war of 1812

This book introduces the Star-Spangled Banner to young readers through leveled text and related photos.

Provides a cultural and historical context for the development of the United States from 1812 to 1820, and includes the War of 1812, Florida, America's growing pains, and more.

Chronicles Andrew Jackson's fight against the British at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.

During the War of 1812, when settlers at Fort Cooper, Missouri, are besieged by a coalition of Indian nations allied with the British, twelve-year-old Millie volunteers to ride to nearby Fort Hempstead for reinforcements.

"Unshackling America challenges the persistent fallacy that Americans fought two separate wars of independence. Williard Sterne Randall documents an unremitting fifty-year-long struggle for economic independence from Britain overlapping two armed conflicts linked by an unacknowledged global struggle. Throughout this perilous period, the struggle was all about free trade. Neither Jefferson nor any other Founding Father could divine that the Revolutionary Period of 1763 to 1783 had concluded only one part, the first phase of their ordeal. The Treaty of Paris of 1783 at the end of the Revolutionary War halted overt combat but had achieved only partial political autonomy from Britain. By not guaranteeing American economic independence and agency, Britain continued to deny American sovereignty. Randall details the fifty years and persistent attempts by the British to control American trade waters, but he also shows how, despite the outrageous restrictions, the United States asserted the doctrine of neutral rights and developed the world's second largest merchant fleet as it absorbed the French Caribbean trade. American ships carrying trade increased five-fold between 1790 and 1800, its tonnage nearly doubling again between 1800 and 1812, ultimately making the United States the world's largest independent maritime power"--Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-olds Anikwa, of the Miami village of Kekionga, and James, of the trading post outside Fort Wayne, find their friendship threatened by the rising fear and tension brought by the War of 1812.

Chronicles the events surrounding the War of 1812, discussing what started it, where battles were fought and more.

Provides an account of the War of 1812, in which the United States became caught up in Britain's war with France to prove its independence from Great Britain. Discusses how Francis Scott Key was inspired to pen his poem which became the lyrics for "The Star Spangled Banner.".

"Many readers may know that the events of the War of 1812 inspired Francis Scott Key to write a poem that later became the national anthem. However, they may not be familiar with the reasons behind the war, its outcomes, and its legacy. Enhanced by excerpts from primary sources, this book discusses the circumstances that led to the war, the people who fought it, the deciding battles, the aftermath, and how it has shaped the nation we know today"--Back cover.

Presents twelve key events of the War of 1812, including its origins, key events and battles, and lasting effects.