Social Sciences and History / Unit 1 SSH 0024 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The War of 1812
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The idea
Britain, fighting Napoleon, impressed American sailors and armed Native enemies on the frontier, so the United States fought a second war of independence. The boundaries ended where they began.
In practice
Tecumseh killed, and the Western Confederacy's fight for the Northwest lost.
Where people slip
The war's importance was identity. Key's poem and a surge of national pride left the country free to turn west.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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