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Niagara Frontier and the War of 1812
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The Debates on The War of 1812: Parliament and Congress Compared
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The Hartford Convention; or, New England opposition to the War of 1812
The War of 1812 was one of the most astounding and paradoxical wars ever engaged in by any country. The United States not only fought on the side of Napoleon, the greatest despot in modern history; but one of the chief causes of the war---impressment---was not even mentioned in the Treaty of Ghent, …
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"Our Renown is Not Yours" The American militia in the War of 1812
<p>This thesis examines the role of the American militia during the War of 1812. Focusing on the words of the participants themselves , this thesis uses primary sourcde material to attempt to reconstruct the actions of the militia during a small number of highly dramatic moments in the first …
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Mr. Jefferson's Army in Mr. Madison's War: Atrophy, Policy, and Legacy in the War of 1812
… Navy was greatly decreased, and the remainder of his military was used for frontier exploration, riverine trade, road development, and other public works. This disrupted the precedent of strong federal military development as set by his predecessors: George Washington and John Adams. His …
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Combined operations in the American War of Independence and the Naval War of 1812 in the North American theatre: a comparative study of strategy, tactics and effectiveness
This thesis examines the use of combined operations in the American War of Independence and the Naval War of 1812, hereafter referred to as the War of 1812. It compares the use of combined operations in both wars and examines the extent to which the use of combined operations contributed to the …
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John C. Calhoun and Nationalism in the Antebellum South
… position. The study explores the evolution of his thought from the War of 1812 until the early 1830s. Using the debate surrounding the policy issues of the National Bank, internal improvements and protective tariffs as markers along this timeline, the thesis examines Calhoun's writings …
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Land Owners and Law Givers: Relations Between Yeomen and Planters in the South Carolina Back Country during the Early Republic, 1790-1830
<p>The society that fought the Civil War in the 1860s was slowly created through years of class conflict and cooperation between planters and yeoman farmers. The South Carolina backcountry developed during the decades of the Early Republic, reacting to the formative events of the nation during that …
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THE LOGISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, 1812–1821
ABSTRACT The acquisition and transportation of supplies for the U.S. Army proved to be the most intractable military problem of the War of 1812. Logistics became the bane of successive secretaries of war and field commanders, and of the soldiers who fought the British and Canadian troops, and their …
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The Politics of Material Culture in the Early American Republic, c. 1800-15
… some historians have argued that this process of “Americanization” was completed during the American Revolution or in its immediate aftermath, Americans still grappled with competing visions of “Americanness” well into the nineteenth century. Between 1800 and 1815, one such functioning vision …
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Jeffersonianism and 19th Century American Maritime Defense Policy.
… that permeated America throughout the early part of the Republic. For fear of economic debt and foreign wars, Thomas Jefferson and his Republican party, opposed the construction of a formidable blue water naval force. Instead, they argued for a small naval force capable of engaging the Barbary …
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William Henry Harrison's Indiana: Paternalism and Patriotism on the Frontier, 1795--1812
I argue that Americans prior to the War of 1812 maintained practially the same ideology that had driven them through the Revolution, i.e., a tendency to attribute all social or political ills to British influence. The Declaration of Independence had blamed George III for slavery, Indian wars, and …
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Seeing With Two Eyes: Colonial Policy, the Huron Tract Treaty and Changes in the Land in Lambton County, 1780-1867
ABSTRACT This dissertation explores the histories of Walpole Island (Bkejwanong), Sarnia (Aamjiwnaang), and Kettle and Stoney Point (Wiiwkwedong and Aazhoodena) between 1790 and 1867 in what became Lambton County, Ontario. Anishinabe peoples faced tremendous challenges during this crucial period in …
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A Métis wife's tale: Race, womanhood, and adaptation to settler colonialism in the diaries of Mary Hobart Williams
<p>As the War of 1812 drew to a stalemate, the American government began the process of state formation in the "Old Northwest," which put political, economic, and cultural pressures on the indigenous population. Among the Anishinaabeg, Menominee, Ho-Chunk, and other Native inhabitants, however, …
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Democracy in Print: The Literature of Persuasion in Jacksonian America, 1815--1840
… chronologically, treating the literature of a series of events, each of which had an impact on the others to follow. After a general discussion of political culture in the early 19th century, I begin with an analysis of the literature emanating from the War of 1812, the key event in …
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How America Remembers: Analysis of the Academic Interpretation and Public Memory of the Battle of Tippecanoe
The Battle of Tippecanoe marked the turning point in relations between Anglo/American and Native American cultures, whose incompatible ways of understanding and living on the land and religious views made co-existence improbable. The battle also served as a last ditch effort by young, desperate …
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Double Characters: The Making of American Nationalism in Kentucky, 1792--1833
… the important political and social issues of the era. As residents of the first state in the trans-Appalachian West, many Kentuckians in the 1790s were antagonistic towards the new federal government to the point of threatening to secede, but they nevertheless proclaimed that such a step …
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The Origins and Development of the Indian Removal Policy
The problem. The purpose of this work is to present a descriptive narrative of the men, problems and events which made up American Indian policy from 1800 to 1840. A primary objective is to trace the origins and mark the major developments of the Federal Government's policy of removing Indian …
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James Breckinridge
… aristocrat, was active in the Virginia House of Delegates during the formation of the United States under the new Constitution. He was a member of Congress from 1809-1817, a time when the young nation was beginning to stand on its own and develop internally and internationally. Bearing the …
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