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America declares war against the British. This war is known as "Mr. Madisons War" or "The Second American Revolution"
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The U.S. forces were not ready for a war, all american hopes of conquering Canada were collasped in the Campaigns
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British and Indian allies repel Kentucky troops in bloody fighting. The American survivers are killed in the Raisin River Massacre
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US troops take control of Great Lakes and burn York.
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US forces under captain Perry defeat a British naval attack
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The Americans won control of the Detroit frontier region when Oliver Hazards PERRY's ships destroyed the British fleet on Lake Erie.
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American attempts to invade Canada in 1813 were unsuccessful. There was a standoff at Niagra and an elaborate attempt tp attack Montreal.
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(Ontario, Canada) Tacumseh is killed in a US victory
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(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
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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.
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(Lake Champlian) The US secures its nothern border with a huge victory of a larger British force.
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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.
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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
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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
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The war lasted till the spring of 1815 but the peace treaty was singed in Europe in December 1814
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A group of federalists discuss secessions and propose seven amemdments to protect the influence of Northeastern states
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The British and American diplomats agree to return the status quo from before the war
