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President Madison Takes Office
WHERE:United States
WHO INVOLVED: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 INVOLVED:James Calhoun and Henry Clay
IMPACT:Eager for war with Britain,Felt a sense of honor or pride in one's country -
Relations with Great Britain Worsen
WHERE:United States
WHO INVOLVED:British told the U.S. they would continue impressing sailors,Native Americans in the Northwest began new attaks on frontier settlements
IMPACT:Americans angry with British -
Congress Declaes War on Britain
WHERE:Congress
WHO INVOLVED:Congress
IMPACT:British impressing sailors,Native Americans continued to attack frontier settlements -
America is Not Ready for War
WHERE:United States
WHO INVOLVED:Thomas Jefferson[spending cuts had weakened American military strength]
IMPACT:Weakened American strength,Navy had only 16 warships,Army was also small -
Britain Blockades American Ports
WHERE:American Coast
WHO INVOLVED:Britain,Americans
IMPACT:British navy had 135 warships blockading American ports -
Invasion of Canada
WHERE:Canada
WHO INVOLVED:American troops-General William Hull,British General Isaac Brock
IMPACT:2,000 American soldiers were captured,Serious defeat fcr U.S. -
USS Constitution Scores a Victory
WHERE:North Atlantic Ocean
WHO INVOLVED:United States,Britain
IMPACT:USS Constitution defeated British warship,Guerriere -
Battle of Lake Erie
WHERE:Lake Erie,put-in-bay
WHO INVOLVED:United States
IMPACT:''We have met the enemy and they are our!Britain forced to leave Detroit -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
WHERE:Georgia
WHO INVOLVED:Americans/Andrew Jackson,Creeks
IPACT:Creeks had to give up millions of acres of land -
Washington,D.C. Attacked and Burned
WHERE:Nation's Capital,Washington,D.C.
WHO INVOLVED: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.nation's Capital
WHO INVOLVED:Americans,British
IMPACT:Americans defeat the British at Fort Mctteny,National anthem created by Francis Scott Kay -
Hartford Convention
WHERE:Hartford Connecticut
WHO INVOLVED:United States,British
IMPACT:Independence from Britain -
Treaty of Ghent
WHERE:Ghent,Belgium
WHO INVOLVED:United States,British
IMPACT:U.S. officially indpendent,Allowed to be free,Treaty of Ghent signed ended war -
Battle of New Orleans
WHERE:New Orleans,Louisiana
WHO INVOLVED:United States:Andrew Madison,British
IMPACT:Andrew Madison won a stunning victory over the British
