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Thomas Jefferson imposes an embargo on Great Britain but it results in economic disaster for American merchants and is discontinued in 1809.
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The Battle of Tippecanoe, considered the first battle of the War of 1812, takes place between Tecumseh's brother, The Prophet, and William Henry Harrison's army
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America declares war on Great Britain
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Riots break out in Baltimore in protest of the war
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British and Indian allies repel American troops at the Battle of Frenchtown. American survivors are killed the following day in the Raisin River Massacre
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U.S. troops capture and burn the city of York
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A small British army with support from Indians attempted to capture the recently constructed fort to forestall an American offensive against Detroit, which the British had captured the previous year.
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Captain Perry defeats the British at the Battle of Lake Erie.
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The warrior Tecumseh was killed at the Battle of the Thames; it was a United States victory in the War of 1812 against the United Kingdom and the Tecumseh's Confederacy.
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Peace negotiations began in Ghent, Belgium, starting in August of 1814. After four months of talking the treaty was signed.
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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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Americans and British diplomats agree to the terms of a treaty and by terms of the treaty, all conquered territory was to be returned, and commissions were planned to settle the boundary of the United States and Canada.
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