Key Events and Figures of the War of 1812 and Monroe Doctrine

War of 1812

Conflict between U.S. and Britain (1812-1815).

British impressment

Forced recruitment of American sailors by Britain.

Napoleonic Wars

Conflict affecting U.S. trade with Britain.

Battle of Tippecanoe

U.S. victory over Native Americans (1811).

Battle of Lake Erie

Secured Great Lakes control by Oliver Hazard Perry.

Burning of Washington

British set fire to U.S. Capitol and White House.

Battle of New Orleans

Decisive U.S. victory led by Andrew Jackson (1815).

Treaty of Ghent

Ended War of 1812 without territorial changes.

James Madison

U.S. president during the War of 1812.

Andrew Jackson

Military leader at the Battle of New Orleans.

Tecumseh

Shawnee leader resisting U.S. expansion.

Oliver Hazard Perry

Naval commander at the Battle of Lake Erie.

Era of Good Feelings

Period of national unity post-War of 1812.

Panic of 1819

First major U.S. financial crisis.

Missouri Compromise

Balanced slave and free states (1820).

36°30′ line

Boundary for slavery in future territories.

American System

Economic plan for infrastructure and tariffs.

James Monroe

U.S. president during the Era of Good Feelings.

Henry Clay

Promoted American System and Missouri Compromise.

John Marshall

Chief Justice strengthening federal authority.

Monroe Doctrine

Policy opposing European colonization in Americas.

John Quincy Adams

Monroe's Secretary of State, authored the doctrine.

U.S. foreign policy precedent

Monroe Doctrine set future U.S. diplomatic stance.