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When President Madison was voted, the americans were mad the Britan. They had armed the native Americans with fire arms and other wepons. Alos, britan ahd also resumed the impressment on the american sailors from the british.
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The War Hawks were led by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun. The group known as the War Hawks were their supporters.They were egar for war with Great Britan.
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Tentions grew between American and Britan when James Madison became president. So britan kept impressing American sailors. They also armed the native americans, and they had started attacking America.
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The war was not good timing for Great Britan, because they were still at war in Europe. However, they weren't willing to meet American demands to avoid it. But, the Native Americans that Britan armed helped protect Canada.
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America went into war too confident that they would win. However, Jeffersons spending cuts weakened the army. There were only 16 warships ready to fight, and only 7,000 soilders
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In the first couple of days of the war, Britan set up a blockade of ships to block Amercan ports. by 1814 they had 135 warships blocking the ports. With reinforcements, by wars end, they had all ports closed off.
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American general William Hull went to attack Canada, but retreated from lack of soilders. Brotihsh general Isaac Brook took adavatage of this. They took more than 2,000 soilders and was a serious loss for the U.S.
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In a major sea battle, the USS Constitution defeated a British warship called the Guerriere. The battle was feirce. After the battle the ship was named "Old Iron Sides" because the British weapons seemed to bounce off the sides of the ship.
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America and Great Britan knew how important it was to control Lake Erie.The American flagship was badly damaged durring battle. General Oliver Hazard Perry, the American leader, switched to a different hip and won the war for America.
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A number of southern settlements had been attacked by creek warriors. In Georgia, American forces were led by Anderew Jackson. They defeated the Creek warriors at Harvard Bend.
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The British marched into the city. Dolley Madison,the presidents wife, grabbed his most important papers and fled. Then, capitol buildings were burned, including the White House.
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The poem was based on the Battle of Baltomore. It was written on the back of an envolope. It told the story of his nights watch.
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In hartford Conncericut, a group of federalists had met. Some of the delegates wanted to attack the states. Their goal was to secede from the United States. but quickly after the treyty was made, and their ideas faded away.
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Britan was tired of war, so they started talking peaceful. so they signed a treaty with the U.S. the news took several weeks to get back to America, but everything went back to the way it was before war.
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Beacuse the treaty took so long to reach america, there was one last battle called the Battle of New Orleans. General Andrew Jackson fought for America. They won a stunning victory against the British.
