War of 1812

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Across
  1. 2. defended the colony during the first months of the war and captured Detroit, Michigan.
  2. 6. court-martialed for cowardice and neglect of duty in surrendering the fort, and sentenced to die.
  3. 7. one of America's original six frigates
  4. 8. major conflict of the war in 1812
  5. 11. believed that the United States was destined by God to expand across North America
  6. 12. officially ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain, restoring pre-war boundaries and relations, though fighting
  7. 15. author of the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry"
  8. 17. well known for his victory over the British Royal Navy in the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813.
  9. 18. seventh president of the United States
Down
  1. 1. wanted to avoid war with Britain at almost any cost.
  2. 3. the British practice of forcibly conscripting sailors from American merchant ships into the Royal Navy
  3. 4. Shawnee warrior and chief
  4. 5. undermined American morale throughout the United States
  5. 8. Canadian national heroine
  6. 9. the U.S. President who led the nation into the War of 1812 against Great Britain
  7. 10. appointed Major General and commander of the Army of the Northwest
  8. 13. The French invasion of Russia
  9. 14. a pivotal conflict in the Indiana Territory
  10. 16. a small colonial town and the capital of Upper Canada