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President Madison deal / cease attacks
Madison inherited serious economic and foreign relations problems resulting from the embargo and none intercourse acts. These laws had been enacted in response to actions by the two warring countries- Great Britian and France - that made foreign trade dangerous at best and virtually impossible at worst. -
Battle of Tippecanoe Creek
Tecumseh, not ready to oppose the United states by force, was away recruiting allies when Harrison's army arrived. Tenskwatawa, a spiritual leader but not a military man, was in charge. -
The battle of Lake Erie
The battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the battle of put-in bay, was fought on September 10th 1813, in Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the war of 1812. Nine vessels of the United states Navy defeated and captured six vessels of British Royal Navy -
British attack Washington and burn down the Capitol
August of 1804 was one of the hottest in the memory of the approximately 8000 residents of America's new Capitol. As the British army of approximately 4000 approached, the majority of the Washington residents fled the city. That evening the vanguard of the British army reached Capitol Hill and began it's systematic destruction of all public buildings in the city. -
Battle of Baltimore
Following the British occupation of Washington in August, cochrane decided to decend on baltimore, Maryland, the third largest city in the US and a centre of transshipment and industry. Previous British raids in Chesapeake Bay prompted to the local government to improve the militia and to enhance the fortifications. -
Battle of New Orleans
The battle of New Orleans was a series of engagements fought between December 23rd, 1814 through January 8th, 1815 and was the major battle of the war of 1812
