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President Madison takes office
Americans were mad at Britain for arming native americans in the northwest. Americans resented the contrived impressment of american sailors by the British. -
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The War of 1812
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War Hawks take power
Two strong nationalist Henry clay of kentucky and john c calhoun of south carolina became leaders in the house of representatives.clay calhoun and their supporters were called war hawks ,those who were eager for war with Britain. -
Relations with Britain worsen.
In the spring Britain told united states states they would continue impressing sailors.Native americans in the northwest began new attacks on frontier.In june congress declared war on Britain. Opposition to war was strongest in new england, englenders believed war with Britain would harm american trade. -
Congress declares war on Britain
Britain still at war in Europe. Britain not willing to meet American demands to avoid war. war began, americans were confident they would win. soon became apparent united states was not prepared for war. army was small with fewer than 7,000 men. -
America is not ready for war
Jeffersons spending cuts had weakend american military strength. Navy had only 16 warships ready for action. Army was small with fewer than 7000 men. -
Britain blockades american ports
British surrounds Hull's army and forced it to surrender. the British captured more than 2,000 american soldiers. it was a serious defeat for the united states. -
Invasion of Canada
Troops under general William Hull invaded canada from Detroit.. fearing he didnt have enough soldiers , Hull soon retreated.
General Issac Brocks army surrounds huls army forceing him t surrender.british captured more than 2000 american soldiers. serious defeat for the united states. -
Battle of Lake Erie
Key two hour battle took place at put-in-bay. American flagship was badly damaged. american commander at time was Oliver Hazard Perry. Perry anounced his victory. with americans in control of the lake the british were forced to leave detroit and retreat back to canada. -
Battle of Thames
Tacamsehis death at the battle of Thamrs dealt a blow to native americans resistance. americans defeated the British. -
Horseshoe bend
andrew jackson took command of american soldiers in georgia. jackson defeated the creeks at the battle of horseshoe bend. the treaty that ended the fighting forced the creeks to give up millions of acres of land. -
Uss constitution sores a victory
American sailors nicknamed constitution "old iransides".
constitution defeated British warship guerriere.
two ships closed in on each other for nearly an hour .
constitution fired a barrage that tore of both of the guerriere masts. -
Washington D.C attacked and burned
British forces martched ito the city.Dolley Madison the presidents wife gathered important papers and fled the white house. British set fire to several government building includeing the white house. Americans were shocked to learn their army could not defend washington. British moved on to baltiomore. -
Attack on Baltimore
British first objective was fort mchenry , which defended the citys harbor. British warships bombarded fort. Francis Scott Key a young american watched the attack. at dawn key saw the Americans flag still flying over the fort. the Americans had beaten of the attack. -
Wrighting the star spangled banner
Key wrote poam about what he had saw. The poam was set to music in 1831 and was latter made the national anthem by congress. -
Hartfored convention
British finally defeated napoleon allowing britain to send many more troops across the Atlantic to fight against the United States. -
Treaty of Ghent
Britain had tired of war. Peace talk began in ghent , belgium. on christmas eve 1814 the two sides signed the treaty of ghent whitch ended the war.the traty returned things to the way they had been before the war -
Battle of New Orleans
News of the treaty took several years to reach the United States. The two sides fought one more battle. American forces under general Andrew Jackson won a stunning victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans.
