Term | Definition |
Nonintercourse Act | an 1809 law that allowed Americans to carry on trade with all nations except Britain and France |
Treaty of Greenville | signed by some Native Americans in1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio in exchange for 20,000 and a promise of more if they kept the peace |
Confederation | league of independent states or nations |
Battle of Tippecanoe | 1811 battle over white settlement in the Indiana territory |
War Hawks | embers of congress from the South and the West who called for war with Britain prior to the War of 1812 |
Doves | Member of Congress from the North and East who preferred War not be declared with Britain |
Nationalism | devotion to ones country |
Tecumseh | Shawnee leader who opposed white settlers taking more Indian land |
Henry Clay | outspoken War Hawk, who wanted to punish Britain, and conquer Canada |
Battle of Lake Erie | in the War of 1812, and American victory led by Oliver Perry against the British |
Francis Scott Key | wrote Star Spangled Banner while aboard a British ship, while observing the British assault on Fort Baltimore |
Battle of New Orleans | near the conclusion of the War of 1812 , a battle between British and American forces that ended in an American victory |
Treaty of Ghent | peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States at the end of the War of 1812 |
Star Spangled Banner | written during the battle of Baltimore by a lawyer sent to negotiate the release of prisoners |
Andrew Jackson | Tennessee officer who commanded American troops in the Creek War, Hero of Battle |