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James Madison Inaugurated
James Madison becomes President of the United States. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
Tecumseh and Harrison held a conference that led Harrison to conclude that it was time to attack the Indians. Tenskwatawa ordered an attack on Harrison's encampment. Tenskwatawa's force was beaten by Harrison's, which made him a national hero. It also persuaded Tecumseh, who had long distrusted the British as much as the Americans, that alliance with the British was the only hopes to stop the spread of American settlement. -
Madison's War Message
Madison sent his war message to Congress once he reached the decision that war with Britain was inevitable. -
Colonies Pass Canada Border
American troops crossed into Canada on the Niagara front but withdrew after fighting two bloody but inconclusive battles at Chippewa and Lundy's Lane. -
Britain repeals Order in Council
Britain was under pressure from its merchants and repealed the Orders in Council, but Congress was unaware of this and already had passed the war declaration. -
Battle of the Thames
Harrison overtook and defeated a combined British and Indian force here. Tecumsh died in the battle. The victory cheered Americans. -
Battle of Queenston
A force of American regulars was crushed by the British while the New York militia looked on from the New York side of the border. -
Treaty of Ghent Negotiations
Negotiations to end the war commenced between British and American commissioners at Ghent, Belgium. -
Battle of Bladensburg
A British army sailed from Bermuda for the Chesapeake Bay, landed near Washington, and met a larger American force, composed mainly of militia. The American milita fled, almost without firing a shot. The British then descended on Washington. -
The Hartford Convention
A Federalist Convention met in Hartford, Connecticut, and they proposed to amend the constitution to abolish the three-fifths clause, to require a two-thirds vote of Congress to declare war and admit new states into the Union, to limit the president to a single term, to prohibit the election of two successive presidents from the same state, and to bar embargoes lasting more than sixty days. -
Final Treaty of Ghent
Restored the state of things before the war; the United States neither gained nor lost territory. Several additional issues, including fixing a boundary between the United States and Canada, were referred to joint commissions for future settlement. There was no longer a war in Europe, so there were not longer neutrals. -
Battle of New Orleans
A British Army attacked an american army under General Andrew Jackson. Jackson's troops shredded the line of advancing redcoats.
