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Battle of Tippecanoe Creek
Between the United States forces and Indian territory. Tecumseh was recruiting allies when Harrison came. The Natives fought early the next morning. The Prophet, brother of Shawnee chief Tecumseh, attacked Indiana Territory Gov.William Henry Harrison’s force at dawn. After hand-to-hand combat, the natives fled. -
British attack Baltimore
The United States declared war on England, then the greatest power on earth, to preserve "Free Trade and Sailors' Rights." The British, while at war with France, had interfered with U.S. trade and had boarded American ships to force sailors into service on their ships. -
3. The date that US Naval Commander Oliver Hazard Perry captured a British fleet on Lake Erie..
Two hundred years ago, British and American fleets clashed—not on the high seas, but on a Great Lake. U.S. Navy Master Commandant Oliver Perry scored a comprehensive victory and in the immediate aftermath penned one of the most iconic phrases in American history. -
British attack Washington D.C. and burn the Capitol and White House.
The facilities of the U.S. government, including the White House and U.S.Capitol, were largely destroyed.The British commander's orders to burn only public buildings and strict discipline among the British troops are credited with preserving the city's private buildings. -
Battle of New Orleans
American forces under General Andrew Jackson defeated British forces on January 8, 1815, several weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which had officially ended the war. Neither group of troops had gotten the news by the time the battle began. -
4. Napoleon's defeat in Europe, allowing the British to commit more troops to the war in the U.S.
An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition, comprising an Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher.
