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President Madison asks Congress to declare war against Britain.
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The United States declares war against Great Britain.
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Off of the coast of Nova Scotia the USS Constitution fights the British ship Guerriere. Shortly after the USS Constition wins one of the first battles of the War of 1812.
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American troops burn down the Canadian capital, York.
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Captain Oliver Hazard Perry sails to Lake Erie to break British control. There were heavy casualties on both sides, and the British surrrendered.
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General William Henry Harrison's forces chased the British and their American Indian allies into Canada. They caught up to the British by the Thames River. The Americans break the British forces, but the American Indians who were led by Tecumseh kept fighting. Tecumseh later was killed in the battle and the Indians retreated.
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After General Andrew Jackson and his soldiers go South to fight the Creek Indians who were led by Chief Red Eagle. Andrew Jackson and his men attack the main Creek base on the Tallapaloosa River. A few days later Red Eagle surrenders.
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The British attacks the U.S. capital and burns down the White House in response to the U.S. troops burning York. This forced President Madison and his cabinet to escape but President Madison's wife, Dolly Madison, saved a famouse portrait of George Washington before she escaped.
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The Treaty of Ghent is signed in Belgium ending the war.
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In the morning the British march towards U.S. Defenses under the cover of heavy morning fog. As they got close the fog cleared and the British were exposed in an open field. The British suffered over 2000 casualties and the Americans only had about 70.
