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Thomas Jefferson makes Embargo
Ends with economic disaster for merchants -
relations got worse with Britain
1812 war videoBritish told the untied states that they would conttinue impressing sailors. Mean while the native americans were making new attacks on the frontier. -
Congress declared war on Britian
The war came at the same time british was at war with europe. Britain was not going to meet Americans needs to avoid war. -
Battle of lake Erie
It was a three hour battle and took place in the put-in-bay in the western lake. -
Battle Of Horseshoe Bend
Andrew Jackson defeats the Creek Indians -
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British troops blocked american ports
135 british warships blocked the ports. By the end of the war they were able to block off all of the americans ports. -
British burn DC
Madison flees Washington -
British Bombed Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key writes the Star Spangled Banner -
Treaty of Ghent
Return To Status Quo from before the war
