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History Chapter 8
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Embargo Act | Banned all national trade |
| Embargo Act-Why? | British and French attacking american ships and British were tring to impress the american sailors |
| Embargo Act-Result | Economy collapsed |
| Non-Intercouse Act | Banned trade with just British and French and whichever decided to stop first would be able to trade with U.S. |
| Conflict in West | Britiains arming and encouraging the N.A. to attack the american settlers |
| Tecumseh | Shawnee cheif who wanted to unite all of the N.A. tribes to resist white settlement. He also established Prophetstown |
| William Henry Harrison | Governor of Indiana territory |
| Battle of Tippacanoes | Harrison moved troops to the edge of Prophetstown and Prophet led nighttime attack on the americans which failed and the town was destroyed. Tecumseh's plan to unite the N.A. fell apart |
| War Hawks | Young congressmen from the south and west who wanted war with Britain |
| Opposers to War | Mostly in the Northeast and wer afraid that the economy would fall apart and thought that there was no way that the U.S. could be Britain in a war |
| 1812 | Madison agrees to declare war |