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British begin to impress American sailors and force them to work on British Ships.
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James Madison delivers a report regarding British interference and impressment of sailors
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The American ship Chesapeake is fired upon by the British ship Leopard causing an international incident.
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Thomas Jefferson imposes an embargo on Great Britain but it results in economic disaster for American merchants and is discontinued in 1809.
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Thomas Jefferson imposes an embargo on Great Britain but it results in economic disaster for American merchants and is discontinued in 1809.
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America declares war on Great Britain.
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War Congress convenes.The Battle of Tippecanoe (in present-day Indiana), considered the first battle of the War of 1812, takes place between Tecumseh's brother, The Prophet, and William Henry Harrison's army.
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General Isaac Brock is killed at the Battle of Queenston Heights (Canada)
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The British force the surrender of Fort Michilimackinac (in present-day Michigan).
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General William Hull enters Canada. This is the first of three failed attempts made by the U.S. to invade Canada.
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The British force the surrender of Fort Michilimackinac (in present-day Michigan).
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British and Indian allies repel American troops at the Battle of Frenchtown (present-day Michigan). American survivors are killed the following day in the Raisin River Massacre (present-day Michigan).
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Riots break out in Baltimore in protest of the war.
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The warrior Tecumseh is killed at the Battle of the Thames (Canada).
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The Battle of Plattsburg on Lake Champlain is a major American victory, securing its northern border. The Battle of Baltimore takes place at Fort McHenry, where Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner.
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The siege of Fort Meigs (present-day Ohio).
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Captain Perry defeats the British at the Battle of Lake Erie.
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U.S. troops capture and burn the city of York (present-day Toronto)
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The War of 1812 premiered Monday, October 10, 2011. Check Local Listings to see when it's airing on your local PBS station.
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To Great Britain the War of I8I2 was simply a burdensome adjunct of its greater struggle against Napoleonic France. To the Canadians it was clearly a case of naked American aggression. But to the Americans it was neither simple nor clear. The United State
