1812 Timeline

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
06/18/1812	Declaration of War	We declare war on Britain. This war is known as "Mr. Madison's War" or "The Second American Revolution." It was a hard begining for us again.
04/27/1813	Battle of York	The battle was fought in present day Toronto Canada. US troops take control of Great Lakes and burn York. We outmanned the British by about a thousand troups.
10/18/1813	Battle of Frenchtown	The Battle of Frenchtown. British and Indian allies repel Kentucky troops in bloody fighting. The American survivors are killed in the Raisin River Massacre.
03/27/1814	Battle of Horseshoe Bend	This battle was fought in central Alabama. Here Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek Indians. We won killing 75% of the Indians and leaving the rest wounded.
08/24/1814	The British Burn Washington	The British break through Washington and burn the city. Madison flees the White House due to the fire. Later on after the Whitehouse was rebuilt.
09/06/1814	Battle of Plattsburgh	In this battle we were outnumbered by merely 6,000 troups. US secures the northern border. This battle being a huge victory over the 10,000 troup+ British force.
12/24/1814	The Treaty of Ghent	This was the peace treaty that ended the war. It took two weeks for everyone to know that the war was over. Soon after not know the war was over there was the war of New Orleans.
01/08/1815	Battle of New Orleans	The Battle of New Orleans starts. 700 British are killed, 1400 are wounded. The US only loses 8 soldiers. Andrew Jackson makes the path to the Whitehouse.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
06/18/1812 to 02/18/1815	War of 1812	The time from the begining of the war till the end.