War of 1812 Mcgowan Miller

Timeline created by asaylor

Timeline Text view

Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
06/01/1812	War of 1812	America declares war against the British. This war is known as "Mr. Madisons War" or "The Second American Revolution"
08/01/1812	Campaigns Of 1812-13	The U.S. forces were not ready for a war, all american hopes of conquering Canada were collasped in the Campaigns
01/01/1813	Battle of Frenchtown	British and Indian allies repel Kentucky troops in bloody fighting. The American survivers are killed in the Raisin River Massacre
04/01/1813	Battle of York	US troops take control of Great Lakes and burn York.
09/01/1813	Battle of Lake Erie	US forces under captain Perry defeat a British naval attack
09/10/1813	Control of Detroit	The Americans won control of the Detroit frontier region when Oliver Hazards PERRY's ships destroyed the British fleet on Lake Erie.
10/05/1813	Invasion OF Canada	American attempts to invade Canada in 1813 were unsuccessful. There was a standoff at Niagra and an elaborate attempt tp attack Montreal.
10/16/1813	Battle of Thames	(Ontario, Canada) Tacumseh is killed in a US victory
03/27/1814	Battle of Horseshoe Bend and British Invasion	(Mississippi Territory) Andrew Jackson defeats the creek Indians. The British plan a 3 art invasion of the US: Chesapeake Bay, Lake Champlain, and the mouth of the Mississippi River. The British are eventually turned back at the Baltimore Harbor
08/24/1814	British success	The British appared near success in the late summer of 1814. America was so weak from the attack in Chesapeake Bay that the British, after winning the Battle of Bladensburg, went into Washington D.C. and burnt most of the public buildings.
09/01/1814	Battle of Plattrburgh	(Lake Champlian) The US secures its nothern border with a huge victory of a larger British force.
09/11/1814	British Defeet	In the North about 10,000 British verterans advanced into the United States from Motreal. American captain Thomas Macdonough won the battle of Lake Champlain, destroying the British fleet.
11/01/1814	Campaigns of 1814	In 1814 the United States faced complete defeat because the Britaish, having defeated Napolean, began to transfer large numbers of ships and experienced troops to America
12/01/1814	Peace Treaty	The war lasted till the spring of 1815 but the peace treaty was singed in Europe in December 1814
12/01/1814	Battle Of New Orleans	Being located only 100 miles upstream of the Mississippi river, the cresent city offered a tempting prize to a British military still bouyant over the burning of Washington DC
12/15/1814	The Hartford Convention	A group of federalists discuss secessions and propose seven amemdments to protect the influence of Northeastern states
12/24/1814	Treaty of Ghent	The British and American diplomats agree to return the status quo from before the war