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1. The Berlin Blockade escalated the Cold War by showing that the Soviet Union did not want Germany to be a independent, unified country. Because West Berliners were cut off from the rest of the capitalist world, they needed food to be flown in by Allied planes. It is also significant because of the "candy bombers" (Germans who were children back then still remember pilots dropping sweets during their supply runs). 2. It made the government more powerful so no one could ever do anything about it until the Treaty of Navality came along putting a halt on all impressment. STOP OBAMA! We are turning into a communist nation people! We are the United States of America, NOT the communist states of America! 3. The Embargo Act destroyed New England's shipping capacity and seriously damaged American markets, especially for exporters. Markets where the U.S. had gained advantage, such as the West Indies, were lost to Britain and the economic cost to the country was extremely high. In the long-run, the Embargo Act had to be repealed because its significance was to nearly cripple the young American economy. 4. the significance is that William went up against prophets town and defeated the prophet's forces from an overnight attack and destroyed prophets town. 5. Tecumseh was actually a very talented military and political leader among his people. The confederacy of Native Nations he led was in and of itself a major accomplishment. It took time, skill, talent and great deal of diplomacy to have assembled this group. 6. the War Hawks were a coterie of about twenty Democratic Republicans who persuaded Congress into supporting a declaration of war against Britain. These young, vocal members from the South and the western U.S. were voted into the House during mid-term congressional elections in 1810. 7. He paid off the national debt. He is the only President to do so and also he was the first presidant from the west 8. The treaty released all prisoners and restored all war lands and boats, that is, returned to America approximately 10,000,000 acres (40,000 km) of territory near Lakes Superior and Michigan, in Maine, and on the Pacific coast . The treaty made no major changes to the pre-war situation, but did make a few promises. Britain promised to return captured slaves, but instead a few years later paid the United States 250,000 for them. The British proposal to create an Indian buffer zone in Ohio and Michigan collapsed after the Indian coalition fell apart.

9. It ended WWII and made treaties.

2. There were a few reasons. One was Britain's interference with American trade,
and that they were conscripting thousands of American sailors into the Royal Navy. It is alleged that they were instigating the Indians to attack American Settlements. They wanted to finalize American independence from Britain. I listed two sources, but there's a lot more out there.

3. To keep Britain and France from granting recognition to the Confederacy and
sending military aid - which might have made quite a difference, considering that the South managed to give a good account of itself for four years without such aid.

4. The Battle of New Orleans was vital to the Americans because it caused a surge
of nationalism throughout the country.

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Tecumseh's well-intentioned plan should have helped the Native Americans but made divisions even more obvious.