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th e War of 1812 timeline
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President Madison Takes Office
*President Madison wanted to stay out of war
*Americans arued that they must fight for their place
*Americans wanted to take Native American lands
*Americans said that they shouldn`t let the British & French navies take American ships -
War Hawks Take Power
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The Battle of Lake Erie
*The Battle of Lake Erie is also called The Battle of Put-in-Bay
*The Americans won control over Lake Erie
*Control over Lake Erie alowed Americans to recover Detroit
*Having detroit helped Americans win the Battle of Thames which broak the Indian confederation -
Relations with Great Britain Worsen
*the Britishn were supply guns & ammunition to the Native Americans and encoraging attacks on the U.S.
*The U.S. & Britain began to disagree over trade
*The contries began to send expired goods to each other
*The U.S. made a offer that if ether the British or French would stop taking their ships then the U.S. would stop trade with the other nation
*france rasoned and stoped taking America`s ships
*Trade with Britain stoped -
America is not Ready for War
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Congrees Decalares War on Britain
*British began to attack American ships
*A beif battle broke out between an American firgate & a British warship, they left 32 British men dead or wonded
*A man named Felix Grundy gave a speech supporting awar agenst the British
*President Madison finaly gavein & asked congress to declare war
*Congrees agreed -
Britain Blockadn Ports
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Invasion of Canada
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USS Constitution Scores a Victory
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Battle of Thames
*The britsh ally Tecumseh was killed
*The U.S. won
*The Battle was near the Lake Thames -
Horseshoe Bend
*After the British lost control of Lake Erie,the British and Tecumseh fled to Canada
*Tecumseh died & without a leader the native americans fell
*Tecumseh`s allies continued to fight in the south
*Andrews Jackson comaded the American troops
*Native Americans surrendered & turned over there land -
Washington D.C Attacked and burned
*The British scattered American troops
*The British set fire to the white house and public buildings
*The British where leaded by General Robert Ross
*U.S. government offials fled
*The first Lady Dolley Madison helped organize slaves to save valuables from the British -
Writting of the Star Spangled Banner
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Attack on Baltimore
*The battle took place on land and sea
*The British American forces at North point
*The British didn`t head forward and later withdrew their forces -
Hardford Convention
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Treaty of Ghent
*The treaty made Britain & the U.S. restore pre war conditions
*The U.S. and Canada settled where the borders between each other where
*Some Americans thought the war was a mistake, other believe it was completely worth it
*In the end nothing was really solved -
Battle of New Orleans
*The British leader was Edward Pakerham
*The British attack was delyed by 12 hours because of fog
*The fog began clar as the British aproched the enemy lines