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Congress Votes for War
President Madison sent his war message to Congress that war with Britain was the only solution. Britain had repealed the Orders in Council, but the war declaration had already been passed. -
American army in Canada
American General William Hull led the army to Canada. His supply lines were cut by Tecumseh and was forced to surrender Detroit to British and Indian troops. -
Put-in-Bay
Captain Oliver Perry led a fleet of vessels to destroy British squadron at Put-in-Bay in Lake Erie. The British then pulled from Detroit. -
Battle of the Thames
General Harrison defeated British and Indian forces at the Battle fo the Thames. Tecumseh died in this battle. Americans had still not invaded Canada. -
Americans enter Canada
American troops cross into Canada but withdraw after the Battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, in which they lost. -
The end of the war
American delegation (Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and John Quincy Adams) negotiated with the British to end the war at Ghent, Belgium. British demanded territories from the U.S. initially. -
Battle of Bladensburg
British army sailed to the Chesapeake Bay to meet an American force in the Battle of Bladensburg in Maryland, which became known as the Bladensburg races because the Americans fled without even firing a shot. British forces headed to Washington and Madison escaped while the troops burned his mansion and other buildings in Washington. -
Plattsburg
British advance to Lake Champlain where they reached American forces at Plattsburg. British General Prevost called his fleet, but American fleet unter Captain Thomas Macdonough had already defeated it. Prevost and troops abandoned Plattsburg. -
Treaty of Ghent
Restored the status quo ante bellum (the state of things before the war). U.S. didn't gain or lost territory and nothing was done about impressment. There were no longer neutrals because Napoleon was out of the way. -
Battle of New Orleans
After the treaty had already been established. A British army led by General Sir Edward Pakenham attacked American General Andrew Jackson's army in New Orleans who destroyed the British forces. The battle decreased the strength of the Federalist party.