Ch 7 Writing
The War of 1812 created a split within the United States. While many Westerners and Southerners, led by the War Hawks, advocated going to war with Great Britain, many New Englanders derisively called the conflict "Mr. Madison's War." A radical faction at the Hartford Convention even advocated nullifying acts of Congress, and perhaps even seceding from the Union.
Directions: Read the following documents and answer the essay questions that follow.
President Madison's war message, 1812
"British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it, not in the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects....Under pretended blockades, without the presence of an adequate force and sometimes without the practicability of applying one, our commerce has been plundered in every sea, the great staples of our country have been cut off from their legitimate markets, and a destructive blow aimed at our agricultural and maritime interests..."
"In reviewing the conduct of Great Britain toward the United States our attention is necessarily drawn to the warfare just renewed by the savages on one of our extensive frontiers--a warfare which is known to spare neither age nor sex and to be distinguished by features peculiarly shocking to humanity."
Hartford Convention, 1814
"First. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers of free persons....
Second. No new state shall be admitted into the Union...without the concurrence of two thirds of both houses.
Third. Congress shall not have power to lay any embargo on the ships or vessels of the citizens of the United States...for more than sixty days.
Fifth. Congress shall not make or declare war...without concurrence of two thirds of both houses....
Seventh. The same person shall not be elected president of the United States a second time; nor shall the president be elected form the same state two terms in succession."
Essay Questions:
1. What reasons did President Madison give Congress for declaring War on Great Britain?
2. What changes in the Constitution did the Federalists of New England propose?
3. Did the Treaty of Ghent (1815) solve the problems Madison presented in his war message? If so, how were the problems resolved, and if not, what did the United States actually gain from the war?
17 comments:
1. What reasons did President Madison give Congress for declaring War on Great Britain?
SOME REASONS THAT PRESIDENT MADISON GAVE CONGRESS FOR DECLARING WAR ON GREAT BRITAIN WAS BECAUSE BRITAIN WAS ON THEIR TERRITORY AAND VIOLATING THE AMERICAN FLAG. THEY ALSO STOPPED THEIR TRADE, BY BLOCKADING OF THEIR PORT5S FOR THE SAILORS.
2. What changes in the Constitution did the Federalists of New England propose?
SOME CHANGES THAT THE FRDERALISTS OF NEW ENGLAND MADE TO THE CONSTITUTION WAS THAT THE SAME PERSON COULDNT RUN AND BE PRESIDENT FOR MORE THAN 2 TERMS WHICH IS 4 YEARS EACH. THEY ALSO DECIDED THAT CONGRESS COULDN'T DECLARE WAR WITHOUT CONCURRENCE OF TWO-THIRDS OF BOTH HOUSES.
3. Did the Treaty of Ghent (1815) solve the problems Madison presented in his war message? If so, how were the problems resolved, and if not, what did the United States actually gain from the war?
THE TREATY OF GHENT DID HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT MADISON ADDRESSED IN HIS WAR MESSAGE BEACUSE THE TREATY HELPED END THE WAR. MADISON WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BRITISH CRUISERS ON THE AMERICAN LAND (AS ONE OF THE MANY THAT HE WANTED TO FIX) AND THE TREATY ENDED THE WAR THEREFORE ENDING HIS PROBLEMS. THEY WERE SOLVED BECAUSE THE WAR WAS NO LONGER ON SO THEY SIGNED A TREATY AND BECAME ALLIES (SORT OF) AND THAT MEADE THEM FOLLOW MADISONS IDEAS.... SUCH AS THEY HAD TO ABIDE THE TREATY.
-ROBIN <3
1. What reasons did President Madison give Congress for declaring War on Great Britain?
some reasons madison gave for declaraing war on britain was capturing our navy's ships, and by doing that britain was violating neutrality laws, and war is necessary to keep the u.s. safe
2. What changes in the Constitution did the Federalists of New England propose?
the changes the federalists of new England proposed were that the presiednt couldnt run for more than 2 terms, and some other things were thatcongress could not declare the u.s. to be in war if 2/3 of both houses didnt agree
3. Did the Treaty of Ghent (1815) solve the problems Madison presented in his war message? If so, how were the problems resolved, and if not, what did the United States actually gain from the war?
yes somewhat because one reason why he daclared war was because they violated neurality laws and this treaty stoppes fighting, then again the treaty of ghent didnt mention any of the grienances that led to war. the was lso led to stalemate so neither britain of us recieved anything.
1. some reasons president madison gave congress for declaring war on britain was that britain was seizing US navy ships which violated US neutrality laws. so madison decided that war was neccessary since britain didnt respect US being nuetral and, like donna said, to keep US safe from britain.
2. the changes that federalists proposed in the constitution were that the president couldnt run for more than 2 terms(4 years each). also, congress couldnt declare war without the approval of 2/3 of both houses. another change was that no new state would be admitted unless 2/3 of both houses approved.
3. the treaty of ghent helped solved some problems that madison mentioned in his war message like britain violated their neutrality laws by seizing US ships. the treaty of ghent helpede stopped the fighting between US nd britain. but also the treaty didnt mention any grievances that led to the war and neither britain or US gained anything outof the treaty.
1.What reasons did President Madison give Congress for declaring War on Great Britain?
Madison mentioned capturing our navy's ships. In addition, Madison stated that since britain was violating our neutrality laws, war was needed to keep us (the U.S) safe. Lastly,Britain stopped our trade ; by blocking various ports.
2.What changes in the Constitution did the Federalists of New England propose?
Some changes included : Presidency not lasting for more than 2 terms, and that congress could not declare war if two-thirds of both houses did not agree.
3)Did the Treaty of Ghent (1815) solve the problems Madison presented in his war message? If so, how were the problems resolved, and if not, what did the United States actually gain from the war?
I believe that the treaty of ghent hepled end the war --> which meant that Madison was now relieved. However, as Donna said, the treaty of ghent did not mention any of the grievances that led to war. Therefore, nor Britain or the US recieved anything.
1. What reasons did President Madison give Congress for declaring War on Great Britain?
1) There are a few reasons why President Madison declared war on Britain. One of the major reasons was that they violated our neutrality law, and seized our U.S. ships.
2. What changes in the Constitution did the Federalists of New England propose?
2) One of the changes was that 2/3 of the houses must agree to a declaration of war before it's official. Another one was that a President can't run for more than two terms, or two sets of 4 years.
3. Did the Treaty of Ghent (1815) solve the problems Madison presented in his war message? If so, how were the problems resolved, and if not, what did the United States actually gain from the war?
3 It solved their problems because the Treaty Of Ghent helped stopped the fighting between Britain & the U.S., ending the war.
1.Some reasons that president Madison gave congress for declaring war on great Britain by siezing US navy ships. Britain violated nuetrality laws, war was necessary to keep the US safe.
2.The changes in the Constitution that the federalists of new england proposed were that the president couldnt run for more than 2 terms. Another thing is that congress couldnt declare war without the approval of 2/3 of both houses.
3.I think the Treaty of ghent did solve the problems presented in his war message. The problems were resolved becuase his treaty helped end the war. Although, like Donna said, the treaty of ghent didnt mention an of the grienances that led to war.
1. What reasons did President Madison give Congress for declaring War on Great Britain?
Madison stated that British vessels were continously invading American ships and taking them over. American merchant ships would always be afraid of sailing to the East of America where they had to sail because British ships would violate America's territory and use the sailors for the British navy.
2. What changes in the Constitution did the Federalists of New England propose?
The Federalists tweaked some parts of the Constitution by adding that a president is not allowed to run for more than 2 terms and a president can not be picked from the same state of a preceeding president. They also said that the Congress wouldn't be able to declare wars against other countries without permission from 75% of both Houses. The same concept of 75%'s permission applied also for a state attempting to join the Union.
3. Did the Treaty of Ghent (1815) solve the problems Madison presented in his war message? If so, how were the problems resolved, and if not, what did the United States actually gain from the war?
The Treaty of Ghent solved the problems of the British vessels invading. The problems were solved because the Treaty of Ghent states that everything will go back to where it was and British would respect the American ships and not invade them.
1. What reasons did President Madison give congress for declaring War or great Britain?
President Madison stated that British ships were alwasy capturing American navy ships. He said that since they broke nuetrailty laws, that we needed to also in order to keep the invasion of our ships form happening.
2. What changes in the constitution did the Federalists of new England propose?
They suggested that a president only be allowed to be president for more then 2 terms. They also decided that there could be no wars without two thirds of both houses agreeing with the war.
3. Did the Treaty of Ghent (1815) solve the problems Madison presented in his war message? If so, how were the problems resolved, and if not, what did the United States actually gain from the war?
The Treaty of Ghent basically stated that everything had to go back to the way it was before the war (such as land ownership). It also stopped the fighting, and kept the British form invading our ships again. I would say that this solved the problems that Madison brought up. Since it ended the war and they were no longer enemies (although they weren't really friends) the british and french had no reason to act against his laws. And they all lived happily ever after... :D THE END!
1. What reasons did President Madison give Congress for declaring War on Great Britain?
One reason that President Madion gave Congress for declaring War on Great Britain was because Britain was on their land and ruining the American flag.
2. What changes in the Constitution did the Federalists of New England propose?
The changes that the Federalists of New England proposed was that the President can not run more than two terms and that the Congress couldn't declare war without 2 out of the 3 houses that agreed.
3. Did the Treaty of Ghent (1815) solve the problems Madison presented in his war message? If so, how were the problems resolved, and if not, what did the United States actually gain from the war?
The Treaty of Ghent helped solve the problems that Madison presented in his war message because this treaty ended the war. This treaty ended the war and also his problems.
1. Some reasons that President Madison gave congress for declring war on Great Britain were because Britain was violating neutrality laws by capturing our naval vessels; therefore endagering the country's security.
2. Changes the federalists made to the Constitution were: 1. The same person couldn't be president for more than 2 terms which are 4 years each. Also, they decided that war couldn't be declared if 2/3 of both houses agree.
3. The Treaty of Ghent helped end the war between the US and Britain.
1.Some reason why President Madison gave the Congress for declaring the War on Great Britain was that the Great Britain was on the U.S.'s territries and distroying the U.S. Navy ships.
2.Changes in the Constitution that the Federalists of New England propose was that the person that ran for president can't run again and be president for no more than 2term.
3.The Treaty of Ghent helped solve problems that President Madison mentioned in his war message saying things like the Britain distroying the Navy's ship or violating the American Neutrality Laws.
1. What reasons did President Madison give Congress for declaring War on Great Britain?
Since the Embargo Act, British cruisers have been violating the American Flag.This made Britian and the Americans were closer to declaring a war as everr ! Madison was unhappy by the way British was treating America. To protect the citizens, declaring the war was the best thing to do.
2. What changes in the Constitution did the Federalists of New England propose?
Without the agreement of at least two thirds of the house, no new state are allowed to be admited and America can't declare war without permission of at least two thirds of both of the houses. Lastly, a person can't be elected after two terms as president.
3. Did the Treaty of Ghent (1815) solve the problems Madison presented in his war message? If so, how were the problems resolved, and if not, what did the United States actually gain from the war?
I think that the Treaty of Ghent did solve the problem because the treaty of ghent put an end to the War of 1812. This made peace between Britain and the Americans. Also, the British stop violating the Americans.
some reasons that president madison gave congress for declaring war on great britain were 1. 1. because britain was violating the U.S. neutrality laws. they did this by capturing our naval vessels, this put our countries security on the line.
2. some changes the federalists made of the constitution were, the same person cant run for president cant run for more than 2 terms, they also decided that war couldnt be declared in 2-3 of both houses agreed.
3. the treaty of ghent helped end the war between U.S. and britain.
-Amanda Brandell
1. Some reasons Madison gave Congress for declaraing war on Britain was for capturing our navy's ships.Britain was violating neutrality laws, so for the U.S to be on the safe side,war was needed.
2. Some changes that federalists proposed in the constitution were that the president couldnt run for more than 2 terms.Congress also couldnt declare war without the approval of 2/3 of both houses.
3.The Treaty of Ghent did solve the problems of the British invasion. They were solved because the treaty states that everything will go back to the way it was.
1. One main reason that President Madison gave for going to war with Great Britain was that they violated american neutrality laws.
2. Some of the changes that they proposed is only allowing the president to run for two terms in office, they also said that congress can't declare war, without two-thirds of both houses don't agree.
3. Yes, the treaty of ghent did help solve the problems between the U.S. and Great Britain, but they both did not get anything out of the deal.
1. Some reasons that president Madison gave congress for declaring war on Britain were that Britain was seizing US ships which also violated the US's nuetrality laws. Britain also blocked US trade by blocking ports.
2. The changes in the constitution that the federalists of New England proposed were that congress couldn't declare war without two thirds of both houses support, and they also said that the same person can not run for president for more that two terms.
3. The Treaty of Ghent did help solve problems with Britain. The treaty stopped British ships from invading. The treaty also stated that things would go back to the way they were with Britain and the US, and that the British would respect US ships.
I didn't see this on the blog yesturday, so i did it today instead:
1. Madison's reasons to declare war on Great Britain were that British cruisers were violating the American flag by causing problems with American sailors and "carrying off" the sailors which was causing their commerce to drop.
2. Some changes the Federalists of New England proposed were that a bew state could not be admitted without at least two thirds of both houses agreeing and Congress could not declare war without at least 2 thirds of both houses agreeing.
3. The Treaty of Ghent did not solve the problems Madison addressed in his war message because although it stopped fighting, left both opponents with no land gains or losses, and recognized the boundary between Canada and the States before the war, the treaty did not adress the issues such as blockades or maritime differences that actually caused the war.
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