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Ch. 9.3 & 9.4

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Napoleon Bonaparte   France's leader who wanted to create empires in Europe and North America  
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tribute   money paid for protection  
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secede   to leave or withdraw  
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neutral rights   the right to sail the seas and not take sides in war  
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impressment   forcing people into service, as in the navy  
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embargo   an order prohibiting trade with another country  
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nationalism   intense loyalty to one's nation or group and promotion of its interests above all others  
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frigate   a small and fast warship  
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privateer   Armed private ships  
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Embargo Act   banned imports from and exports to all foreign countries, seriously damaged the American economy  
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Tecumseh   a powerful Shawnee Chief built a confederacy among Native Americans nations in the northwest  
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Battle of Tippecanoe   an American battle victory causing the Prophet's forces to flee and join with the British  
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War Hawks   A group of Republicans who wanted to go to war with Great Britain, led by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun  
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Andrew Jackson   Led the US in Battle of Horseshoe Bend  
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend   Andrew Jackson's army crushed the Creeks, and the government forced them to cede the million acres of land to the United States  
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Francis Scott Key   wrote the Star Spangled Banner after watching the battle at Fort McHenry  
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Treaty of Ghent   Signed on December 24, 1814, in Ghent, Belgium, was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and Great Britain.  
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Battle of New Orleans   The final major battle of the War of 1812 (after the Treaty of Ghent was signed). American forces defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory.  
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Battle of Plattsburgh   Battle that forced the British to retreat back into Canada, after which they determined that fighting the Americans was too costly and unnecessary  
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Nonintercourse Act   A new law that allowed Americans to carry on trade with all nations except Britain and France, attempted to fix the economy after the Embargo Act  
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