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America declares war on Great Britain.
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Up until August of 1812, riots broke out in Baltimore in protest of the war.
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General William Hull enters Canada. THsi is the first of the three failed attempts made by the U.S. to invade Canada. The British forced the surrender of Forst Michilimackinac (in present-day Michigan).
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General William Hull surrenders to General Isaac Brock at Detroit.
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General Isaac Brock is killed at the Battle of Queenston Heights (Canada).
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British and Indian allies repel American troops at the Battle of Frenchtown (present-day Michigan). American survivors are killed the following day in the Raisin River Massacre (present-day Michigan).
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U.S. troops capture and burn the city of York (present-day Toronto).
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On this day, Fort Meigs (present-day Ohio) was sieged.
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Captain Perry defeats the British at the Battle of Lake Erie.
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The warrior Tecumseh is killed at the Battle of the Thames (Canada).
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The Battle of Crysler's Farm (Canada) took place and the Americans won this battle.
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The Battle of Chippawa (Canada) began and the Americans won thsi battle. The Battle of Lundy's Lane (present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada) then began on July 15, 1814 and the British won that battle after the Americans withdrew but technically it was a tie.
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The British burn Washington, DC in retaliation for the burning of York. President James Madison flees the Capital.
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The Battle of Plattsburg on Lake Champlain is a major American victory, securing its northern border. The Battle of Baltimore takes place at Fort McHenry, where Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner.
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The Treaty of Ghent: Americans and British diplomats agree to the terms of a treaty and return to the status quo from before the war.
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Andrew Jackson defeats the British at the Battle of New Orleans.
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The Peace Treaty is ratified and President Madison declares the war over.