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history test 12/9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Impressment | American Sailors were forced to serve the British Navy if they couldnt prove their citizenships |
| Embargo Act | Supposed to stop all foreign imports from arriving in American harbors |
| Customs | Taxes placed on imported and exported goods |
| Tecumseh | Shawnee chief who spoke out aganist destruction of native cultures and econmies, criticized Native Americans leaders who sold their land to the US |
| Prophetstowns | Community devoted to Native American unity and oppostion to US expansion |
| Prophet | Someone who is belived to deliver messages that come from God or some other divine source |
| Battle of Tippecanoe | Attack led by governor of Indiana,burned Prophetstown to the groud to try to stop Tecumseh |
| War Hawks | Americans who favored war,tried to call the US to arms after the Battle of Tippecanoe |
| War of 1812 | War with Britian in response to tension with Native Americans and Britian |
| Francis Scott Key | Wrote the Star Spangled Banner (became the national anthem of the United States |
| Embargo | a law that resticts trading with one or more nations |