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Napoleon's defeat in Europe, allowing the British to commit more troops to the war in the U.S.
On December 31, 1810, Czar Alexander I withdrew Russia from the Continental System, and began trading openly with Britain. Napoleon was outraged, and soon sent his massive Grand Army, comprised of soldiers from all the various nations he dominated, to Poland, ready to force a decisive battle with the czar's army. The Grand Army consisted of over 600,000 troops, and it was a great threat as it waited, menacingly, on Russia's border. Russia, however, did not attack. -
Napoleon's defeat in Europe, allowing the British to commit more troops to the war in the U.S.
On Dec. 31, 1810, Czar Alexander I withdrew Russia from the Continental System, and began trading openly with Britain. Napoleon was mad, and soon sent his Grand Army, comprised of soldiers from all the nations he dominated, to Poland, ready to force a battle with Czar's army. The Army consisted of over 600,000 troops, on Russia's border. Russia, did not attack. Napoleon moved his army into Russia in June 1812. Instead of fighting a major battle, the countryside they left behind. -
Battle of Tippecanoe Creek.
The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on Nov. 7, 1811, near present-day Lafayette, Indiana between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh. -
Battle of Tippecanoe Creek.
The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on Nov. 7, 1811, near present day Lafayette, Indiana between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh. -
British attack Baltimore.
The Battle of Baltimore was a sea/land battle fought between British invaders and American defenders in the War of 1812. American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland, and killed the commander of the invading British forces. The British and Americans first met at North Point.[9] Though the Americans retreated, the battle was a successful delaying action that inflicted heavy casualties on the British. -
President Madison offering France and Great Britain a deal: if the agree to cease attacks on American ships, the US will stop trading with their enemy.
The decision to go to war is one of the most serious an American President faces. On June 1, 1812, President Madison sent a letter- later dubbing his war message- to both houses of Congress. In it, he listed a series of transgression Great Britain had committed against the U.S. He also explained his decision not to recommend war with France at this time. EDSITEment resources offer primary documents that illuminate key points in the President Madison's War Message. -
The date that the US Naval Commander Oliver Hazard Perry captured a British fleet on Lake Erie.
The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on Sep. 10, 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. -
The date that US Naval Commander Oliver Hazard Perry captured a British fleet on Lake Erie.
The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay was fought on Sep. 10, 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. -
Battle of Thames River.
The Battle of the Thames, also called Battle of Moraviantown, (Oct. 5, 1813), in the war of 1812, decisive U.S. victory over British and Indian forces in Ontario, Canada, enabling the United States to consolidate its control over the Northwest. -
Battle of Thames River.
The Battle of the Thames, also known as the Battle of Moraviantown, was a United States victory in the War of 1812 against the United Kingdom and Tecumseh's Confederacy. It took place on October 5, 1813 in Upper Canada, near present-day Chatham, Ontario -
British attack Washington D.C. and burn the Capitol and White House.
August of 1814 was one of the hottest in the memory of the approximately 8,000 residents of America's new capital. The sweltering, humid heat turned the stagnate marshes surrounding the city into thriving hatcheries for disease-carrying mosquitoes. To make matters worse, the city found itself the target of an invading British army slowly making its way from the Chesapeake Bay. -
British attack Washington D.C. and burn the Capitol and White House.
The Burning of Washington in 1814 was an attack during the War of 1812 between British forces and those of the United States of America. On August 24, 1814, after defeating the Americans at the Battle of Brandenburg, a British force led by Major General Robert Ross occupied Washington, D.C., and set fire to many public buildings, including the White House (known as the Presidential Mansion at the time), and the Capitol, as well as other facilities of the U.S. government. -
British attack Baltimore
The Battle of Baltimore in Sep. 1814, is beat remembered for one aspect of the fighting, the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British warships, which was immortalized in the Star-Spangled Banner. But there was also a considerable land engagement, known as the Battle of North Point, in which American troops defended the city against thousands of battle-hardened British soldiers who had come ashore from the British fleet. -
Battle of New Orleans.
The Battle of New Orleans was an engagement fought between Jan. 8 and Jan. 18, 1815, constituting the final major battle of the War of 1812, and the most one-sided battle of the war. -
Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was an engagement fought between January 8 and January 18, 1815, constituting the final major battle of the War of 1812, and the most one-sided battle of that war -
President Madison offering France and Great Britain a deal: if the agree to crease attacks on American ships, the US will stop trading with their enemy.
In the immediate aftermath of the American Revolutionary War, a British Order in Council is issued to redefine trade relations between Great Britain and the newly independent United States of America. American commercial access to British West Indian ports is severely restricted. Specified raw materials are allowed access to English ports but American manufactured goods are prohibited.