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Battle of Lake Erie
Because the United States took over British Canada
took place at Lake Erie, near Put-in-Bay, Ohio -
British attack Washington D.C.
Bladensburg, Maryland
United States , United Kingdom
General Robert Ross, a British force occupied Washington, D.C. and set fire to many public buildings following the American defeat at the Battle of Bladensburg. The facilities of the U.S. government, including the White House and U.S. Capitol, were largely destroyed. -
Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson and New Orleans.
south of New Orleans on the grounds of Chalmette Plantation
American forces under General Andrew Jackson defeated British forces on January 8, 1815, several weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which had officially ended the war. Neither group of troops had gotten the news by the time the battle began.
