the second war for independence and the upsurge of nationalism 1812-1824
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The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism
1812-1824
The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism
1812-1824
Causes of the ConflictCauses of the Conflict
• Orders in Council• Embargo and Non-
Intercourse Acts• War Hawks• British impressments• Canadian expansion
The War America Should Not Have Won
The War America Should Not Have Won
• U.S. 3-stage attack on Canada
• Fight for the Great Lakes• Battle for Lake Erie• Battle of Thames• Macdonough defeats the
British at Plattsburg• Washington, D.C. burns• Battle for Fort McHenry• Jackson and the Battle for
New Orleans
U.S. controls the water???U.S. controls the water???
• Ships only fight on the interior lakes
• U.S. ships more skillfully manned
• U.S. privateer influence
• British blockade• Effects on U.S.
economy
Treaty of GhentTreaty of Ghent
• “Not one inch of territory ceded or lost”
• Agreed to simply stop fighting
• Pre-war grievances ignored
• Fishing rights• Belgian city of Ghent
in 1814
Hartford ConventionHartford Convention
• New England Federalists • War opposition• Issue:Economic losses as
a result of war• 3/5 Compromise• 2/3 vote• Limiting term of President• Naturalized citizens
holding office - deny• End of War of 1812
silenced the demands
American SystemAmerican System
• Henry Clay• Second National Bank • Tariff of 1816• John Calhoun, Daniel
Webster, and Henry Clay’s influence
• Internal improvements fail
• Transportation improvements
Era of Good FeelingsEra of Good Feelings
• The Virginia dynasty• Death to the
Federalists• Sectionalism• Tariff Issue• Public land
speculation• Slavery issue
Judicial NationalismJudicial Nationalism
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Cohens v. Virginia• Gibbons v. Ogden• Fletcher v. Peck• Asserting federal
authority• Limiting states’ rights
Warning!Warning!
• Monroe and Secretary of State Adams’ sense of nationalism
• Fight off European despots
• Spanish removal
• Russia stretches influence to San Francisco
• British/American alliance
• 1823-Monroe Doctrine