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President Madison takes office
Americans were angry at Britain for arming Native Americans in the North West. -
War Hawks Take Power
opposition to war was strongest in New England. Englanders believed war with Britain would harm American trade. -
Relations with Great Britain worsen
The British told the United States they would continue impressing sailors. -
Congress declares waron Britain
Briatain was not willing to meet American demands to avoid war. -
America is not ready for war
Americans were confidenent that they would win.Although the United States was not prepared for war. -
Britain in blockades American Ports
British navy had 135 warships blockading American ports. After reinforcing their troops the British were able to close off all American ports by war's end. -
Invasion of Canada
American troops under General Willam Hull invaded Canada from Detroit. Fearing he did not have enough soliders, he soon retreated. -
USS constitution scores victory
The USS constitution defeated the British warship Guerriere in a fierce battle. -
Battle of Lake Erie
Olivwer Hazard Perry switched to another ship and continued the fight until it was won. 'We hve met the enemy and they are ours. -
Battle of Horeseshoe Bend
The treaty that ended the fight forced the creeks to give give up millions of aceres of land. -
Washington D.C. attacked and burned
The British set fire to several government buildings, including the White House. -
Writing of the star spangled banner
Congress made it the nationial anthem of the United States. -
Hartford of convention
Delegates to the Hartford convention suggested that the NewEngland states secede frome the Untied States. -
Treaty of Ghent
The two sides sighned the Treaty of Ghent wich eneded the war.
The Treaty returned things to the way they had been before the war. -
Battle of New Orleans
American forces under General Andrew Jackson won a stunning victory over the British at the battle of New Orleans.