The war of 1812 is an extremely important historical event which shaped the way our nation is today. ... Although there were a few initial causes of the war, it is important to note and keep in mind that amongst those causes territorial conquest was also intended. ... After two years of aggressive campaigns, a peace treaty finally ended the aggression between the two sides, leaving the Americans much where they were initially before the war (Horsman Reginald, The War of 1812, 1969). ... The war of 1812 left the Americans with independence for their nation and with the British Empire in peace...

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The War of 1812 The war of 1812, supposedly fought over neutral trading rights, was a very peculiar conflict indeed. ... Many called for war, although it is interesting to note that it was southerners and westerners, the so-called war hawks led by Clay and Calhoun, who supported war who were least affected by Britain's actions. ... The Republican administration, traditionally supportive of France, finally declared war on Britain in 1812, ironically two days after Britain had lifted their trade embargo. ... The war of 1812 was both unnecessary and dangerous. ... Development of indus...

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The years after the War of 1812 marked the beginning of the first modern "post-war" era. ... These banks began to issue a large quantity of bank notes, not always retaining an adequate supply of hard money to back them up. ... It marked the end of the economic expansion that had followed the War of 1812. ... The period following the War of 1812 was a time of dramatic growth and intense nationalism. ... Following the War of 1812 America experienced its first real economic boom characterized by rapid growth and westward expansion. ...

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IN the twilight hours of December 18, 1812, a great battle was fought between the United States and British forces in what is now Grant County, Indiana. ... We decided to cross to the other side of the merchant strip and came upon the mighty Mississinewa and the riverbank and valley that had been so important in the War of 1812. ...

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The term Uncle Sam was originally used as a despective term for American troops during the War of 1812. During that war, Samuel "Uncle Sam" Wilson, a businessman from New York, supplied the Army with beef in barrels. ... The Great Seal: The Great Seal was first used on the reverse of the one dollar Federal Reserve note in 1935. ... The olive branch and the arrows denote the power of peace and war. ...

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Madison helped strengthen the armed forces, and defeated the British in the War of 1812 for the reaffirming of independence in America. ... He led the country through World War 1, fought for the League of Nations, established the Federal Reserve Board, and passed the first child and labor welfare laws. ... On another note, Gordon Bishop believes that the Democratic Party today has become the "Dumbocratic Party." ...

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The war between Jackson and Biddle erupted in 1832, when Daniel Webster and Henry Clay presented Congress with a bill to renew the Bank of the United States' charter. ... Roots of Reform Many reformers wanted a perfected society: free from cruelty, war, intoxicating drink, discrimination, and slavery. ... Women could note vote, could be legally beaten, and could not retain property titles when she was married. ... National Literature Before the war of 1812, there was basically no true American literature besides political essays. After the war of 1812, American literature received a str...

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After a year of retirement and writing the "Notes on the State of Virginia" he rejoined office as apart of Congress leadership in 1783. ... His greatest achievement occurred in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon due to the Napoleonic war. Again he was re-elected to president for a second term in which he mainly prevented entry of America into the Napoleonic Wars and the interference of American merchantmen by pirates. Through the next couple of years after his final term as president, Jefferson dealt with some financial problems due to supporting a friend whose bank note had fai...

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The nation's monetary system was highly imperfect; banking on a nationwide scale was new, and the nation suffered from inconvertibility and varying rates of depreciation during the War of 1812 and elimination and then renewal of a Bank of the United States. ... Many states adopted measures to bolster or expand the money supply, including attempts to outlaw depreciation of bank notes. ... Various plans were offered (in addition to insistence on strict adherence to specie payments): for example, banks should be allowed only in cities; prohibition of small denomination notes; and the prohibi...

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The tax served its purpose in supplementing revenue during the Civil War and World War I, but continued taking from Americans" income in peacetime, allowing fewer dollars to be spent on goods and services. ... Prior to the Civil War, the vast majority of government funds came from tariffs on imports. The only exception was during the War of 1812, when blockades by the British, as well as the war being with the young country's number one trade partner, lowered income from tariffs. Government revenues were accompanied by funds from the sale of public lands, such as the Louisiana Territory a...

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General Andrew Jackson emerged as a military hero to most Americans after the Wars of Independence and the War of 1812. He waged several campaigns against the Native Americans in the War of 1812, expelling a great amount of energy in putting down rebellions and uprisings. ... The period of his leadership is justly known as the Age of Jackson, not only because he dominated its politics, but also because he dominated the thinking of both his friends and his enemies for most of the period between the end of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War in 1848. ... The Napoleonic Wars in Europe had laid w...

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Notes: Alone among the Founders of the United States George Washington earned the title "Father of his Country" in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence. ... Notes: The Golden Gate Bridge links San Francisco with Marin County in absolute splendor. ... Notes: "The Statue of Liberty National Monument officially celebrated her 100th birthday on October 28, 1986. ... The Statue was placed upon a granite pedestal inside the courtyard of the star-shaped walls of Fort Wood (which had been completed for the War of 1812.) ... After 1901, the care and operation of...

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He grew up in South Carolina and fought in the Revolutionary War at only thirteen. His entire immediate family, parents and siblings, died as a cause of the war, whether it was being killed in battle or death from disease. ... Currency differed by state, counterfeit money was everywhere, and state banks often issued notes without any gold or silver, the only trusted currency, to back them up. ... His attitude towards the Indians can consistently enough be seen back in the War of 1812, as not only did he slaughter them in battle but stole the land of those who had fought with him. ...

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Even though official battles had been temporarily stopped, the "civil war" raged on as Patriots fought Tories in the towns of South Carolina, catching young Andrew Jackson in the midst of the fight. ... The boy refused, claiming his right as a prisoner of war not to be treated like a servant. ... During the War of 1812, General Jackson, with his troop of 2,500 men, was to march to Natchez, at the tip of the Mississippi, to prepare strikes on either Pensacola, Mobile, or New Orleans. ... Shortly after he had received the Old Hickory name came Jackson's greatest victory courtesy...

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Nearly always in the implacable repetition of three fateful notes. ... And then breaks off again, with the appearance of those three fateful notes, the first dead end. ... And just changing one note can change the entire meaning of the piece. ... The music becomes militaristic and it struts and swaggers then keeps driving forward in a way that recalls Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. ...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. ... Efforts at compromise failed, and both sides prepared for war. ... Union men mainly believed the war was to emancipate the slaves. ... National elections Beginning in the American Revolution and accelerating after the War of 1812, the people of the United States grew in their sense of country as an important example to the world of a national republic of political lib...

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As stated in Encarta, they could and did call in all the states" bank notes at any time, and require them to be paid in specie (gold or silver coins). ... Next, Jackson was the only president who served in both the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. ... And lastly, Jackson was the only president to have been a prisoner of war. He was thirteen when he joined the South Carolina militia to fight in the Revolutionary War. ...

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During Jefferson's second term, he was increasingly preoccupied with keeping the nation from involvement in the Napoleonic wars, though both England and France interfered with the neutral rights of American merchantmen. ... In 1812, he began a famous correspondence with his old friend, political rival, and fellow champion of the American Revolution -John Adams. ... All business was suspended as the intelligence spread through the country; the minute guns were fired, the bells sounded a funeral note, the flags of the shipping fell half mast, and every demonstration of profound feelings was...

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It is also interesting to note that Napoleon maintained autocracy largely through his popularity and charisma. ... His regime introduced limits on grain exports (due to poor harvests) in 1811 and placed price limits on bread and grain in 1812, much like the revolutionary governments such as "The Assembly " and "The Convention " . ... In conclusion, Robespierre warned in the 1790's that if the French Revolution went to war, the consequences would be a France ruled by a "Messiah in army boots " In this sense Napoleon was the "heir to the revolution ". ...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. ... Efforts at compromise failed, and both sides prepared for war. ... Union men mainly believed the war was to emancipate the slaves. ... National Elections Beginning in the American Revolution and accelerating after the War of 1812, the people of the United States grew in their sense of country as an important example to the world of a national republic of political lib...

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To Jensen supporting the troops means supporting the war, and this war is not something he supports. People blindly interpret supporting the troops as defending America's freedom yet the only war since 1812 though that comes even sort of close to actually threatening the safety of America's freedom is World War II, but even that's argumentative. So if America's freedom isn't in jeopardy then was war really the answer to the 9/11 terrorist attacks? ... The Hawks debated arguments against war, but ultimately realized that war was the only possible path. ... Jensen notes...

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In viewing his collection one may ask if his prints and paintings show us the solid war-torn world that the artist saw around him--or fantasies that swarmed through his demon-ridden dreams. ... Goya represents these brutal events, donating on canvass the war efforts against the French . ... By distorting the faces of the victims and eliminating those of the executioners the painter expressed his views of the degradation of man wrought on by war. With this painting, the modern image of war as anonymous killing is born, and a long tradition of killing as ennobled spectacle comes to its overdue e...

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EARLY CHILDHOOD Charles Dickens was born near Portsmouth on February 7, 1812. ... His six-month trip bore literary fruit: the controversial and unflattering American Notes (1842) and the slyly devastating American episode in Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-44). ...

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Dolly is best known for her flight from Washington in 1814, when the British invaded the city during the War of 1812. ... Now there was noting but Montpellier and the calm monotonous beauty of the Blue Ridge. ...

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Jefferson further expounded on the Indians' ability to speak in his Notes on the State of Virginia: I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of many more prominent orators, if Europe has furnished any more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore when Governor of this State. ... In Notes, perhaps Jefferson's greatest scientific work, he listed the tribes with a fullness and precision that were uncommon of his era. ... William Apess, a Native American of mixed Pequot and white parentage who fought f...

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