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There nation was at peace but truble was brewing. Across the Atlantic Ocean, Great Britain and France were fighting a war that threatened interfere with American trade.
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this Act was a distaster. With ships confined to their harbors, unemployed rose in New England. Without Europeon markets, the south could not sell its tobacco or cotton.
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James Madison took office as president under unfavorable conditions. The nation was involved in the embargo crisis, and Britain continued to halt American ships. Cries for war with Britain grew louder
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Harrison attacked Prophetstown while Tecumseh was away trying to expand to confederacy. After more than two hours of battle, the Prophet's forces fled.
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General William Hull led the American army from Detroit into Canada, where they met Tecumseh and his warriers. Fearing a massacre by the Nartive Americans, Hill surrendered Detroit to the British.
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A United States victory in the war of 1812 against the United Kingdom and the Tecumseh's conferacy
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The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-bay, was fough on 10 September 1813, in Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the war of 1812.
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In December 1814, American and British representives met in Ghent, Belgium, to sign a peace agreement. Waiting for them was Andrew Jackson and his troops. The redcoats were no match for Jackson's soldiers, who hid behind thick cotton bales.
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At the battle of Plattsburgh in New York, during the War of 1812, an American navel force won a decisive victory against a British force.
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On this day in 1814 during the War of 1812 between the Untited States and England, British troops enter Washington, D.C. and burn the White House in retaliation for the American attack on the city
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This treaty was a peace treaty. This treaty did not chance any existing borders. There was no mention of the immpressment of sailers. Even nuetral rights had become a dead issue since Napolean's defeat.
