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Battle of Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison took his army to go fight Tecumseh, his brother the Prophet and the Shawnee Indians at the river of Tippecanoe. The Indians fled to Canada. -
U.S. Declares War on Great Britain
President James Madison signed a Declaration of War against Great Britain. -
Fort Michilimackinac surrenders to the British
The British, Canada, and a group of Native Americans soldiers attacked Fort Michilimackinac. The Americans tried to fight back for a couple of months. The Americans soonly surrendered. -
Battle of Queenston Heights
It was the first major battle of the War. Americans tried to capture Niagara so that American soldiers could get into Canada. But British forces came. Which made the Americans surrender. -
Battle of River Raisin
The American army tried to capture fort Detroit in order to invade Canada. But British forces stopped them and forced them to surrender. After the battle Native Americans massacred all the wounded soldiers. -
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Siege of Fort Meigs
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. An American sortie and relief attempt failed with heavy casualties, but the British failed to capture the fort and were forced to raise the siege. -
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Battle at Sackets Harbor
A British force was transported across Lake Ontario and attempted to capture the town, which was the principal dockyard and base for the American naval squadron on the lake. -
Battle of the Thames
In the War of 1812, decisive U.S. victory over British and Indian forces in Ontario, Canada, enabling the United States to consolidate its control over the Northwest. -
Capture of Fort Niagara
The capture of Fort Niagara on 18-19 December 1813 was a British victory over the US during the War of 1812. American troops had occupied Fort George and the village of Niagara (now Niagara-on-the-Lake) in Upper Canada since May 1813. A lot of American soldiers died while only a little bit died for the British. -
Battle of Lundy’s Lane
Battle of Lundy's Lane, (July 25, 1814), engagement fought a mile west of Niagara Falls, ending a U.S. invasion of Canada during the War of 1812. ... With fewer than 3,000 men, the British had 878 casualties, 84 of whom were killed; the Americans suffered 853 casualties, with 171 killed. -
Battle of Bladensburg
The Battle of Bladensburg was fought in Maryland on August 24, 1814 and this British victory left Washington D.C. perilously open to British invasion. ... Devastating American morale by destroying the very symbols of American democracy and spirit, the British sought to swiftly end an increasingly unpopular war. -
Burning of Washington D.C.
On August 24, 1814, as the War of 1812 raged on, invading British troops marched into Washington and set fire to the U.S. Capitol, the President's Mansion, and other local landmarks. -
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Bombardment of Fort McHenry
British warships started firing missiles and canons at fort Mchenry on one of the ships. A guy named Francis Scott Key saw the event take place after 25 hours of attack. He saw that an American flag still stayed waving. This inspired him to write the Star Spangled Banner our anthem. -
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The Battle of New Orleans
The United States achieved its greatest battlefield victory of the War of 1812 at New Orleans. The Battle of New Orleans thwarted a British effort to gain control of a critical American port and elevated Major General Andrew Jackson to national fame. -
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent was signed by British and American representatives at Ghent, Belgium, ending the War of 1812. 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.
