Changes for Caroline is the sixth book in the Caroline series.
Contents
Characters
Introduced
Only in Changes for Caroline
Chapter by Chapter Summary
Chapter One: Uncle Aaron's Letter
Chapter Two: Meeting Garnet
Chapter Three: A Big Mistake
Chapter Four: All Alone at the Farm
Chapter Five: Independence Day
Looking Back: Changes for America in 1812
Discusses how America began to change at the end of the War of 1812. Topics covered:
- How the Americans and British sought to end the war, culminating in the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814
- The Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815, between American and British forces unaware that the war was over, resulting in American victory
- Celebration of the war's end as news of the treaty traveled throughout America
- The War of 1812 resulting in status quo ante bellum,[1] with heavy military and civilian casualties and neither the British or American sides gaining or losing territory
- The growth of American manufacturing following the end of the war
- American victories against the British in the War of 1812 as America's proof of military and naval strength
- Britain and Canada eventually allying with America following the war
- American expansion into the west, rather than north
- Settlement of Ohio and further west into the territories of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois
- Initial farm work as a rough endeavor involving the entire family, including young children, and relying on neighbors and family members
- Continued westward expansion of the frontier, resulting in the admission of Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, and Alabama into the Union four years after the War of 1812
- America as a country today
Items associated with Changes for Caroline
References and Footnotes
- ↑ An American Perspective on the War of 1812, pbs.org, accessed September 15, 2012.
