{"id":594,"date":"2021-02-16T04:22:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T04:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/?page_id=594"},"modified":"2021-02-16T13:39:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T13:39:43","slug":"war-of-1812","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/course-syllabus\/war-of-1812\/","title":{"rendered":"War of 1812"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/1812-sideshow.htm\"><strong>Causes of War<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Second Hundred Years&#8217; War (1689-1815)\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;revisionist description of repeated conflicts between Britain and France during the long 18th-century<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orders in Council<\/strong> &#8211;royal decrees issued by the Privy Council (King&#8217;s advisors) directing economic warfare against France (and indirectly against neutrals such as the United States) by limiting commercial trade<\/li>\n<li><strong>Impressment\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;Royal Navy practice of boarding merchant ships seeking deserters; an estimated 10,000 Americans seamen endured impressment during Napoleonic conflicts<\/li>\n<li><strong>Western expansion\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;Jefferson&#8217;s continued to pursue &#8220;an empire of liberty&#8221; with Louisiana Purchase (1803), pursuit of West Florida (1804), and Battle of Tippecanoe (1811)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.11.54-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-595\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.11.54-PM-1024x707.png\" alt=\"Impressment\" width=\"584\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.11.54-PM-1024x707.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.11.54-PM-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.11.54-PM-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.11.54-PM-435x300.png 435w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.11.54-PM.png 1252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/a-mere-matter-of-marching-stalemate-at-the-canadian-border.htm\"><strong>Canadian Campaign (1812-13)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jefferson said it would be &#8220;a mere matter of marching&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>US population = nearly 8 million \/\/ British Canada = 500,000<\/li>\n<li>Importance of Tecumseh and Battle of Thames (1813)<\/li>\n<li>Gen. William Henry Harrison was victor at both Tippecanoe and Thames<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-594 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/course-syllabus\/war-of-1812\/screen-shot-2021-02-15-at-11-06-57-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.06.57-PM-248x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Tecumseh\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.06.57-PM-248x300.png 248w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.06.57-PM.png 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-596'>\n\t\t\t\tTecumseh\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/course-syllabus\/war-of-1812\/screen-shot-2021-02-15-at-11-07-22-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.07.22-PM-249x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Prophet\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.07.22-PM-249x300.png 249w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.07.22-PM.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-597'>\n\t\t\t\tTenskwatawa (The Prophet)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/War-of-1812.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-602\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/War-of-1812.png\" alt=\"Map\" width=\"892\" height=\"968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/War-of-1812.png 892w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/War-of-1812-276x300.png 276w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/War-of-1812-768x833.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/turning-the-tide.htm\"><strong>British Invasion (1814)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Napoleon abdicates and exiled to Elba<\/li>\n<li>August 1814 the British burn Washington&#8217;s public buildings<\/li>\n<li>Dolley Madison and Paul Jennings save artifacts from White House<\/li>\n<li>British invasion stalls outside of Baltimore at Ft. McHenry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2018\/07\/us\/national-anthem-annotated\/\">&#8220;Star Spangled Banner&#8221;<\/a> by Francis Scott Key<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-594 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/course-syllabus\/war-of-1812\/screen-shot-2021-02-15-at-11-07-32-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.07.32-PM-300x209.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Capitol\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.07.32-PM-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.07.32-PM-768x535.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.07.32-PM-431x300.png 431w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.07.32-PM.png 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-598'>\n\t\t\t\tBurned out Capitol Building, 1814\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/course-syllabus\/war-of-1812\/screen-shot-2021-02-15-at-11-15-44-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.15.44-PM-300x263.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Banner\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.15.44-PM-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.15.44-PM-768x673.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.15.44-PM-342x300.png 342w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.15.44-PM.png 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-601'>\n\t\t\t\tThe original star spangled banner\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/course-syllabus\/war-of-1812\/screen-shot-2021-02-15-at-11-08-33-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.08.33-PM-192x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Paul Jenning\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.08.33-PM-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.08.33-PM.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-599'>\n\t\t\t\tPaul Jennings\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/course-syllabus\/war-of-1812\/screen-shot-2021-02-15-at-11-09-02-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.09.02-PM-194x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Stuart\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.09.02-PM-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.09.02-PM.png 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-600'>\n\t\t\t\tStuart&#8217;s portrait of Washington\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/probing-for-peace.htm\">Toward Peace<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/released-from-the-millstone.htm\">Aftermath<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Negotiations for Treaty of Ghent start in August 1814; Orders-in-Council no longer in effect; Americans no longer objecting to impressment; questions revolve around Indian and territorial issues<\/li>\n<li>Congress of Vienna meeting simultaneously to settle European affairs<\/li>\n<li>In war&#8217;s final engagement, Andrew Jackson secures overwhelming victory at Battle of New Orleans in January 1815<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.10.34-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-603\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.10.34-PM-247x300.png\" alt=\"Andrew Jackson\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.10.34-PM-247x300.png 247w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.10.34-PM.png 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.11.18-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-604\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.11.18-PM-1024x522.png\" alt=\"Coffin handbill\" width=\"584\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-11.11.18-PM-1024x522.png 1024w, 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