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President Madison takes office
When madison was Elected for president the americans were angry or mad at the british because they were arming the native americans with wepons. -
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The War of 1812
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War Hawks Take Power
In 1810 two strong nationalists Henry Clay of Kentucky and John C.Calhoun Became the leaders of the House of Reprsentitives. Clay Calhoun and ,and their follers were known as the War Hawks becaus ethey were eager to go to war with Britian.
Englanders beleived war with britian would harm american trade. In the spring Brithsih told the americans they would still keep on impressing sailors(to impress means to captuere and force them to work for the British) -
Relations with great btitain
When the war began the Americans were confident that they would win. The Navy had olny 16 warships and a army with less than 7,000 men. -
Congress Declares War on Britian
During 1812 the congress declared war on great britian because they armed the native americans with wepons.that made the americans really mad so nthey decided to fight back. -
America Is Not Ready For War
In 1812 the americnas were sure they would win the war. but it b ecame apparent they wouldent becasue jefferson made cuts to the army. -
Britian blackades American Ports.
During the first days of the war the brithish set of a blockade of the american coast. The waer was large by 1814 the brithish had 135 warships blocking the american harbor -
Invasin of Canada
In 1812 the american troops under General Willam Hull Invaded Canada from Detriot.Hull was unsure of himself.Fearing he did not have enough soldiers he soon retreated. -
USS Scores a Victory
A major sea battle occured in the early years of the the war of 1812. This war was fought With the uss Constitoution ,This was a boat. According to old tradition the sailors named the boat "Old Itonside". -
Second battle of sacket's harbor
In the early weeks of the war the brithish had seized control over the great lakes.In september 1812 CAptain Chauncy was ordered to assume command naval force on Lake Ontario and on Lake Erie.Within Three Weeks He had directed and brought 149 ships carpenters and 700 seamen and marines. -
Battle of LAke erie
America had bettewr luck with lake erie. Both sides were of the importance of keeping The lake under COntroll.a key battle took place in Put-in-bay Harbor it toook three hous but the Americans won -
Battle of Thames
The British position depended on maintaining command of Lake Erie. The sparsely populated region produced insufficient crops and cattle to feed Procter's troops, the sailors of the British ships on the Lake, and above all the large numbers of Native warriors and their families gathered at Amherstburg under Tecumseh, and supplies could effectively be brought to them only by the lake.If naval command of Lake Erie ever passed to the Americans they would be able to land an army on the north shore a -
battle of horseshoebend
The creek indians were split into two factions the upper creeks and the lower creeks. the upper creeks opposed the American expansion and sided with the British the lower creeks had a better relation ship with the us and supported them. -
Battle of Fort Oswego
During the early months of 1814, while Lake Ontario was frozen, the British and American naval squadrons had been building two frigates each, with which to contest command of the lake -
Wahington D.C attacked and burned
After the defeat and exile of Napoleon Bonaparte in April 1814, the British were able to collect newly available troops and ships to prosecute the war with the United States. The Earl of Bathurst, the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, dispatched troops to the American coast, initially to distract the United States government from its campaigns against Canada -
Attack of Baltimore & the writing of the Star Spangled banner
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was written in a time of great national crisis. The Capital of the United States had fallen to the enemy. Its most important Federal buildings were charred ruins in the wake of the British occupation.With the recent defeat of Napoleon the previous year, thousands of British troops along with many seasoned officers, including Major General Robert Ross, were deployed to America to undertake a major campaign on America's East Coast. In August, 1814, British forces sailed -
Battle of Plattsburg
The Battle of Plattsburgh, also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain, ended the final invasion of the northern states during the War of 1812. A British army under Lieutenant General Sir George Prévost and a naval squadron under Captain George Downie converged on the lakeside town of Plattsburgh, which was defended by American troops under Brigadier General Alexander Macomb and ships commanded by Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough. Downie's squadron attacked shortly after dawn on 11 September 1 -
Hartford Covention
The Hartford Convention was an event in 1814–1815 in the United States in which New England Federalists met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the domination of the Federal Government by Presidents from Virginia. Despite many outcries in the Federalist press for New England secession and a separate peace with Great Britain, moderates dominated the Convention and such extreme proposals were not a major focus of the convention's. -
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent, signed on 24 December 1814, in Ghent , was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The treaty largely restored relations between the two nations to status quo ante bellum. Because of the era's slow communications, it took weeks for news of the peace treaty to reach -
Battle of Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812.American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase.The Treaty of Ghent had been signed on December 24, 1814 and ratified by the United States Senate on February 16, 1815.
