War Of 1812 Dbq Analysis

During the war of 1812, in which U.S. forces the british empire and its indian allies, taylor successfully defended Fort Harrison in Indiana Territory from and indian attack commanded by Tecumseh. The September 1812 battle represented the first land victory of the war for the American forces, and Taylor’s leadership received wide praise. He received a brevet promotion to the rank of major; according to Eisenhower, this represented the first brevet ever awarded in United States history. Later that year, Taylor joined General Samuel Hopkins as an aide on two exhibitions; the first into the Illinois Territory and the second tot the Tippecanoe battle site, where they were forced to retreat in the Battle of Wildcat Creek. Taylor moved his growing …show more content…
The national press compared him to George Washington and Andrew Jackson, both generals who had ascended to the presidency. Although Taylor denied any interest in running for office. “Such an idea never entered my head,” he remarked in a letter , “nor is it likely to enter the head of any sane person.”
The election of 1848
In his capacity as a career officer, Taylor had never publicy revealed his political beleifs before 1848 nor voted before that time. Taylor declared, as the 1848 Whig Party convention approached, that he had always been a Whig in principle, but he did consiter himself a Jeffersonian-Democrat.
Taylor continued to minimize his role in the campagin, preferring no to direectly meet with voters of correspond regauring his political veiws. His campaign was skillfully directed by Senator John J. Crittenden of Kentucky, a friend and early politcial supporter, and bolstered by a late endorecment from Senator Daniel Webster of massa chuseets. Tayor defeated Lewis Cass, the Democratic canidate, and Martin VAn Buren, the Free Soil canidate, taking 163 of the 290 electoral votes. In the popular vote, he took 47.3%, while Cass won 42.5% and Van Buren won 10.1%. Taylor would be the Whig to be elected president and the last person to be elected to

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Dbq War Of 1812 Analysis