Meet Caroline: An American Girl is the first book in the Caroline series. It is included with the Caroline doll; it is also available separately.

Contents 1 Facts 2 Characters 2.1 Introduced 2.2 Only in Meet Caroline 3 Chapter by Chapter Summary 3.1 Chapter One: A Fine Sloop 3.2 Chapter Two: Terrible News 3.3 Chapter Three: Lieutenant Woolsey 3.4 Chapter Four: Grandmother's Advice 3.5 Chapter Five: Attack! 3.6 Looking Back: America in 1812 4 Items associated with Meet Caroline 5 Trivia 6 References and Footnotes

FactsEdit

• Author: Kathleen Ernst
• Illustrators: Robert Papp, Lisa Papp
• First Published: 2012
• Setting: June 1812^[1] - July 19, 1812^[2]

CharactersEdit

IntroducedEdit

• Caroline Abbott
• John Abbott
• Mama Abbott
• Grandmother
• Lydia Livingston
• Oliver Livingston
• Hosea Barton
• Mr. Tate
• Seth Whittleslee
• Mr. Shaw
• Mrs. Shaw

Only in Meet CarolineEdit

• Lieutenant Melancthon Taylor Woolsey

Chapter by Chapter SummaryEdit

Chapter One: A Fine SloopEdit

Chapter Two: Terrible NewsEdit

Chapter Three: Lieutenant WoolseyEdit

Chapter Four: Grandmother's AdviceEdit

Chapter Five: Attack!Edit

Looking Back: America in 1812Edit

Discusses the beginning of the War of 1812. Topics covered:

• Sackets Harbor's remote location from Philadelphia and New York, major cities of America at the time
• The necessity of ships for economic reasons, due to poor travel by land at the time
• Economic trade between America and Upper Canada, and Sackets Harbor and New York, Boston, Baltimore
• America's growth as an independent nation 30 years after the American Revolution
• Dischord between British and American political relations, with Americans wanting to expand north and the British wanting to keep claim of its Canadian colonies
• Impressment of American sailors by the British navy
• Trade restrictions between America and other countries
• American declaration of war against the British, in spite of opposition
• The slow pace of news about the war, surprising American sailors unaware of the declaration
• Elijah and Cyrus St. John, two brothers who were captured by the British navy
• The US navy's lack of power, with just the USS Oneida patrolling Lake Ontario, compared to the British navy
• Lake Ontario as a vital supply route along the Great Lakes
• The need for more warships to fight back against the British navy

Items associated with Meet CarolineEdit

• Caroline Abbott (doll)
• Caroline's Accessories
• Caroline's Work Dress

TriviaEdit

• Lieutenant Woolsey is an actual historical figure who was sent to the shores of Lake Ontario in 1808 to supervise the construction of the USS Oneida.^[3]

References and FootnotesEdit

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