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war of 1812
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President Madison Takes Office
James Madison took office with hopes of keeping the United States out of war.Many people felt Madisons approch was to timid and that they should stand up to the Native Americans so that the United States could expand their land. -
War Hawks Take Power
The merchants wanted to restore their trading with Britian. Members of the South and West called for war to defend American rights. The South andWest were known as the War Hawks and they had a great sence of rationalism. -
Relations with Great Britian Worsen
British said they were going to keep impressing sailers. Americans began attacking frontier settlements. In June congress declared war on Britian. -
Congress Declares War on Britian
James Madison asked congress to declare war on Britian.The House of Representatives was 79 to 49 in favor of war and the Senate was 19 to 13 in favor of war. But winning the war was harder than declaring it is what the United States soon found out. The problem was the navy only had 16 warships and the army had less than 7,000 men -
America is not Ready for war
America needed more troops and navy ships to fight the British. The trooops they got were poorly trained. Congress gave the army $124 and 360 acres of land. -
Britian Blockades American Ports
Under Genral William Hull American troops invaded Canada from Detroit.Hull was unsure of himself so thinking he didn`t have enough men he retreated. The British General Isaac Brock surrounded Hulls army forcing it to surredner, Brock captured over 2,000 American Soldiers. Meanwhile on Lake Erie Americian commander Oliver Hazzard Perry won the waterway -
Invasion of Canada
Under General William Hull the American troops invaded Canada from Detroit. unsure of himself and fearing he didnt have enough soldiers Hull soon retreated. General Isaac Brock and his British soldiers took control of Hulls cofusion and surrounded Hols army and forced it to surrender. The British captured over 2,000 Americian soldiers making a serious defeat for the United States. -
U.S.S Constitution Scores a Victory
The U.S.S Constitution defeated the British warship Guerriere ii a fierce battle. The Constitution was nicknamed "Old Ironsides." too Americians it seemed that the constitution was made of iron. -
Battle of Lake Erie
During the battle of Lake Erie the British battered Captain Oliver Hazzared Perry`s ship and left it helpless, so Perry took his flag down and rowed to another Americian ship which he took command of. He anounced the victory by saying "we have met the enemy and tey are ours. -
Battle of Thames
The Native Americian Tecumsleh died during the battle and without his leader ship the indian confederation fell apart. Andrew Jackson an officer from Tennessee took command of the Amercian troops and won the battle. -
Horseshoe Bend
Andrew Jackson took command of Americian forces in Gorgia and defeated the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend during battle. A treaty ended the fighting forcing the Creeks to give up millions of acres of land. -
Washington, D.C. Attacked and Burned
The British made a strategy to attack Washington D.C. so Dolly Madison who was the presidents wife gathered the presidents important papers and went South. The British burned many government buildings and one of them was the White House. Amercians were shocked to learn that they couldn`t defend Washington. -
Attack on Baltimore
The British decided to attack Fort McHenry. Britians ships bombarded the fort throughout the night. The young Amercian Francis Scott Key who watched the attack that the American flag was still flying when the dawn came. So on the back of an old envelpoe Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner. -
Writing the Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key noticed that the Americian flag was still flying over Fort McHenry so on the nback of an old envelopehe wrote the Star Spangled Banner to tell the story of his nights. -
Hartford Convention
Delagates from New England met in Hartford, Connecticut. Most were federalists who disliked a republican president. The delegates threatened to leave the union if the war continued. -
Treaty of Ghent
American John Quincy Adams siad "Nothing was adjusted,nothing was settled" to sum up the treaty which was signed earlier in Ghent, Belgium. The United States and Britian agreed to restore prewar condition. -
Battle of New Orleans
The British sailed up the Mississippi River and they attacked New Orleans on January 8. The British lost 2,000 soldiers in a deadly fire beforer signing a treaty to end the war.
