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President Madison offering France and Great Britain a deal: if the agree to cease attacks on American ships, the U.S. will stop trading with their enemy
President James Madison took office
in 1809. He tried a new approach to
protecting Americans at sea. He
offered France and Great Britain a
deal: if you agree to cease your attacks
on American ships, the United States
will stop trading with your enemy. -
Battle of Tippecanoe creek
The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, near present-day Lafayette, Indiana between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh. -
The date that the US Naval Commander Oliver Hazard Perry captured a British fleet on Lake Erie
The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, in Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of British Royal Navy. It was one of the biggest naval battles of the War of 1812. -
Battle of Thames River
In the battle of Thames River on October 5, Tecumseh was killed. Before the battle of Thames, Tecumseh talked to the Creeks and -
British attack Washington D.C. and burn the capitol and White House
The British sailed into Chesapeake Bay in August 1814, from there they marched into Washington D.C. They burned buildings such as the Capitol and the Presidents Madison´s. Luckily a thunderstorm put out the buildings that were on fire. -
British attack Baltimore
The British did not try to hold Washington D.C. They left city and sailed north to Baltimore. In the mid-September, the people of Baltimore were ready for the attack and held firm against the British. A determined defense and fierce artillery fire from fort Maniacally in the harbor kept the British from entering the city. -
Napoleons defeat in Europe, allowing the British to commit more troops to the war in the US
After the Battle of Lake Champlain the British decided the war in North America was too costly and unnecessary. They had defeated Napoleon in Europe. To keep fighting in U.S. would result in little gain and was not worth the effort. -
Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was an engagement fought between January 8 and January 18, 1815, constituting the final major battle of the War of 1812, and the most one-sided battle of that war.[7][8] American combatants,[9] commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, prevented an overwhelming British force, commanded by Admiral Alexander Cochrane and General Edward Pakenham, from seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase.
