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Battle of Tippecanoe
Tecumseh’s men constructed Fort Harrison but were prevented from foraging by Native American raids. November 6th, Tenskwatawa Tecumseh’s brother ordered a ceasefire. Shortly after the fighting began, their commander, Captain Spier Spencer, was killed. Why is this event important? This was important because h -
The first crossing into Canada
The War of 1812 breaks out, also an invasion of Canada failed after defeats. Some states threatened to secede from the Union, if the War did not end soon, also Captain Oliver H. Perry defeated the British on Lake Erie -
The Break Out
The War of 1812 breaks out, also an invasion of Canada failed after defeats. Some states threatened to secede from the Union, if the War did not end soon, also Captain Oliver H. Perry defeated the British on Lake Erie -
Beattle of Lake Erie
Perry, whose ships carried 32-pounder carronades effective only at short range, ordered his men to hold fire until a shift in the wind allowed him to move his gunboats into closer proximity. For a half-hour, British long guns shredded USS Lawrence. The ships pounded each other round after round. -
U.S crossing into Canada
Baltimore's Fort McHenry withstood 25 hours of bombardment by the British Navy, also the large numbers of troops arrived, British forces raided the Chesapeake Bay and moved in on the U.S. capital, capturing Washington, D.C. Burning government buildings including the Capitol and the White House, also Francis Scott Key wrote the poem “Star Spangled Banner” -
British attack Washington D.C.
The 4,000 British came, so Americans fled the city. Later that night they started the destruction, therefore burning the White House down. -
British attack Baltimore
Baltimore's Fort McHenry withstood 25 hours of bombardment by the British Navy, also the large numbers of troops arrived, British forces raided the Chesapeake Bay and moved in on the U.S. capital, capturing Washington, D.C. -
British in New Olreans
Unaware that peace had been concluded, British forces mounted a major attack on New Orleans, only to meet with defeat at the hands of the future president Andrew Jackson’s army. Unaware that peace had been concluded, British forces mounted a major attack on New Orleans, only to meet with defeat at the hands of the future president Andrew Jackson’s army. -
The Final Invasion
Why is this event important? News of the battle boosted sagging U.S. morale and left Americans with the taste of victory, despite the fact that the country had achieved none of its pre-war objectives.Unaware that peace had been concluded, British forces mounted a major attack on New Orleans, only to meet with defeat at the hands of the future president Andrew Jackson’s army. -
Battle fo New Olreans
It was one of the last important things in the war, Jackson defeated the British just 30 minutes, halting their plans to attack New Orleans and establishing himself as a national military hero. The Treaty of Ghent, which ended the war, had been signed two weeks before the battle but the news had not yet crossed the Atlantic. -
Napeoanlions Defeat In Europe
Napoleon had the advantage of facing armies that were separated from one another, and his forces won initial victories on June 16 against the Duke of Wellington’s British forces and Gebhard von Blücher’s Germans. However, the Prussian rear guard held French forces under Emmanuel de Grouchy in check far from the main battlefield while the rest of the German army conducted a forced march to join Wellington and the other allies there.
