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War of 1812
America declares war against the British. This war is known as "Mr. Madisons War" or "The Second American Revolution" -
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 -
Battle of Frenchtown
British and Indian allies repel Kentucky troops in bloody fighting. The American survivers are killed in the Raisin River Massacre -
Battle of York
US troops take control of Great Lakes and burn York. -
Battle of Lake Erie
US forces under captain Perry defeat a British naval attack -
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. -
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. -
Battle of Thames
(Ontario, Canada) Tacumseh is killed in a US victory -
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 -
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. -
Battle of Plattrburgh
(Lake Champlian) The US secures its nothern border with a huge victory of a larger British force. -
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. -
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 -
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 -
Peace Treaty
The war lasted till the spring of 1815 but the peace treaty was singed in Europe in December 1814 -
The Hartford Convention
A group of federalists discuss secessions and propose seven amemdments to protect the influence of Northeastern states -
Treaty of Ghent
The British and American diplomats agree to return the status quo from before the war
