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president madison takes office
1.) Tension with Britain was high when James Madison took office in 1809.
2.) The Americans were angry at Britain for arming the Native Americans in the NorthWest.
3.) Americans also resented to continued impressment of Americans sailors by the British. -
relations with great britain worsen
1.) The British told the United States they would continue to impressing the sailors.
2.) The Congress declared war on Britain.
3.) The British were in war with Europe and still was not willing to meet Americans demands to avoid going to war. -
congress decleares war on britain
1.) Providing Native Americans with support was one way of protecting, Canada against an American invasion.
2.) The Americans were confident that they were going to win the war.
3.) The navy only had 16 war ships ready for action. -
britain blockades american ports
1.) American troops under General Williams Hull invaded Canada from Detroit.
2.) The first day of the war the British set up a blockade of the American coast.
3.) After re-enforcing their troops the British were able to close all of the American ports by the end of the war. -
uss consititution scores a victory
1.) the USS defeated the British war ships.
2.) The Americans think that their ship contition is made of iron because it’s so strong.
3.)The sea battle was in the being of the war. -
horseshoe bend
1.) Jackson defeated the creeks at the battle of horseshoe bend.
2.) The treaty that ended the fighting forced the creeks to give up millions of acres of land.
3.) Andrew Jackson took command of Americans forces in Georgia. -
treaty of ghent
1.) By 1814 Britain was tired of war
2.) The peace talk begins in Belgium
3.) The news of treaty took several weeks to reach the United States. -
hartford convention
1.) Hartford suggested that New England would have to withdraw from the United States.
2.) Pride at this achievement brought the confidence of Americans to a new height.
3.) This was the second war for independence.
