Capturing sailors and making them fight for you (the British did this to Americans)
Impressment
Groups of Native Americans working together
Confederacy
What's the name of the treaty where many Indians were forced to move out of Ohio?
Treaty of Greenville
Native American Leader who wanted to form a confederacy.
Tecumseh
Were the Native Americans fighting against the Americans or British?
Americans (they were mad Americans were taking over their land)
Where did most of the war fighting take place?
Ohio (near the Great Lakes)
List 1 cause of the War of 1812.
Americans wanted to be free to live where they wanted
The British were seizing American ships (impressment)
The British were giving Native Americans supplies
What country did America fight against?
Britain
List 1 of the causes of the War of 1812.
Americans wanted to be free to live where they wanted
The British were seizing American ships (impressment)
The British were giving Native Americans supplies
What year did the War of 1812 start in?
1812!
What is an effect of the War of 1812?
America proved it was strong enough to be it's own country.
Tecumseh's brother who attacked the Americans while Tecumseh was away
Prophet
American leader in the Battle of Tippecanoe who later became a president.
William Henry Harrison
Who won the war?
America
What happened in the Battle of Lake Erie?
America got control over the waterways in Lake Erie and could block the British ships from supplying their forts with supplies and food.
American Navy commander who led America in the Battle of Lake Erie
Oliver Hazard Perry
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