Madison Administration

Jefferson followed precedent for two term limit
1808 -- Madison elected President

War of 1812
Embargo Act -- Unsuccessful
Madison wanted to Maintain Neutrality
Non-Intercourse Act
Prohibited trade with France and GB
Federalists opposed the Act -- Madison contacted France and Great
Britain & offered that if either one would drop restrictions against
the US, America would trade with that country only.

France responded First
War Hawks in the South & West pushed for war

America Declared War against Great Britain

Reasons for War of 1812
Freedom of the Seas
Republicans sympathizes with France
National Pride (War Hawks wanted GB out of N. Am.)
Impressment (captured Am. forced to sail with GB)
Americans believed British were helping Indians

America should not have gone to war because:
Small Navy (only 16 ships)
Economically unprepared
Took two years to Mobilize State Militias
Revolutionary leaders were to old-new leaders not good
Nation was not Totally United for War

The War
US made several unsuccessful attempts to take Canada
British Blockaded Am Coasts
New England was cut off
Shipping was cut by 90%
Economic Hard Times

Hartford Convention (1814)
New England Leaders DEMANDED end to the War
Threatened to Secede
Called it Mr. Madisons War

British Burned Washington, DC
Dolly Madison saved Portrait of Washington and Important papers
Ft. William McHenry -- Francis Scott Key
Andrew Jackson (Old Hickory) became American Hero
Battle of New Orleans (after signing of Treaty)
Treaty of Ghent (ended the war of 1812)
Basically everything remained the Same

Domestic Policy
Americans were taking Western Lands from the Indians
Indians held different view of Land Ownership
Used ticks to take the Land
Tecumseh (Indian Orator) Protested Am. Policy
Organized Uprising
Lost to William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe
Tecumseh and The Prophet were defeated.


James Monroe & The Era of Good Feelings

Major Accomplishments of the Monroe Administration
Domestic Policy (Strong Nationalism)
Era of Good Feeling  -- Time period of National Pride following the War of 1812 -- Expansion of the Federal Government.
The American System -- Internal Improvements -- roads, canals and highways  (Henry Clay).
Established National Currency
Second Bank of the United States
Tariff of 1816 -- Protective Tariff (Southern Support
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) No state had the Power to Tax the National Government

Foreign Policy
Rush-Bagot Treaty (1817) US & Great Britain
Naval Disarmament on Great Lakes
Established the 49th Parallel

Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)
Spain Ceded Florida to US
Established Western Boarder to Louisiana Purchase

Monroe Doctrine (1823) 
Both a Warning and Reassurance to European Countries
America would not interfere in European Affairs in turn Europeans would stay out of the Western Hemisphere
Supported by the British

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