-
Many and many events lead up to this war like:
* James Mdison being in office
*British arming Native Americans in the Northwest U.S
* Indians attacking U.S frontier
*British continue impressments on American Sailors -
-
*U.S Congress declared war against British
-
*In the first few days of the war the Britian blockaded on the American Coast
-
*General William Hull enters Canada and fails the first three attempts
-
*Not at good time for British whoe were still in war against Euorope
*Americans were convinced they were going to win from the begining
*But Americans werent ready for War just yet
*Jeffersons cuts weakened U.S military
*U.S navyonly had 16 warships ready also the military were less than 7,000 men -
*USS Constitution defeated the British Gueriere warship in a big battle
*uss Costitution was the American boat that was nicknamed the Old Ironsides -
-U.S invades the city York and burns it down
-
*Captain Perry defeats the British at the Battle of Lake Erie
* -
*Tecumseh the Shawnee War chief Dies in the battle of Thames
-
*British had 135 warships blockading U.S ports
*By end of war Britian had all the major ports of the U.S coast blocked -
*Andrew Jackson defeats the British at the Battle of New Orleans
-
-
*The British burns down Washington, DC the nations capital while President James Madison flees the Capital
-
*America has a victory and protects there northern border
-
*The Battle of Baltimore takes place at Fort McHenry where Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner
-
- Both sides sign the Ghent treaty over what became Christmas Eve.
