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Tensions between Britian got higher. Americans were angry at Britian for arming Native americans.
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Clay, Callhoun and his supporters are warhawks. New Englanders believed that war with Britain would harm American trade.
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Britain said that would continue the impressment os American saliors.Native Americans attack on frontires in the Northwest on Americans.
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Britain was still at war in Europe. Britain was still providing Native Americans with weapons to protect Canada from invasion.
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Jefferson's cuts weakened the American Army. There was only 16 warships and less than 7000 soldiers left.
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By 1814 135 warships had blocked American ports. Britain started to renforce british troops. When the war ended all ports were fully blocked by British ships.
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War Hawks were demanding an invasion on Canada. American troops under General William Hull invaded Canada from Detroit. They retreted and a British commander took advantage of them and forced them to surreder.
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The USS constitution defeats a british warship Gueriere. The fire bounced of the wooden hull of the constitution. The americans thought the ship was made of iron.
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The battle went for three hours. An American flagship was badly damaged. American commander Oliver Perry continued to fight until they won.
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General William Henery pursed the retreting British and Native Americans. Henery followed the British to Canada and defeated them.
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Creek awrriors attacked sevral southern American settelmants. Then Andrew Jackson took command and defeated the Creeks.
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British Forces Marched into the capital city. The British burne ddown sevral government buildings including the White House. Americans were shoked that the army couldn't defend the capital.
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Britains first objective was Fort McHenery. British warships atttack the fort but didnt lose. Francis saw the American flag still stading.
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Francis wrote a poem about the Battle of Baltimore on an old envelope. The poem became popular and became music. In 1931 Congress made it the national anthem the United States.
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A group of Federalists met. Some delegates thought that the New England states secede from the United States. With the war over the convention ended quickly.
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Britain got tired of the war.The two sides signed a treaty which ended the war.Everything got back to normal later.
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News about the treaty took sevral weeks to spraed fully. Andrew Jackson fought the last war and won.
