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Britain attempts to blockade France from ships of other countries.
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The Embrago Act was made to stop United States sea trade.
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The Chesapeake incident was that the United States ship crusing off the coast of Virginia so the Congress passes the Embargo Act
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Impressment leads British to attack the Chesapake, a United States ship crusing off the coast of Virginia.
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Shawnee Indian leader Tecumseh forms an Indian confederacy; United States defeats Indians at Battle of Tippecanoe
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Madison declares war; after several United States armies fail to attack the British and Indians in Canada, Captain Oliver Hazard Perry defeats a British fleet on Lake Erie; in another battle, Tecumseh is killed, and the Indian confederacy collapses.
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British soldiers set fire to the Capitol building, the White House, and several other public buildings in Washington, D.C.; Treaty of Ghent is negotiated, with United States representation by Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and Albert Gallatin; treaty settles War 1812, but no territory changes hands.
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Tennesse fighter Andres Jackson becomes know as Hero of New Orleans after he leads forces in defeating British soldiers there; commercial treay reopens trade between United States and Britain.
