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After Madison takes office, tension with britian over arming Native Americans and continued impressment is revealed, causing Americans to fear the country's honor was at stake.
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House of Representitive leaders; Henry Clay and John C. seeked war with Britian, while others feared it would harm trade.
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Britian continues to impress sailors and begin to attack frontier settlements.
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War was declared by congress, due to the continuation of impressment and attcks from Britian.
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When they realized that their military was small and weak, due to spending cuts America's confidance toward the war decreased.
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Britian used 135 warships to blockade American ports, in order to prevent trade.
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Canadians were expected to welcome the chance to throw off Britian rule after the invasion, but the British took American confusion as an advatage and defeated the United States.
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The USS constitution tore apart Britian ships by firing barrage at them during the famous sea battle on the Atlantic Ocean.
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A three-hour battle in put-in-bay, in which an American flagship was damaged, then replaced to win the battle for the Americans.
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When creek warriors attacked Southern American settlements Andrew Jackson took command of Georgia forces and defeated the creeks, forcing them to give up much of their land.
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The new British strategy to attack the nation's capital went into action, when a British force marched into the city.
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After seeing a standing flag Francis Scott Key wrote a poem on the back of an envolope, that later became a song.
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A group of federalist met to discuss trade with England, in which they wanted to secede New England States from trade.
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Britian became tired of war, after a peace talk the war ended with a treaty, that would later return things back to the way the were.
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In the time it took the treaty to reach the United States, one last battle was fought, ending with the United Statesn victory.
