Port: A town or city where ships stop to load and unload cargo is a port.
Impressment: When British soldiers forced sailors to join their navy.
Merchant Ships: Merchant ships are ships that are used to transport cargo.
Treaty: A Treaty is an offical agreement between two countries.
Seize: To seize is to use offical power to take something.
Navy: The part of the military that protects and fights on land.
Privateers: A privateer is a ship (or sailor on a ship) that was hired to attack and rob other ships during the War of 1812.
Truce: A truce is an agreement between sides to stop fighting.
Surrender: To surrender is to agree to stop fighting because you know that you cannot win.
Navigator: A navigator is a person who is good at finding places.
Represent: To represent someone is to act or speak officially for them.
Role: Your role is the part that you have in a particular activity.
Looming: When something really good is about to happen, it is looming.
Inspired: Seeing how much your sister loves tomato soup inspired you to try it.
Astonished: You might be astonished by something that you see all the time.
I was the president during the War of 1812
I saved improtant papers and letters from the President's house before the British came.
I wrote the national anthem "The Star Spangled Banner"
I put together a ragtag army to win the Battle of New Orleans.
I was built especially for the president and his family.
The British cannonballs bounced off my sides.
I was called "Old Ironsides" because I was hard to sink.
I saw an enormous flag flying and knew that Baltimore had been saved.
I was the First Lady of the United States.
I did not want to go to war with Great Britian.
The British army set fire to me and Dolley Madison had to escape.
I ordered the construction of entrenchments, or walls, around New Orleans.
Number 1 matches to what letter?
Number 2 matches to what letter?
Number 3 matches to what letter?
Number 4 matches to what letter?
Number 5 matches to what letter?
Number 6 matches to what letter?
What was the most important thing you learned about the war of 1812?