YA-8-WAR1812-Dralin

By Dralin

  • British attack the chesapeake

    With the defeat of Napoleon British launched a successful attack on Chesapeake bay

  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    Pitted the U.S. against assembled native warriors

  • Jefferson passes the Embargo act

    The Embargo act was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by president Thomas Jefferson

  • Battle of Lake Erie

    Forced Britain to abandon Detroit ensuring U.S. control over Lake Erie

  • America declares war on Britain

    American troops were able to repulse British Invasions in New York on June 18, 1812

  • James Madison inaugurated president

    James Madison arrived with an escort of Calvary and took the oath of office

  • British burn Washington DC

    British troops entered Washington, D.C. And burned the white house

  • Battle of Baltimore

    A sea/land battle fought by British and Americans forces in the war of 1812

  • Treaty of Ghent

    An agreement ending the war of 1812 between the U.S. and Great Britain

  • Battle of New Orleans

    Last armed engagement between the U.S. and Britain