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Battle of Tippecanoe Creek
Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa were leaders of different Native American groups. Tecumseh encouraged his brother not to attack the white men until the confederation was strong. Tenskwatawa did not listen and ordered to attack just before daybreak on the following day. Many white men awoke to find the Indians upon them, and the army bloodily fought off the reckless determined Indians. ngered by his deceit, the weary warriors stripped the Prophet of his power and threatened to kill him. -
U.S. Crossing into Canada 1st Time
he United States also took issue with a system of blockades and licenses designed to halt trade with Napoleonic France, and with Britain’s supposed foment of Native American unrest. On July 12, 1812, he took his men across the Detroit River and into Canada, where he immediately issued a written proclamation telling inhabitants that they would “be emancipated from tyranny and oppression.” This event is important because it caused more battles to happen between the U.S. and Canada. -
U.S. Crossing into Canada 2nd Time
U.S. General Stephen Van Rensselaer prepared an October 11 assault on Queenston Heights, located on the Canadian side of the Niagara River. The Americans briefly took the high ground by marching up an unguarded fisherman’s path. But 950 U.S. troops were driven down from the heights and captured after a group of New York militiamen refused to leave American territory and come to their aid. Roughly 300 Americans were killed or wounded in the battle, while the British suffered some 100 casualties. -
Napoleon's defeat in Europe, allowing the British to commit more troops to the war in the U.S.
Napoleon had hoped to split the English and Prussian armies, but the surviving Prussians were able to retreat toward Wellington at Mont-Saint-Jean, located near Waterloo. Napoleon decided to strike Wellington’s army on June 18, before the majority of the Prussians could arrive. However, he was forced to delay the attack from morning to midday to allow the wet battlefield to dry. -
US Naval Commander Oliver Hazard Perry captured a British fleet on Lake Erie
American fortunes improved in 1831. York was captured and held for a short time. A number public buildings were burned. Captain Oliver H. Perry destroyed the British fleet on lake Erie, which forced the British to leave Detroit. Tecumseh was killed causing the Indians to end their support for the British. But near the end of 1813, the British struck back. They seized fort Fort Niagara, and burned Buffalo and neighboring villages. -
U.S. Crossing into Canada 3rd Time
.S. General Henry Dearborn marched with at least 6,000 troops that November from Albany to Plattsburgh, New York, on the shore of Lake Champlain. Their goal was to capture Montreal, but once again state militiamen refused to leave the United States. After some minor skirmishes, including one in which Americans accidentally fired on each other in the dark, the force retreated without ever entering Canada. -
British attack Washington D.C. and burn the Capitol and White House
After Napoleon’s defeat in Europe, Great Britain sent 18,000 veteran troops to canada. U.S. forces were defeated at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane. A British army occupied washington, D.C. , and burned the capitol and other public buildings. But their attack on fort McHenry, which protected Baltimore, was unsuccessful. -
British attack Baltimore
Some segments of the country, particularly New England, proposed striking a separate peace accord with the British, who were looking for opportunities to inflict a major morale blow to the Americans. That would bring a speedy end to the war in England's favor. Baltimore appeared to be the most likely target. The city had openly proclaimed its anti-British stance days after war was declared. An angry mob destroyed the building where a Federalist newspaper criticized America for going to war. -
Battle of New Orleans
British soldiers attacked New Orleans. American troops under the command of General Andrew Jackson defeated the British in a one sided battle. The battle of New Orleans, as it was called, took place two weeks after the Treaty of Ghent was signed in Europe. The treaty officially ended the war in 1814. But a copy of the treaty, being carried from Europe to America by ship, did not reach the United States until after the battle had been fought.
