THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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were opponents of territorial expansion
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were U.S. congressmen who represented the New England states
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supported going to war against Britain in the early nineteenth century
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was a Native American tribe who fought against U.S. territorial expansion
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Detailed explanation-1: -They were further indignant over British encouragement of Indian hostilities toward settlers in the Northwest and hoped to use war with England to wrest Florida from Spain, Britain’s ally. The nationalistic fervour and anti-British sentiment whipped up by the War Hawks was a contributing cause to the War of 1812.
Detailed explanation-2: -The War Hawks pushed for war against Britain to punish them for hurting American prestige and to stop the alleged British instigation of American Indians upon American settlers. But most importantly they wanted to seize control of British Canada, which was still controlled by the King of England.
Detailed explanation-3: -The War Hawks were a group of Republican Congressmen who, at the end of the first decade of the 1800s, demanded that the United States declare war against Great Britain, invade British Canada, and expel the Spanish from Florida.
Detailed explanation-4: -Known as the “War Hawks, ” they were mostly young politicians from hailing from the West and South. Led by new Speaker of the House Henry Clay, this small group of Jeffersonian Republicans pressed for a military confrontation to redress American grievances.
Detailed explanation-5: -The seizure of American ships and sailors, combined with the British support of Tecumseh’s uprising, led to strident calls in Congress for war against Great Britain. The loudest came from the “war hawks, ” led by Henry Clay from Kentucky and John C.