WAR OF 1812

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What was impressment?

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kidnapping sailors

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What is an Embargo?

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not allowing trade (ships blocked)

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Why did the British trade with Native Americans?

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to try to upset the Americans

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What happened when the captain of the American Chesapeake refused to let the British take their sailors?

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The British fired on the Americans

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American fort that did not fall during the British attack. Where the Star Spangled Banner was written.

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Fort McHenry

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The British burned this capital: Washington DC, New York City, London, Philadelphia

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Washington DC

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American General who won at the Battle of New Orleans. Would become president.

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Andrew Jackson

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British impressment of Americans, Embargo Act, Americans desire of land are 3 causes of the War of 1812.

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True

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Senators from the South and West who wanted to go to war with Britain

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War Hawks

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President during the War of 1812

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James Madison