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President Madison Takes Office
Britian grew angry when they heard Madison took office. Also America was mad at Britian for arming Native Americans. Americans also resented the continued immpressment of American sailors by the British. -
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The War of 1812
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War Hawks Take Power
America had felt good about themselves in the past months. Henry Clay and John .C Calhoun are one of the big nationalists. They were both eager to fight with Britian. New Englanders opposed to war against Britian because they thought that war with Britian would harm American trade. -
Relations with Great Britian Worsen
The British told the United States they would continue impressing sailors. Also the Native Americans in the Northwest began new attacks. In June Congress delcared war on Britian. -
America is not ready for war
Jefferson had cut the Americans army in half. The Americans thought they had a chance to win but then they relized they werent as powerful with a small army. The navy only had 16 warships ready for battle. The navy had about 7000 people. -
Congress Declare War on Britian
Britian was not listing to America about taking there sailors out of the land. Britian was making trade hard for America. America had finally decided to to action and congress declared war on Britian. -
Invasion of canada
War Hawks demanded to invade Canada. American troops were under General William Hull's command.British soldiers and Native Americans quickly surounded American soldiers. The British captured more than 2,000 American soldiers. -
Britian Blockades American Ports
In the first days of the war the British set up a Blockade to prevent American from getting supplies. They did not want American to get more supplies to be ready for war. Jefferson had already cut the army in half. They Americans were not ready for war. -
U.S.S Constitution scores a victory
The British before the war set up a blockade. To begin the war there was a major sea battle. The Americans had taken out 135 British warships. The Americans defeated the British in a fierce battle. -
Second Battle of Sacketts Harbor
In the early weeks of the war the British had taken control of the Great Lakes.Americans had ordered naval forces to bring in 149 ships, 700 Marines, and about 100 cannons and other supplies . The Americans out numbered the British! On May 5th The British had arrived with 150 naval officers. On May 25th the British and the Americans both saw each other. 2 days later the British ere defeatedwith heavy losses! -
Battle of Horsehoe Bend
Native Americans suffered defeat in the south. In the summer creek warroirs attacked southern American settlements. American Andrew Jackson took command of American forces in Georgia. Jackson and his forces defeated the Creeks. -
Battle of Lake Erie
Both America and Britian wanted control of the lake. A 3 hour war took place in the Western part of the lake. During the Battle American flagship was badly damaged. The got into a new ship and America was ready to fight again -
Battle of Thames
Americans were in vontrolof Lake Erie.The British retreated from Detroit back into Canada. As they retreated Americans under General William Henry Harrison. They followed the British into Canada.There the Americans defeated the British. -
Battle of Fort Oswego
Lake Ontario was frozen, the British and American naval squadrons have been building two frigates each.The British were under Commodore Sir James Lucas Yeo. The British were the first tocomplete their frigates. But when America had completed their own, theres was more powerful. Yeo's squadron would be outclassed. -
Washing D.C. attacked & burned
The British wanted to destroy the nation's capital. In August 1814 British's force marched into Washington, D.C. The British set fire to a lot of things! There main goal was the White House which they eventually burned down. -
Battle of Plattsburgh
This battle ended the final invasion of the nothern states during the War of 1812. The British was held under Lieutenant General Sir Geoge Prevost and a naval squadrin under captain George Downie. The Brithish converged on the lakeside of town in Plattsburgh. Dwonie's squadron attacked but the Americans were defending the lakeside of the town and the Americans defeated Downie's squardon. -
Attack on Baltimore
The British wanted to attack our new Nation's Capital. The British set fire to a lot of things including the White House. The British now wanted to attack one of our forts, Fort McHenry, wich defeanded D.C.'s city harbors. British warships bombardedthe fort in the night of September 13, 1814. -
The Writin of the Star Spangled Banner
A young American, Francis Scott Key watcheed the British attack Fort McHenry. On the back of an old envelope , Key wrote a poem called "The Star-Spangled Banner". It told the story of the of the night's attack.The poem became popular and was made into music. In 1931 congress made the poem the national anthem of our country. -
The Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent was Britian getting tired of war. Britian had already started talking about peace in Belgium. On Christmas eve of 1814 America and Britian both sighned the Treaty. The treaty made things as it was before the war. -
Hartford Convention
A group of federalists met in Hartford, Conneticut. Some delegates suggested that New England states secede from the Untied States. While delegates debated, news of the peace treaty arrived. The Hartford Convention was quickly ended. -
Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans started by Americans not getting the peace treaty from Britian until several weeks. While the treaty was on it's way, America was in battle with Britian.Britian wanted peace but the Americans didn't know about the treaty yet.The American foces in the war were lead by General Andrew Jackson. In January 1815, America and General Andrew Jackson won a stunning victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans.
