Western Expansion

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  • US Declares War

    The US declares war on Britain.
  • Battle of Sackets Harbor I

  • Battle of Queenston Heights

    British General Isaac Brock is killed in this Canadian battle.
  • Battle of Ogdensburg

  • Battle of York (Toronto)

    US troops gain control of the Great Lakes and burn York.
  • Battle of Sackets Harbor II

  • Battle of Stoney Creek

  • Battle of Beaver Dams

  • Battle of Lake Erie

    US troops led by Captain Perry revert a British naval attack.
  • Battle of the Chateaugay

  • Battle of Crysler's Farm

    This battle is in Canada.
  • Battle of New Orleans

    Andrew Jackson leads a huge victory over British forces on his way to the White House, neither present side in knowledge that the war was already over.
  • Battle of Horeshoe Bend

    Andrew Jackson, who later becomes the US president, defeats the Creek Indians in the Mississippi Territory.
  • Battle of Lundy's Lane

    Held in what is now Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada.
  • Burning of Washington DC

    The British, mainly in desperation, burnt down the US' already-evacuated capitol.
  • Battle of Plattsburgh

    The US has a victory over British troops at Lake Champlain and secures their northern borders.
  • Battle of Fort McHenry (& Star-Spangled Banner)

    The British make a desperate attempt to cause American surrender which fails and many American lives are lost for their country. Francis Scott Key writes "Star-Spangled Banner" after this event.
  • Treaty of Ghent

    The Treaty of Ghent was sigh=nd and, by paperwork, the war was over.