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Dearborn signs an armistice with the governor of Lower Canada. Madison repudiates it the following week, and Dearborn terminates the armistice on August 25.
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Congress authorizes the borrowing of $25 million to finance war costs.
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William Henry Harrison resigns as Major General and is replaced by Andrew Jackson, against Madison's orders.
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The Battle of the Burnt Corn in the Mississippi Territory brings the Creek Indians into the war against the United States.
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Madison nominates James Monroe as secretary of war to replace John Armstrong. Monroe will serve as secretary of both war and state until the end of the war.
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In Europe, the United States and Britain sign the Treaty of Ghent. News of the Treaty will reach the United States in February 1815.
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Secretary of State James Monroe is elected President, easily defeating Federalist Rufus King of New York. Monroe receives 183 electoral votes to King's 34.
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Republican-Democrat James Monroe is inaugurated as the fifth President of the United States.
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