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President Madison Takes Office
Where:United States
Who: James Madison
Impact: Americans angry at Britain for arming Native Americans in the Northwest. -
War Hawks Take Power
Where: House of Representatives in Congress
Who: John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay
Impact: Eager for war with Britain, felt a sense of American Nationalism or pride in one's country. -
Relations with Great Britain Worsen
Where: United States
Who: British told the U.S. they would continue impressing sailors. Native Americans in the Northwest began new attacks on frontier settlements.
Impact: Americans angry with Britain. -
Congress Declares War on Britiain
Where: Congress
Who: Congress
Impact: British impressing sailors, Native Americans continued to attack frontier settlements. -
American is Not Ready for War
Where: United States
Who: Thomas Jefferson (spending cuts had weakened American military strength).
Impact: Weakened American military strength, Navy had only 16 war ships. The Army was also small. -
Britain Blockades American Ports
Where: American Coast
Who: British, American
Impact: British Navy had 16 NAvy ships blocking American ports. -
Invasion of Canada
Where: Canada
Who: American troops- General William Hull, British General Isaac Brock.
Impact: 2,000 American soldiers were captured, serious defeat for U.S. -
USS Constitution Scores a Victory
Where: North Atlantic Ocean
Who: United States and Britain
Impact: USS Constitution defeated British war ships, Guerriere -
Battle of Lake Erie
Where: Lake Erie, Putin Bay
Who: United States
Impact: "We have met the enemy and they are ours!" Britain forced to leave Detroit. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Where: Georgia
Who: Americans/Andrew Jackson, Creeks
Impact: Creeks had to give up millions of acres of land -
Washington, D.C. Attacked and Burned
Where: Nation's Capital, Washington D.C.
Who: United States, Britain
Impact: British set fire to several Government buildings including the White House. -
Writing of the Star Spangled Banner
Where: Washington D.C. Harbor
Who: American, Britain
Impact: Americans defeat the British at McKhenroi, National anthem created by Francis Scott Key. -
Hartford Convention
Where: Hartford, Connecticut
Who: United States, British
Impact: Independence from Britain. -
Treaty of Ghent
Where: Ghent, Belgium
Who: United States, British
Impact: U.S. offically independent, allowed to be free, Treaty of Ghent signed and ended war. -
Battle of New Orleans
Where: New Orleans, Louisiana
Who: United States, Andrew Jackson, Britain
Impact: Andrew Jackson won a stunning victory over the British.
