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madison takes office
james madison was mad at the british for giveing guns to the native americans,and because they continued to impress american saliors.
he was a quiet and scholary man,he helped write the constitution and pass the bill of rights. -
war hawks take power
while james madison did not want war many americans did, they were called war hawks.
warhawks had a strong pride in nationalism
henery clay&john c. calhoun were the most famous. -
relations with britian worsens
the fighting with native americans and united states worsens there relation ship
america said if you dont stop robing our ships then we wont trade with you
france stoped but britian kept robing -
invasion on canada
general william hull moved american troops to canada from detroit.
the canadians only had a few untrained troops
canadians won,americans were captured -
congress declares war on britian
britian continues to impress american sailors
in new york harbor an american friget destroys a british war ship killing or wounding 32
congress declares war on britian -
America is not ready for war
Did not have enough money for a war (low defense budget).
There navy only had 16 ships.
The army was small and ill equiped. -
british blocade american ports
the british blocade american ports to stop them from tradeing
the us navy was very small (16 ships)
won only a couple of battles if they were lucky -
uss constitution scores a victory
at the begining of the war the uss constiution destroyed the british guerrie`re.
first american victory of 1812
nicknamed old iron sides beacuse cannon balls bounced of it's sides as if it were iorn -
battle of lake erie
captain oliver hazard perry had no fleet so he made his own.
he battled the british for control over lake erie
won the battle and made the british leave. -
battle of thames
comander hull invades canada but has only a little troops
quickly retreats
general issac brock sorrounds US troops and forces them to surrender -
horse shoe bend
native americans in the south attacked andrew jackson at horse soe bend
the charokees helped the usa win at the battle of horse shoe bend
creek leaders walked into there camp alone to surrender -
washington D.C attacked and burned
british war ships land in chesapeak bay (30 miles from washington D.C.)
dolly madison packs everything they need ,important papers,a picture of george washington,etc.
british mach to capital and they burn it. -
attack on baltimore
btitish moved to fort mchenery to destroy fort mchenery
on september 13 1814 british bombarded the fort
americans didnt give up and the americans won the battle -
Wrighting of the star spangled banner
the stra spangled bannerstarted out as a poem.
francis scott key was an american P.O.W
was held on a british ship at the battle of baltimore. -
treaty of ghent
the treaty of ghent was signed in ghent belgium
the treaty made john quincy adams feel that nothing was adjusted
looking back americans thought that it gave them pride in there country -
hartford convention
from the start of the war there were protesters
they dislicked the war because it damaged there trade and it looked like madison did it for himself
they planned to seced but they never did. -
battle of new orleans
general andrew jackson was expecting the british at new orleans.
he had thousands of expert sharp shooteres and some of the civilians joined in the fight.
more than 2,000 british troops died and only 7 americans died.
