US History › Section D · Building a republic › Topic D.6
The War of 1812
Caught between Britain and Napoleon's France, the United States tried trade restrictions and then war. The War of 1812 settled little on paper, but it broke much of the Native resistance east of the Mississippi, fatally weakened the Federalist Party and left Americans more confident in their nation.
In this topic
- A neutral nation squeezed
- The embargo backfires
- Tecumseh and the Prophet
- Worked example: why Congress chose war
- Failure in Canada, victory on the lakes
- The Creek War
- Britain strikes back in 1814
- Hartford and Ghent
- Worked example: the Battle of New Orleans
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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