Clahoun. Western:

Henry Clay, Thomas Hart Benton, Henry Harrison, and Andrew Jackson.

9. MISSOURI COMPROMISE. Split states between slave and anti slavery states. 10.JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 1825-1829. John believed slavery was wrong, nationalist, has high standards.

QUOTES;

"I would continue this war for ever rather than surrender an acre ... " MADISON

" I hope it will be the last treaty of peace between Great Britain and the United States" -JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (Treaty of Ghent)

" The American continents are no longer subject for any new European colonial establishments" ADAMS & MONROE

CHAPTER SUMMARY

This chapter deals with the events that occurred during Madison's presidency. It included the events that led up to the War of 1812, the War of.1812, and the events that followed. Throughout this chapter we struggle with westward expansion and fight both the British and the Indians in the war of 1812. We defeat the Indian confederation and break it up. The Monroe doctrine states that no other countries can colonize or disrupt North or South America. This is followed by the era of good feelings and the Missouri Compromise. Then in1825 John Quincy Adams becomes president.