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=THE WAR OF 1812 = =By: Kolemyn Saunders, Twyla DiPersia, Vanessa Rodriguez, Javahal Wright. =

=﻿ THE DEBATE BETWEEN WAR HAWKS AND FEDERALISTS =
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=INTRODUCTION =

The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain from June 1812 to the spring of 1815, although the peace treaty ending the war was signed in Europe in December 1814. The main land fighting of the war occurred along the Canadian border, in the Chesapeake Bay region, and along the Gulf of Mexico; extensive action also took place at sea. = WAR HAWKS =

A group in Congress lead by Henry Clay, known as the “War Hawks” wanted to invade Canada and make it part of the United States. The War Hawks were supported in the West and South. The War Hawks were a coterie of about twenty Democratic Republicans who persuaded Congress into supporting a declaration of war against Britain. These young, vocal members from the South and the western U.S. were voted into the House during mid-term congressional elections in 1810. They were united by outrage regarding the British practice of impressment (or abduction) of American sailors, and the British Orders in Council which were crippling the American economy.

= WHY DID THE WAR HAWKS WANT TO FIGHT AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN? =

There were a few reasons. One was Britain's interference with American trade, and that they were conscripting thousands of American sailors into the Royal Navy. It is alleged that they were instigating the Indians to attack American Settlements. They wanted to finalize American independence from Britain. = FEDERALISTS =

The New England states (Federalists) did not support the War because because they would lose money and trade. Mostly Jeffersonians and agriculture interests supported the commercial reasons for the war.Even though the War of 1812 was fought over our rights as neutral on the high seas, the Federalists in New England were opposed to the war. The merchants in New England had sufffered due to the boycotts and embargoes placed against trading with France and England. New England tried to prevent a declaration of war and some New England states even refused to send militia to help fight. New England even continued to sell supplies to England during the war. Toward the end of the war, the New England states drew up the Hartford Convention which was in effect a demand that unless the War ended, New England would withdraw from the Union. The victory over the British in New Orleans, and the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, arrived in Washington before the Hartford Convention.

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=Summary =

The war of 1812 was a war between the United States and Great Britain, but there was a debate to go to war or not. That debate was between the War Hawks who wanted to go to war against Britain, because the British were capturing American sailors and putting them in the Royal Navy. Also, the British were trying to make Indians attack American settlements, so they wanted to fight them to finalize their independence from Britain. The Federalists on the other hand did not want to go to war, because they would lose money and trade, they threatened to remove their self from the union. They drew up the Hartford Convention, which stated if the war didn't end they would withdraw from the union. The disagreements between the War Hawks and the Federalists relates to the topic by being a debate. The debate of the War Hawks and Federalists, was a success, because the war hawks went to war and won, and the federalists did not seperate from the union.


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 * || **Topic** // **War of 1812: Federalist and Republican War Hawks** // ||


 * ** Main Ideas/Questions ** |||| ** Notes ** ||  ||
 * // ** Who was the War of 1812 fought between? ** //
 * // ** Who was the War of 1812 fought between? ** //

// ** Who were the War Hawks? Who were they led by? ** //

// ** Who were the federalists? ** //

// ** What was the debate about? ** //

// ** Why did the War Hawks want to fight against Great Britain? ** //

// ** Who won the War of 1812? ** // ||||  ||   ||


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"The Burning of the White House." Web. 23 Nov 2010. [] The soldiers in Great Britain burnt down the white house after America declared war on them.

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Pike, John. "Second War for Independence." //War of 1812//. GlobalSecurity.org, 4/27/2005. Web. 15 Dec 2010. []