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The War of 1812 and the Era of Good Feelings
The war of 1812
1812/1813
We tried to invade canada but failed
William Henry Harrison wins at the battle of the thames
The british burned down Washington D.C
The Americans held at baltimore
Andrew Jackson wins the battle of New Orleans unleashing a wave of nationalism
The treaty of Ghent is signed, ending the war, with both sides agreeing to stop fighting, and all territory returned. The result was a draw
The Hartford Convention
Late 1814, the new england states met in connecticut to discuss their grievances about the embargo and war
They wanted such items as financia. Assistance for lost trade, and 2.3 vote in congress for a future embargo
When these delegates got to washington, the news of new orleans and ghent took precedent
Their complaints now seemed petty and the delegates sank away. The Hartford resolutions helped to kill the federalist party.
War results
America earned respect world wide
Citizens experienced a surge in nationalism
Sectionalism was discredited
War heroes jackson and harrison emerge
Manufacturing prospered due to the british blockade
Rush bagot treaty: America and canada limit naval armament on the great lakes
The American System
Speaker of the house, henry clay from kentucky, furthered the spirit of nationalism by proposing the american system
A strong banking system would provide credit
Protective tariffs would allow manufacturing to boom
Tariff revenue would help pay for better transportation
Food and raw materials would flow from the south and west to the north and east for manufactured goods, uniting the country further
James Monroe-Era of good feelings
1816, dem-rep james monroe wins the presidency and the federalist party dissappears
Panic of 1819: Western banks had lent out loans to land speculators, who later could not repay to foreclosure of farms
The national bank became a financial devil to westerners
The missouri compromise
9 frontier states have been added by 1819, and they have altered between free and slaveholding (11 each)
Cheap land (1.25 an acre) tobacco exhaustion, no indian threat and better roads led people moving into the midwest
Missouri then asked to be added to the union as a slave, and sectionalism emerged again
The north was wealthier and more populated, controlling the house, while the south needed to keep even in the senate
Results
Missouri was admitted as a slave state
Maine was admitted
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