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James Madison delivers a report regarding British interference and impressment of sailors. -
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he American ship Chesapeake is fired upon by the British ship Leopard causing an international incident. -
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James Madison is inaugurated President of the United States. -
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June, 1812: America declares war on Great Britain. -
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Riots break out in Baltimore in protest of the war -
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General William Hull surrenders to General Isaac Brock at Detroit. -
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General Isaac Brock is killed at the Battle of Queenston Heights (Canada). -
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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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U.S. troops capture and burn the city of York (present-day Toronto). -
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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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Thomas Jefferson imposes an embargo on Great Britain but it results in economic disaster for American merchants and is discontinued in 1809.