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The War of 1812
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James Madison takes office
The tension between Britian and America was very high. Native Americans were armed. -
War hawks take power
Henry Klay and John C Calhoun and their supporters were known as war hawks. They were eager for war with Britian. -
Relations with Britian worsen
In the spring,Britian told America that they would keep impressing soilders. After hearing this Congress declares war. -
Congress declares war on Bitian
Congess declares war because Britian will not stop impressing American soilders. But we saw this coming because of the growing tension. -
America is not ready for war
America is not ready for war because of when Jefferson was in office. This is because he cut the armies capacity. Also because they were paying off debt and did not have the money to afford a larger army. -
Brititsh blockade American ports
Britian had 135 warships surrounding and blocking off the American ports British was able to block off all the ports by the end of war. Not letting any importedd goods get in t othe country. -
Invasion of Canada
The war hawks were demanding an invasion on Canada. This was before the war of 1812 even started. -
USS constitution scores a victory
The U.S.S constitution defeated the British warship Guerriere. The USS was later named "Old Ironsides. This is because the enemy artillery just bounced off thee thick hull. -
Battle of Lake Erie
It was important to have control over the lake during tthe battle. it was an advantage. During the battle the flagmanship was badly damaged. It was a 3 hour battle at Put-In-Bay. -
Battle of Horseshoe bend
In the march of 1814 Andrew Jackson defeated the Creeks in the battle of horseshoe bend. There was a treaty tha twas later signed. That treaty made the Creeks losse millions of acrees of land. -
Washington D.C. is attacked and burned
Washington D.C.was attacked and burned by British forces. The British forces marched right in and burned several government building. Some of the items in the building were saved from being burned. -
Writing of the "Star spangled banner"
Scott Key was a young American that watched the American flag still fly over the aftermath of the attack. Key wrote the Star spangled banner on the back of an envelope. It was a story about the night that Washington D.C. and Baltimore were attacked -
Hartford convention
The hartford convention was a grou[ of federalists that wanted New England to secede from the United States. While the federalists were debating there was news of the peace treaty arrived. When the war eneded the Hartford convention followed. -
Treaty of Ghent
The trreaty of ghent brought things back to normal after the war ended. On Christmas eve 1814the two sides signed a treaty that ended the war. The peace talks began in Ghent,Belgium. -
Battle of New Orleans
It was taking the treaty time to get back to America. During that time period America got into another battle. Jackson And the Americans won a suprising victory.
