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Napoleon wanted to conquer most of Europe and he was almost successful.
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The British start to impress American sailors and force them to serve in the British navy.
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James Madison sends a report talking about British interference and the impressments of thye american sailors.
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The U.S. ship Chesapeake gets shot at by the British ship called the Leopard causing international conflict.
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Thomas Jefferson starts an embargo on Great Britian, but in the end it results in economic disaster for U.S. merchants and is terminated in 1809.
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James Madison is inaugurated as the president of the United States
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The First Battle of the war of 1812.
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America declares war on Great Britian
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Riots break out in Baltimore because of the war.
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General William Hull enters Canada. It is the first of three failed attempts that the U.S. tried to invade Canada.
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General William Hull surrenders Detroit to the British General Issac Brock.
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The British and their Indian allies protect their territory in the battle of Frenchtown. All American survivors were killed the next day.
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American troops captue and burn down the capitol city of Canada, York.
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The British troops got revenge on the Americans and burned to the U.s. capitol, Washington D.C.
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Andrew Jackson defeats the British at New Orleans to end the war.
