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The USA, unaware that Britain was considering repeal of the Orders in Council, the act in question, declares war, thinking it is ineivitable
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Britain repeals the questionable act that sparked war, but the declarations had already been passed.
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General Williama Hull failed to take Canada when Tecumseh cut his supply line
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New York Militia refused to fight because they volunteered only to protect their homes and not invade Canada. British crushed American troops.
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American fleet lead by Captain Perry destroyed a British squadron; Americans take Lake Erie.
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Two bloody but inconclusive battles on the Canadian border that caused Americans to withdraw.
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An embarrasing defeat by the American forces when the American militia fled seeing the British army, allowing them to take Washington.
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Captain Macdonough defeated British General Prevost in Plattsburgh, causing the British to abandon the campaign.
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Americans and British agreed to return to as things were before the war, and Canada and the USA recieved a fixed border.
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General Andrew Jackson inflicted 2000 British casualties while only losing thirteen Americans in a battle fought after peace had been negotiated.