This powerpoint is about the war of 1812.

1. • British ships were attacking American
vessels on the high seas.
• The British were not ready to recognize
American rights at sea.
• Repeated conflicts led to the War of 1812
between the two countries.

2. Result #1 of The War of 1812
• The war lasted 2 ½ years
and produces very few
results.
• The British
bombardment of Fort
McHenry in Baltimore
inspired Francis Scott
Key to write the poem
“The Star-Spangled
Banner,” which became
the national anthem of
the U.S. by an act of
congress.

3. http://www.thenationalanthemproject.org/songsamples.html

4. Result #2 of The War of 1812
• The British attacked
Washington D.C.,
which was then
already the nation’s
capital.
• The British burned
the White House and
the capital.

5. Dolley Madison Saves George
Washington
• It was said that Dolley Madison, the wife of
the president, showed great courage saving a
portrait of George Washington before the
British destroyed it.