Nationalism+Group+1

1. Define “nationalism” and explain how the War of 1812 helped increase American nationalism (p. 226). 2. Provide a short biography of President James Monroe (p. 237—“Presidential Lives”) 3. Identify the two major steps taken by Monroe to avoid conflict with Britain (p. 227). 4. Outline the events that led Spain to give up Florida to the United States (pp. 227-229).

//**Group 1-nationalism**// //**Target 1:**// //**1. define nationalism.**// //**nationalism is the sense of pride one has in their country. The victory in the war of 1812 gave the United States a seemingly "invincible" attitude. The fact that we beat Great Britain and proved our independence twice gave us the sense that we could win any war and conquer any foe.**// //**Target 2:**// //**2. define the presidency of James Monroe.**// //**James Monroe, who originally served as Madison's secretary of state, became our 5th president in 1817. he faced many foriegn policy issues, mainly with Britain and Spain. Additionally, he created the Monroe doctrine, which stated that colonization attempts and any intervention in the americas by European countries would be viewed by the U.S. as acts of aggression.**//
 * //Target 3://**
 * //3. summarize the Rush-Bagot agreement.//**
 * //the Rush-Bagot agreement, which mas made between secretary of state Richard Rush and British minister to Washington Sir Charles Bagot, was one of two major steps taken by president Monroe to avoid future conflict with Britain. this agreement limited Naval presence on the great lakes, as well as lake Champlain to a few armed ships.//**
 * //4. what were the 3 major points of the convention of 1818?//**
 * //the convention of 1818 was the other major step taken by president Monroe to avoid conflict with britain. The convention set the U.S.-Canadian border at the 49th parallel, allowed both the U.S. and Britain to occupy the oregon territory for a period of 10 years, and allowed both countries to fish in waters between the U.S. and Canada//**

//**Target 4:**// //**5. What was president Madison's reaction to the rebellion in West Florida?**// //**president Madison supported the 1810 rebellion. He thought that the land should have been included in the Louisiana purchase and actually sent troops to aid the rebellion.**//
 * //6. What were the two main reasons that the Spanish government was already weak?//**
 * //Both the napoleanic wars and revolutions throughout latin America caused the Spanish government to be weak, which led to very little resistance by the Spanish in Florida.//**
 * //7. describe how Spain ended up giving up Florida to the Americans.//**
 * //the first attempts to purchase Florida from the Spanish were negotiations with Don Luis de Onis, however these early negotiations proved largely unsuccessful. meanwhile, violence threatened the negotiations. many Georgians complained that Seminole indians were raiding towns in Georgia and harboring runaway slaves from the south. President Monroe commanded Andrew Jackson to go to florida and control the Seminoles. Jackson and 4000 troops invaded Florida and wiped out the Seminoles. they even executed two British citizens that Jackson claimed were assisting the Seminoles. one year after the first Seminole war ended, secretary of state John Quincy Adams told the Spanish that they could either control the Seminoles or give Florida to the U.S. the Spanish had no choice but to hand over Florida.//**