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president madison takes office
Where:united states
Who involved:James madison
Impact:Americans angery at britain for arming native Americans
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war hawks take power
Where:House of reprasentatives in congress
Who Involved:John C.calhoun and Henry clay
Impact:Eager for war with britain and Felt a sense of natiolalism or pride in one's country. -
Relations with Great britain worson
Where:united states
Who Involved:Britain told the U.S. they would continue impressing sailors and the northwest began new attacts on frontier settlements.
Impact:Americans angry with britain -
Congress Declares war on britain
Where:Congress
Who Involved:Congress
Impact:British American sailors and native Americans continued to attack frontier Settlements -
America is not ready for war
Where:united States
Who Involved:Thomas jeferson (spending cuts had weakened Americans military strength)
Impact:Weakened Military strength and Navey had only 16warships andarmery was also small. -
Britain Blockades Americans ports
Where:American cost
Who Involved:British and Americans
Impact:British navy had 135 warships blockading American ports. -
Invasion of canada
Where:Canada
Who Involved:Americans troops-General Willaim Haull and British General Isaac Brock
Impact: Weakened military strength, navy had only 16 warships, army was also small. -
USS Constitution Scores a Victory
Where: North Atlantic Ocean
Who Involved: United States and Britian
Impact: USS Constitution defeated British warship Guerriere -
Battle of Lake Erie
Where: Lake Erie at Putin Bay
Who Involved: United States
Impact: We have met the enemy and they are ours! Britain forced to leave Detroit. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Where: Georgia
Who Involved: Andrew Jackson for the American side and Creek Warriors on the Native Americans side.
Impact: Creeks had to give up millions of acres of land. -
Washington, D.C. Attacked and Burned
Where: Nation's Capital, Washington, D.C.
Who Involved: United States and Britian
Impact: British set fire to several government buildings, including the White House. -
Writing of the Star Spangled Banner
Where: Washington, D.C. at Fort McHenry
Who Involved: American and British
Impact: Americans defeat the British at Fort McHenry, National Anthem created by Francis Scott Key. -
Hardford Convention
Where: Hartford, Connecticut
Who Involved: United States and British
Impact: Independence from Britian. -
Treaty of Ghent
Where: Ghent, Belgium
Who Involved: United States and Britian
Impact: U.S. officially independent, allowed to be independent, Treaty of Ghent signed ended war. -
Battles of New Orleans
Where: New Orleans, Louisiana
Who Involved: United States: Andrew Jackson and the British
Impact: Andrew Jackson won a stunning victory over the British.