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A Time of Conflict

A Time of Conflict. 9.3. Vocabulary. Tribute Stephen Decatur Embargo Smuggling Tecumseh William Henry Harrison. Why it Matters. Although Washington and Adams kept USA out of war, the foreign entanglement grew with fury. Defeating the Barbary States.

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A Time of Conflict

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  1. A Time of Conflict 9.3

  2. Vocabulary • Tribute • Stephen Decatur • Embargo • Smuggling • Tecumseh • William Henry Harrison

  3. Why it Matters • Although Washington and Adams kept USA out of war, the foreign entanglement grew with fury.

  4. Defeating the Barbary States • European trade critical to US economy • Pirates were attacking ships in the Mediterranean Sea • Pirates were from Barbary States in North Africa

  5. Barbary States of North Africa

  6. Pirates raid American Ships • Pirates demanded tribute-money paid by one country to another in return for protection • Warship Philadelphia ran aground and crew was imprisoned. • Pirates used the ship as a decoy to lure other USA merchant ships • Stephen Decatur burned down the Philadelphia and raided Tripoli harbor in 1804 • Marines marched across the Sahara and captured Tripoli. • A sense of Pride is born in America

  7. American neutrality is Challenged • Britain and France back into war in 1803 • USA tries to stay neutral but decides to trade with both countries • What kind of problems will that bring? • France and Britain seize more than 1500 ships combined • Britain impresses the sailors to serve in the British navy

  8. Marine hymnhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJlNw0myBG4 • From the Halls of MontezumaTo the Shores of Tripoli;We fight our country's battlesIn the air, on land and sea;First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title of United States Marine

  9. Jefferson Responds with an Embargo • Embargo: A government order that forbids foreign trade • 1807 Embargo Act is passed in hopes that both France and Britain would agree to stop seizing ships • Unfortunately, America suffered the most • American’s angry • Jobs lost, crops declined in value, trade stops and merchants are angry

  10. “Good little smugglers we are” • Smuggling increases • Congress finally repealed the Embargo Act in 1809 • Can trade with any foreign nation except Britain and France • Will open trade with Britain and France when they can respect our trading rights

  11. Tecumseh and the Prophet • Population increases in Ohio River Valley • Native Americans die with diseases and displacement • Farmers cleared the forest and drove away deer and other animals

  12. New Leaders Take Charge • Shawnee brothers: Tecumseh and “The Prophet” encourage Native Americans to reject Whiteman trade and reverted back to Native American ways • Tecumseh wanted to restore Indian land • Whiteman was deeply concerned about these actions

  13. Harrison’s Victory • William Henry Harrison, governor of Indiana Territory attacks a Shawnee village called Prophetown on the Tippecanoe River • Harrison is deemed victor but Shawnee Brothers try to take revenge

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