The War of 1812

Jethro Tull

Invented the Seed Drill. Sowed the correct depth, spacing and covered seed with dirt.

James Hargreaves

Invented the Spinning Jenny. For making material. Could spin 8 threads at a time

James Watt

Invented the Watt Steam Engine

James McAdam

Collected specimens that helped with the Irish Railway

Henry Ford

Created Ford Motor Company

George Stephenson

Invented the first steam locomotive

Lord Townshend

Invented the 4 field system in addition to his political career.

JMW Turner

Painted pictures of the war

Adam Smith

Kept government out of the industrial revolution

Charles Dickens

Author of Oliver Twist and a Christmas Carol.

Mary Shelley

Wrote the Frankenstein novel

Andrew Jackson

7th U.S. President and led America to victory in the war of 1812

USS Chesapeake

American ship that got captured by the British

Manifest Destiny

The idea that Americans were supposed to settle all across North America

Tecumseh

Indeginous Chief who allied with the British against the Americans

Laura Secord

Walked 20 miles to warn the British

Francis Scott Key

Lawyer who wrote the star spangled banner

Oliver Perry

Beat the British at the battle of Lake Erie

Isaac Brock

Britain’s war commander

James Madison

Led America into the war of 1812

William Henry Harrison

Defeated the British and Indegenous at the battle of the Thames

General Hull

Surrendered to the British at Fort Detroit

Queenston Heights

First major battle of the war of 1812