The War of 1812 & Star-Spangled Banner

The War of 1812 was fought because trade issues, British support of Indians, and the impressment of American sailors by British ships. The war was fought from June 18, 1812 to December 24, 1814. The war consisted o many battles and three failed attempts of invading Canada. In January of 1813, British and Indian allies repelled American forces during the Battle of Frenchtown. On August 24 and 25 of 1814, British troops burned Washington D.C. In September of 1814, the Battle of Fort McHenry took place where Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star Spangled Banner." When the war ended, Britain lifted its trade restrictions, and their impressment laws. The Americans were able to live under the Constitution as they wished.

Map of the War of 1812

The "Star Spangled Banner" was originally a poem written by Francis Scott Key in 1814. It was written about the battle at Fort McHenry. The "Star Spangled Banner" was originally called "The Defence of Fort McHenry." 

Rewrite:

Can you see by the sun's early blaze,

Oh so honorably we hailed by the sunset's last glowing,

Whose sweeping stripes and beaming stars through the hazardous fight,

Over the forts we watched were so bravely streaming?

And the rockets' red flare, the bombs breaking in air,

Gave fact that our flag still stood.

Oh say does that banner still wave

Over the land of the free and the home of the bold?

The American Flag