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war of 1812
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president madison takes office
the event of james madison becoming president caused great tension in the United States. the americans were angry with british for giving native americans weponry -
war hawks take power
war hawks had a stong sense of nationalism. they beleived that britain still treated the United States like a british colony. in 1811 a small fight broke out over between a american frigate and a british war ship. -
relations with great britain
in the spring britain said they wouldnt stop impressing soldiers but native americans kept attacking the settlers when they werent supposed to. -
congress declares war on britain
President James Madison wanted to go to war. so he told congess to declare war on britain. so they did a vote and the results were 74 to 49 so they ended up going to war. -
america is not ready for war
the declaration of war took british by suprise they were caught in a struggle with napoleon. suprisingly when the war started the United States had difficulty of there own -
britian blockades american ports
the first few days of the war british set up blockades after reinforcing their troops. the british were able to cole the american ports down so nothing could come in and nothing could get out. -
invasion of canada
General william hull transported american troops to canada from detroit. but canada only had a few untrained troops to ward of the americans but they were led by a skillful British leader General issac brock he dressed his soldiers in red coats so that it looked ads though they were experienced. -
USS constitution scores a victory
he was sailing to new foundland when he spotted a british ship for nearly an hour the two ships jockeyed for a position -
battle pf lake erie
oliver hazard perry had no ships so was forced to make his own. after a lot of hard work the americans won the battle against the british. -
horseshoe bend
andrew jackson a temesee officer lead the creek war. with the help of cherokee jackson won an amazing victory. the leader of the creeks went to andrew to surrender. -
washington D.C attacked and burned
british ships sailed into chesapeake bay and landed an invasion force about 30 miles from washington. D.C american troops met the british bladensburg maryland president madison watched it back. -
attack on baltimore
the british marched all the way from wahington to baltimore. the key was kept hidden in fort henry protected by soldiers. -
writing of the star spangled banner
fransis scott key who witnesed the battle wrote a poem about the bombbardment. then the star spangled banner was set to music and adopted as the national anthem of the United Sates. -
battle of thames
as the british and their allies retreated the americans pusued them folling them all the way back to canada they won he battle of thames -
hartford convention
delegates of the hartford convention threatened to leave the union if war continued then news of a peace treaty. then the hartford convention ended quickly with the war it was meaningless. -
treaty of ghent
the treaty of ghent was sighned in ghent,belgium john quiney adams got through the treaty in one sentance. nothing war adjusted nothing was settled the british and americans agreed to restore pre war condition -
battle of new orleans
the american soldiers built trenches to protect themselves british soldiers attacked again and again 2,000 british were dropped by the americans deadly fire but only 7 americans were killed. all over the United States americans cheered over the victory in the battle of new orleans.
