Warm Up QuestionMarch 9, 2011

Create a sentence that has the following key terms.

EmbargoGreat BritainFranceNeutral

March 7, 2011

EQ: How did Jefferson respond to threats to the security of the nation

Objectives: Explain how war in Europe hurt American Trade.

Discuss the causes and effects of Embargo Act.

Identify the problems with Native American tribes and Tecumseh.

Homework: Section 3 Key TermsPg. 326 2 and 3

Due Wednesday

Tensions Rise

-The years between 1803-1807 tensions began to rise as the United States expand not only in size but also in international trade.

Neutrality

Good Bad

The United States declared neutrality in 1803

Neutral-?????

British and French and the Embargo

-In 1803, King George III (Great Britain) and Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (France) were officially at war.

-The United States continued to trade with both nations because they were neutral.

-Yet both France and Britain wanted to weaken their enemies. They seized U.S. ships to hurt each others foreign trade.

-Britain also began to impress US sailors.

What is impressment?

Practice of seizing sailors for one own navy.

Our Response

Read “Jefferson Responds with an Embargo”

What is an embargo?

A government order that forbids foreign trade.

Did it work? How did Americans respond?

Embargo= no more trade for you!

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US embargo on Communist Cuba since February 7, 1962

Native AmericansAs the US population began to move out west:

-Ohio becomes a state in 1803.

-Disease and war decrease Native American populations….

-…which pushes many peaceful tribes to war against the United States.

Tecumseh v United StatesTecumseh was a Shawnee leader in the Native American

resistance.

-In 1805, he began preaching to preserve Native American ways and restore their homelands by force.

-The US responded by sending an army to fight Tecumseh.

-Although Tecumseh would lose the Battle of Tippecanoe, Tecumseh and his warriors would continue to fight the US in the next several years.