war of 1812

By catlol336

  • battle of tippecanoe

    (nov 7,1811) harrison gathered 950 militia and marched to prophetstown(they arrived probably on the 6th of nov) for a conference the next day and harrison camped his troops near the village in a defencive formation and the next day indians attacked and tried to kill harrison but he did not die by them and in the end the indians suffered more loss

  • Fort Michilimackinac surrenders to the British

    (july 17,1812)the fort mackinac was taken by the british and was surrendered after the war but the americans were defeated

  • u.s. declares war on brittan

    (june 18,1812) president signed a declaration of war against britain starting the war of 1812

  • Battle of Queenston Heights

    (oct 13,1812)americans try to invade canada and isaac brock died and the battle proved that british and american armies were unprepared for war

  • Battle of River Raisin

    (jan 22,1813)many people died trying to take fort detroit and a ton of people(american) were killed and remember the raisin became a rallying cry to remember the conflict

  • Siege of Fort Meigs

    (April 28, 1813 – May 9, 1813) took place in ohio a small british army with indians tried to take fort meigs so that they had more protection for their fort in detroit but the british was defeated.

  • Battle at Sackets Harbor

    (May 28, 1813 – May 29, 1813)the british launched a raid on sackets harbor

  • Battle of the Thames

    (October 5, 1813)after this battle most indians abandoned their alliances with britain and many indians and british troops were captured/killed

  • Capture of Fort Niagara

    (December 19, 1813)

  • Battle of Lundy’s Lane

    (July 25, 1814)there was a battle and both sides lost

  • Battle of Bladensburg

    (August 24, 1814)was fought in maryland neither side had a clear advantage and britain stopped fighting france in the napoleonic wars

  • Burning of Washington D.C.

    (August 24, 1814)invading british troops stormed and set fire to the u.s. capitol

  • Bombardment of Fort McHenry

    (September 13, 1814)francis scott key made the star spangled banner the next day i think and only 4 people died apparently

  • Treaty of Ghent

    (December 24, 1814) ended the war of 1812 and all conquered territory was returned

  • The Battle of New Orleans

    (January 8, 1815 – January 26, 1815)americans won the british attacked new orleans