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madison takes office
tensions with britin increased when james madison took office -
war hawks take power
war hawkes are people who were eager to go to war with britin -
relations with britin worsens
the americans were mad at britin for recent activities and suppling native americans with weapons and britin said they would keep impersing sailors -
congress declares ear on britin
the reason they went to war is because warhawks were eager to go to war with britin and things that britin had done in those recento years -
britin blockades america ports
by 1814 british had 135 warships blockin american ports by the end of the war they blocked all american ports -
invasion of canada
the war hawks demanded an invasion to canada in 1812 america sent troops under general william hull invaded canada from detroit -
america is not ready for war
america was not ready for war because it had been so long sense they had been to war and there arent that many expierinced soldiers -
augest 19 1812
lake erie was important for america so under the leadership of olizer hazard perry the americans took lake erie -
the battle of lake erie
lake erie was a important place for both sides for a route to each side of the lake because america was on one side and canada was on the other america won the battle making britin retreat to canada -
Battle of horse shoe bend
on febuary 27 america and britin battle on horseshoe bend -
August 24 1814 british burn down white house
In the summer of 1814 britin burn down the whitehouse. -
Star spangled banner
Fransis scot key witnessed the battle of fort mchenry and the american flag was still up and he wrote a poem about it ad this was used as the anthem -
Treaty Of Ghent
Sighned on december 24 1814 in flemish city of ghent -
Battle Of New Orleans
andrew kackson became a national hero his fame did not dim even when the battle could have been avoided -
Hartford Convention
The Hartford convention was a series of meetings in 1815 in hartford
