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The War Of 1812
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President Madison Takes Office
Britian & America were very agressive with each other when James Madison toked over office in 1809. Americans were really mad at Britian for arming Native Americans in the Northwest. -
War Hawks Take Power
In 1810 2 strong nationalists Henry Clay from Kentuckey and John Calhoun from South Carolina. Just toke over as leaders of the House of Representives. They were also known as war hawk. -
Relations With Great Britian Worsen
The wars strongest section was New England most of New England believed war with Britan would have American Trade -
Congress Declares War On Britian
The British told America that they would continue impressing saliors, In the meantime Native Americans of the North East began attacks then congress declared war. -
America Is Not Ready For War
The War was not a good time for Britian or America they were still battling in Europe -
Britain Brockades Americans Ports
American troops with General William Hull overran Canada from Detriot. Hull was worried that he didn't have enough soliders he later retreated. -
Invasion Of Canada
The British commander Issac Brock took Hulls confusion. His army of soliders and Native Americans warriors surrounded Hulls army and force it to surrender. -
USS Constitution Scores A Victory
A major sea battle was fougt in the beginning of the war. -
Battle Of Lake Erie
American trops have luck on Lake Erie. Both sides were aware of controlling the lake. A 3 hour battle was located on Pat-In Bay in the Western part of the bay. -
Battle Of Horse Shoe Bend
Jackson deffeated the creeks. The treaty ended the fighting made the creek give up up millons of land. -
Washington D.C. Attacked And Burned
Britian finally defeated Napoleon. This offered Britian to send more troops across the Atlantic to fight the United States. -
Writing Of The Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key, A younger American watch the Battle that night. He wrote a poem in titled the Star Spangled Banner our National Anthem we as Americans use today. Congress had annouced in 1931 that it will be our National Athem. -
Hartford Convention
The British crossed the Atlantic Ocean to battle againist America. -
Treaty Of Ghent
Christmas Eve of 1814, a treaty was signed by both sides of the war. It was called the Treaty Of Ghent. That ended the war. The treaty news took a few weeks to get the U.S. In that they still fought aganist each other. -
Battle Of New Orleans
Americans forces Andrew Jackson to win a victory over British.
