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The War of 1812
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Madison Takes Office
When Madison took office tension with Britain was growing and steadily becoming worse. America is tring to avoid war with Britain -
War Hawks Take Power
War Hawks were people who were eager to go to war with Britain. Henry Clay and John Calhoun were leaders of the house and were also war hawks, but many people in America still opposed war. -
Relations with Great Britain Worsen
Britain had told the U.S that they would keep impressing soldiers, and meanwhile Native Americans were angered and started attacking froteir towns -
Congress Declares War on Britain
It was a bad time for Britain to go to war they were still at war in Europe But they had the Native Americans Helping them fight. -
America is Not Ready for War
Although Britain was not ready for war neither was America at the time. Jefferson had made big military cutsa and the ary only had 700 soldiers and 16 warships, which was not enough -
Britain Blockades American Ports
Britain blockaded american ports and by wars end Britain had sucessfully blocked all of Americas major ports. They had more than 135 ships blockading America -
Invasion of Canada
Even before the the war warhawk wanted to invade Canada. William Hull was the leader of the invasion and he was unsure of himself. Beacause of this Hull and his troops. Britian had captured more than 2000 American troops. -
USS Constitution Scores a Victory
Earlu in tyhe war the USS Constitution won an important batlle against a Britain ship. The sailors called the ship "Old Ironsides" becuause the British Artillary bounced off of it -
Battle of Lake Erie
It was important to control Lake Erie and both sidses knew it. Each side fought for three hours and when one of the American ships was damaged they got a new one and continued the fight and forced the British to retreat -
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend
There had been lots of Native American vconflict before this.Andrew Jackson defeated the Creeks, which caused them to give up millions of acers in land. -
Washington D.C attacked, and Burned
The n new British strategie was to attack the nations capitol. A British force attacked D.C and burned it to the ground. Dolley Madison the presidents wife quickly grabbed all the important papers and fled the city -
Writing of the Star Spangled Banner
A man named Francis Scott Key sat and watched the battle at fort McHenry. Britian ships had bombarded the fort with ships throughout the night. at day break he saw that the flag was still there and that the Americans had won the Battle. He then wrote a poem on the back of a old envolope and titled it "The Star Spangeled Banner". -
Hartford Convention
The blockade badly damaged the New England state's trade. The states began talking about seperating from the United States, but when news of the treaty finally came the convention died down quickly and seperation was dropped. -
Treaty of Ghent
A peace treaty that was signed in Ghent,Belgium. It officialy ened the war but since it was very far away from the U.S it a long time to get back the news. Because of this one more battle was fought after the war officially ended. -
Battle of New Orleans
This Battle was fought and won by the Americans.This was a important victory for the Americans. Andrew Jackson led the Americans to the victory. This battle took place after the war had ended because the news of the treaty toook several weeks to travel.
