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Madison becomes president
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Madison's presidency
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Madison accepts an ambiguous French statement as a bona fide revocation of the Napoleonic decrees on trade
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Congress passes a law permitting direct trade with either France or Britain
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Louisiana becomes a state
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War against England is declared
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Dearborn signs an armistice
Dearborn signs an armistice with the governor of Lower Canada. Madison repudiates it the following week, and Dearborn terminates the armistice on August 25. -
Congress borrows $25 million
Congress authorizes the borrowing of $25 million to finance war costs. -
Attacked the Creeks
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Andrew Jackson battle of horseshoe bend
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White House and Capitol are burned
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“Star Spangled Banner” is written by Francis Scott Key
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Peace treaty signed in Ghent, Belgium
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Andrew Jackson becomes Major General
William Henry Harrison resigns as Major General and is replaced by Andrew Jackson, against Madison's orders. -
Battle of Burnt Corn
The Battle of the Burnt Corn in the Mississippi Territory brings the Creek Indians into the war against the United States. -
Secretary of state, James Monroe
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. -
Treaty of Ghent signed
In Europe, the United States and Britain sign the Treaty of Ghent. News of the Treaty will reach the United States in February 1815. -
Monroe is elected President
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. -
Idiana becomes a state
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Monroe, fifth president of U.S
Republican-Democrat James Monroe is inaugurated as the fifth President of the United States. -
Madison resigns as President
