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Battle of Tippacanoe
Tecumseh’s men constructed Fort Harrison but were prevented from foraging by Native American raids. November 6th, Tenskesawata Tecumseh’s brother ordered a ceasefire. This is important because Battle of Tippecanoe further fueled the tensions between Britain and the United States. -
U.S. military crossed into Canada
The war of 1812 breaks out, also an invasion of Canada failed after defeats. Some states threatened to secede from the Union if the war did not end soon, also Captain Oliver H. Perry defeated the British on Lake Erie. This is important because we didn’t lose the war and the Federalist party that had opposed war declined importance and soon disappeared. Countries in Europe began to more respect for the young United States etc. -
U.S. military crossed into Canada
The Left Division crossed into Canada in the early morning hours of July 3, 1813. Fort Erie was quickly taken, and on July 5 the division came head to head with British forces under the command of Major General Phineas Riall, near a town called Chippewa. It is important because British forces subsequently left the Chesapeake Bay and began gathering their efforts for a campaign against New Orleans . -
The date that US Naval Commander Oliver Hazard Perry captured a British fleet on Lake Erie.
Perry, whose ships carried 32-pounder carronades effective only at short range, ordered his men to hold fire until a shift in the wind allowed him to move his gunboats into closer proximity. For a half-hour, British long guns shredded USS Lawrence. The ships pounded each other round after round. This is important becausehe got the sailors back even though he lost the war and a lot of his people. -
U.S. military crossed into Canada
Unaware that peace had been concluded, British forces mounted a major attack on New Orleans, only to meet with defeat at the hands of the future president Andrew Jackson’s army. Its important because News of the battle boosted sagging U.S. morale and left Americans with the taste of victory, despite the fact that the country had achieved none of its pre-war objectives. -
British attack Washington D.C. and burn the Capitol and White House.
The 4,000 British came, so Americans fled the city. Later that night they started the destruction, therefore burning the White House down. This is important because they burned our National House down, we had to rebuild everything. People lives were also at stake. -
British attack Baltimore
Baltimore's Fort McHenry withstood 25 hours of bombardment by the British Navy, also the large numbers of troops arrived, British forces raided the Chesapeake Bay and moved in on the U.S. capital, capturing Washington, D.C. This is important because during that time our national anthem “Star Spangled Banner” was wrote. Also the British left the Chesapeake Bay. -
Battle of New Orleans
This one the last major battle of the War in 1812. This is important because Why is this event important? It was one of the last important things in the war, Jackson defeated the British just 30 minutes, halting their plans to attack New Orleans and establishing himself as a national military hero. The Treaty of Ghent, which ended the war, had been signed two weeks before the battle but the news had not yet crossed the Atlantic -
Napoleon's defeat in Europe, allowing the British to commit more troops to the war in the U.S.
Napoleon had the advantage of facing armies that were separated from one another, and his forces won initial victories on June 16 against the Duke of Wellington’s British forces. This is important because its important because we won and the defeat at The Battle of Waterloo ended Napoleon's hundred days reign, he was exiled to the island of St Helena where he died in 1821.
