6.2 Battle of 1812

Impressment

• forcing unwilling men to join military or naval service

• law that is stops trade with a country

• when a country refuses to take sides in a conflict or dispute

embargo

• forcing unwilling men to join military or naval service

• law that is stops trade with a country

• when a country refuses to take sides in a conflict or dispute

neutrality

• forcing unwilling men to join military or naval service

• law that is stops trade with a country

• when a country refuses to take sides in a conflict or dispute

The Embargo Act was a law passed to hurt the French and the British so they would stop interfering with American shipping.

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The Embargo Act helped American merchants, shipbuilders and farmers.

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The Embargo Act was unsuccessful, so Congress replaced it with the Non-Intercourse Act. The new law permitted U.S. trade with all nations except Great Britain and France.

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Tecumseh also believed that if the different Native American nations in the region could unite, they could keep white settlers away from their land.

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Tecumseh agreed with the treaties Native Americans in the region had signed with white settlers.

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The news that that War of 1812 was over did not reach Orleans until after the Battle of New Orleans was over.

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The British and Americans lost about the same number of people in the Battle of New Orleans.

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