Early Republic Day 12 & 13 Lesson Notes

Day 12

The War Ends

• The Treaty of Ghent

ended the war

• No boundaries

changed, but the British
agreed to stop seizing
American ships

• Andrew Jackson had

not heard the war had
ended, and fought and
defeated the British at
the Battle of New
Orleans

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Effects of the War of 1812

• America earned respect

around the world for
defending themselves
from Britain

• Americans became very

patriotic, or proud of their
country

• Americans built more

factories, increasing
manufacturing, to make
items they could not trade
for during the War of 1812

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Day 13

The Era of Good Feelings

• Americans were happy

after the War of 1812,
and did not argue over
political parties
(nationalism)

• The Antebellum Period

1.

Time of tremendous
economic growth after
the War of 1812 and
prior to the Civil War

2.

Slave labor allowed
agriculture (cotton) to
dominate in the South

3.

A textile (cloth) boom in
the North fueled
factory growth

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The Monroe Doctrine

• James Monroe was easily

elected in 1816 to be the
5th president of the U.S.

• After the American and

French Revolutions,
several countries in
South America had their
own revolutions

• James Monroe declared

that European countries
could no longer colonize
land in the Americas

Europe

The Americas

Day 13
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