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President Madison takes office
Stress with Britian was high when James Madison took office in 1809. Americans were mad at Britian for arming Native Americans in the Northwest. Americans were also resented continued impressment of American sailoes by British. -
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War Of 1812
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War Hawks Take Power
Clay, Calhoun, and there supportives were called ''War Hawks.'' Those were people who realy wanted to fight Britian. Opposition t war was strong in New England. -
Relations With Great Britian Worsen
Relations with Britian got worsend steadly in the earky months of 1812. In the spring, Britian told the United States they would continue imoressing sailors. Meanwhile, Native Americans in the Northwest began new attacks on frontier settlents. In June, Congress declared war on Britian. -
Congress Declares War On Britian
The war did not come at a good time for the British,who were still at war in Europe. However,Britisan was not willing to meet Americans demands to avoid war -
America Is Not Ready For War
When the war began, Americans new they were confident they would win. It soon became apparent that the United States was not ready for war. Jeffersons spendings cuts hurt the military size. -
Britian Blockades American Ports
In the first few days of the war, the British set up a blockade of the American coast. A blockade ''is an action of shutting down port or road to prevent people or supplies from coming into an area or leaving it.'' By 1814, the British navy had 135 war ships blockade American ports. -
Invasion of Canada
Even before the war began, war hawks were demanding an invasion of Canada. They expected Canadians to welcome the chance to throw off British rule. In July 1812, American troops under General William Hull invaded Canada in Detroit. Hull was unsure of himself. Fearing they did not have enough troops. -
USS Constitution scores a victory
American troops had better luck on lake Erie. Both sides were aware of the importants of controlling the lake. A key three-hour battle took place at Put-In-Bay, in the western part of the lake, in 1813. During the battle, the American flage ship was badly dameged. -
Second Battle of Sacketts Harbor
A British force was transported across lake Ontario and attempted to capture the town. Whitch was the principal dockyard and base for the American naval squadron on the lake. They were repulsed by American regulars and militia -
Battle of Lake Erie
American troops had better luck on lake Erie. Both sides were aware of the importants of controlling the lake. A key three-hour battle took place at Put-In-Bay, in the western part of the lake, in 1813. During the battle, the American flage ship was badly dameged. -
Battle of Thames
As the British and there Native American allies retreated, the Americans under General William Hennry Harrison pursued them. They followed the British into Canada. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Native Americans also suffered defeat in the southern American settalments. Andrew Jackson took command American forces in Georgia. -
Battle of Fort Oswego
During the early mounths of 1814, while lake Ontario was frozen the British and American naval squadrens had been building two frigates each, with two contest command of the lake during the coming campainging seasion. -
Washington D.C Attacked and Burnd
The New British strategy was ti attack the nations capital, Washington D.C. In Auguest1814, a British force marched into the city. -
Attack on Baltimore & the Writing of the Star Spangled Banner
In June 1813, Major George Armistead arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, to take command of Fort McHenry, built to guard the water entrance to the city. Armistead commissioned Mary Pickersgil. -
Battle of Plattsburgh
The Battle of Plattsburgh, also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain, ended the final invasion of the northern states during the War of 1812. A British army under Lieutenant General Sir George Prévost and a naval squadron under Captain George Downie converged on the lakeside town of Plattsburgh, which was defended by American troops under Brigadier General Alexander Macomb and ships commanded by Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough. -
Hartford Convention
Dec. 15, 1814–Jan. 4, 1815, meeting to consider the problems of New England in the War of 1812; held at Hartford, Conn. Prior to the war, New England Federalists (see Federalist party) had opposed the Embargo Act of 1807 and other government measures; many of them continued to oppose the government after fighting had begun. Although manufacturing (fostered by isolation) and contraband trade brought wealth to the section, “Mr. Madison's War” (as the Federalists called the War of 1812). -
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent (8 Stat. 218), signed on 24 December 1814, in Ghent (modern day Belgium, then in limbo between the First French Empire and United Kingdom of the Netherlands), was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. -
Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812.[3][4] American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase.
