The War of 1812 is often a long forgotten war. It has been easy to skip over while learning about the history of our country. People often go from learning about the formation of our country in the Revolutionary War, to the Civil war that almost divided our young nation. No one can deny that these 2 wars are important in the history of the Untied States, but the War of 1812 made America the nation that we are now. Often called our second War of Independence from Britain and our second war with Native Americans, the War of 1812 broke any ties of control that Great Britain had on the newly formed nation, as we trumped the world’s strongest and largest navy. America went from being an underdog to being a powerful nation. The War of 1812 produced …show more content…
Named after his maritime uncle, who was lost at sea a few years before he was born, Oliver was one of eight Perrys to sail and find naval glory. Born on 1785 in Rhode Island to Christopher Raymond Perry and Sarah Wallace Alexander Perry. His father Christopher was an seasoned sailor and privateer during the American Revolution. Christopher was captured twice by the British and imprisoned Newry, Ireland, where he met and fell in love with his future wife, Sarah. Beautiful and dominate, Sarah’s family “warrior ancestry” is descended from “Sir Richard Wallace, an uncle of the famous Scottish braveheart Sir William Wallace” (Skaggs, …show more content…
Perry was disappointed and felt that he deserved a higher posting, where he could do more for the war effort as sea. He petitioned the Navy Department and the Secretary of the Navy for a better appointment. After no reply, Oliver Hazard Perry decided to look towards the Great Lakes, where his friend Isaac Chauncey commanded. Chief Naval Officer Perry built up a fleet of 9 ships in the protective bay at Presque Isle, known today as Erie, Pennsylvania. The Lawrence and Niagara ships were built out of local green wood that grew abundantly along the wild shores of Lake Erie. The newly finished flagship Lawrence was named after James Lawrence, Captain of the Chesapeake, who was mortally wounded in battle with the British Shannon in 1813. The “last” words of the wounded Lawrence were, “Don”t give up the ship.” He died three days later and the British took over the ship (Hickey, 2006). Oliver Hazard Perry had a flag made with Lawrence’s last words that he would fly to rally his men in the upcoming battle. Making and fitting a fleet for battle proved to be a daunting task in the wilderness on the shores of Lake Erie. All of the iron, sails, cannons, gun powder, rope, and supplies had to to be transported inland from the coast. Ship builders, workers, sailors and marines all had to travel through the wilderness to get to Presque Isle. Perry desperately
The Spirits That Haunt New Hampshire On Highway 114 in the town of Hennicker, New Hampshire there is a two story wood frame house sitting upon a hill overlooking the town. The house which is known as “Ocean – born” Mary’s house is privately owned but it may be possible to arrange to see it. The local people love to talk about what is haunting it. Arriving on the Irish Immigrant Ship the “Wolf” Mary Wallace got the nickname “Ocean-born” because she came into this world on an Irish immigrant ship called the “Wolf” in 1720.
Not expecting to be noticed so quickly, Thomas gave orders to lower the sails to half-mast, as the smaller boat neared them. The CSS Drewry was a gunboat out of Fort Marion, formerly Castillo de San Marcos, according to the Captain, which was located on the northern shore of Matanzas Bay at St. Augustine. The Drewry was to escort Thomas’ ship in for a meeting with an important man on an important mission was what they told him. When they stopped him, Thomas told them that he planned to stop anyway, that he was dropping off a few supplies (which was not true, but he figured it would get him in good with those in charge) and taking on fresh water. He figured he could spare a few cases of rum and a bushel or three of fruits for the fort.
During 1754 “Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie(governor of the British) he prompted Washington to lieutenant colonel of the Virginia Regiment and charged him with raising an army of two hundred men to defend Fort Prince George.” () He had struggle and many farmers refused to give food, horse, unsteady wagons. Even in a month, they only had 150 men and they didn’t have any uniforms to wear or tents to protect them from the rain. Also they had few cannons with them.
Daughan builds a convincing case that a navy of row galleys, whaleboats, and gun boats could have performed much better. In fact, early in the war, before Royal Navy admiration took hold, swarms of small boats made effective raids on British vessels. These boats allowed the colonists to take advantage of their local knowledge: They could hide in creeks, strike at the enemy, and escape into the shallows. This was precisely the strategy British commanders feared most, but the Continental Congress wanted a large navy. Overall, Daughan offers a strong explanation for the poor performance of the Continental Navy and issues an important challenge for policymakers today: Fight the war you are faced with by using the strategy it demands.
In 1779, George Washington chose General John Sullivan and General James Clinton to combine forces and bring an army of about 5,000 men into Central and Western New York. His goal was to push the Seneca nation back upon the British. George Washington designed this campaign to punish the British-allied Iroquois nations and to force the Iroquois out of the war. The nature of this campaign was to actually completely destroy the indians. As George Washington quoted in May of 1979 “The Expedition you are appointed to command is to be directed against the hostile tribes of the Six Nations of Indians, with their associates and adherents.
Fort Washington is a fort located at the northernmost tip and highest elevation of what is now the borough of Manhattan in New York City, overlooking the Hudson River, which was held by American forces. Along with Fort Lee located just across the river in New Jersey the Palisades, the twin forts were intended to protect the lower Hudson from British warships during the campaign around New York in the summer and autumn of 1776. The fort was defended by around 2,900 Continental Army troops and militia under the command of Colonel Robert Magaw. During the fighting on and around Manhattan, the American Army commanded by General George Washington—for whom the fort was named—was forced to withdraw northward, leaving both Forts Washington and
The events that led to the French war and Indian war consist of many factors. First, the argument of who got the Ohio River Valley. Second, the hassle of the French and Indians who both wanted different things. Third, the Iroquois Confederacy, which sed brain power instead of physical power to ignite the war. Next, the colonists starting to interfere with the war.
In debate Darla Davis discusses the Taxes imposed on the American Colonists by Parliament. First not everyone in parliament believe that taxation of the colonies was right thing to do. According to Darla’s Article, Will Pitt and Edmund Burke, were two members of the parliament that under stood why the colonist were opposing the tax. Colonist were opposing men felt that the opposition from the colonists concerning the taxes existed, because the colonist had been practically ignored by England since having been established.
The Pequot War was a fight that lasted from July 1636 to September 21, 1638. The people that fought were the colonials, in Plimoth and Massachusetts Bay colonies, and Indians in the area, mostly the Pequots and their tribute tribes. The main beleived cause for the war was the struggle of the English to control the Dutch-Pequot monopoly of the fur trading. There were also other incidents that increased the tensions between Indians and colonials, such as when the Indians killed John Oldham, livestock were destroying the Indian's crops, and the Dutch killed Indians that were at one of the Dutch's trading posts, The House of Hope. Other tribes joined the English once the fighting had started because they had a quarrel with the Pequots.
The Erie Canal is located in New York, and ran from Buffalo on Lake Erie to Albany on the Hudson River. It provided a navigable water link from New York City to the Atlantic Coast. This great invention leads to a historic explosion in the market of commerce, ideas and technology. It marked the beginning of what later became known as the Industrial Revolution. The building of the canal, was completed in October of the year 1825.
As he recounts his pitiful existence under the watch of the formidable Mr. Covey, Frederick Douglass underscores how broken he is. Douglass aims to highlight the impact that Covey’s tyranny had on his hopeful spirit and inquiring mind. He accomplishes this by putting heavy emphasis on the ships in Chesapeake Bay and his perspective on these ships. After describing his life with Covey, Douglass breaks from his narrative style to direct an incensed monologue at the white-sailed ships in the bay.
In the early 1800s, the governor of New York, Dewitt Clinton, came up with a plan to support the abundance of the rivers. He decided to dig a 363-mile canal located in New York between Lake Erie and the Hudson River. This canal was called “The Erie Canal”. The Erie Canal provided the best connection between the east coast and the settlements near the Great Lakes. This canal would also be helpful to transporting crops and can also be used as an irrigation system to water crops, etc.
The French and Indian war was fueled with hatred of the British and Americans for many reasons. By the Indians, due to the Americans and British were continuously stealing their land pushing them deeper and deeper inland and south (Kline, n.d.). The French were very well established with good trade in the Ohio River Valley area; the British wanting this land and wealth thereof, just north and west of the Indian reservations, for themselves. As a result, The British kept trying to push the French deeper into this Ohio River Valley, further agitating all the situations at hand (French and Indian War, n.d.). All this led to the French and Indian becoming allies in the battle against the British and Americans, who already had rivalries within their own American colonies.
With a quick glance at both Bradford’s and Equiano’s writings, one may come to the conclusion that the events that occurred in Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation and Equiano’s The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano are two of a kind. However, by reading these works in detail and understanding the historical background and circumstances that go along with both writings, one can understand that while some elements of a pilgrim’s voyage, described in Of Plymouth Plantation, and a slave’s voyage, described in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, are alike, the overall events are generally different. Three topics that can help one recognize the differences and similarities of these events are: reasons for their voyage, conditions of their voyage, and what traits they needed to survive. While both groups, the pilgrims and the slaves, endured a long voyage to
It is 1757, the French and Indian War rages across the English Colonies and the British have been fighting the French for territory in North America for three years. Indian tribes fight on both sides and the colonists are caught in the middle. Three men, Chingachgook, his son Uncas, and adopted white son Hawkeye, visit the frontier home of the Cameron 's. John, Alexandra, and James live there. A colonist named Jack Winthrop tells Hawkeye that he is gathering volunteers to fight for the British army in hopes that their homes on the frontier will be guarded against Huron war party attacks, loyal to the French. He and a group of others leave the next morning for Albany in New York to obtain these terms of agreement from General Webb.