What Was The Us Relationship With France And Great Britain

One challenge that the new government faced was the U.S.’s relationship with France and Great Britain. One problem was France was at war with Great Britain, they wanted the help from the U.S. because they had an alliance during the American Revolution. This was an issue because George Washington made foreign policy during his farewell address, meaning not to make permanent alliances with foreign countries. Another policy that he made was the policy of neutrality (isolationism) which meant that the U.S. would stay neutral and not get involved with France and Great Britain's conflict. Or any foreign country for that matter. James Madison however, abandoned isolationism and got involved and made an offer to Britain and France, who were attacking U.S.
The offer that James Madison came up with was to stop attacking the U.S.'s ships, and kidnapping the sailors and in return the U.S. will stop trading with the enemy. France had accepted this deal, but Napoleon gave a secret order that they were still going to attack the ships. Great Britain did not take this offer, however since the attack did not stop Madison was pushing Congress that they needed to go to war. There were people who supported the idea of war, like people in the south and west, they were called war hawks (meaning they wanted war). They supported it because the British were giving Native Americans weapons, and refused to leave the Ohio Valley, which at this time was in the southwest region. Then the war of 1812 happened, while James Madison was still president, with the event to follow; Invasion of Canada, U.S. was driven out by the Native Americans. In Washington D.C. the British invaded and burned the city. In Baltimore, Ft. McHerry, the national anthem (Star Spangled Banner) was written. The battle of New Orleans, the U.S. wins and Andrew Jackson helped lead the U.S. to victory, the fame of being a hero helped him become president 13 years