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Battle of Tippecanoe
This battle took place at Prophetstown, the Indian capital on the Tippecanoe River and the site of the town the is now Battle Ground, near Lafayette, Indiana. It happened because of american complaints that the British aided the Aboriginals in resisting American settlement of the Old Northwest and have been cited as one of the causes of the War of 1812 -
U.S Declares war on Great Britain
The U.S declared war against Great Britain because of three issues: the British economic blockade of France, the induction of thousands of neutral American seamen into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of Native American tribes along the Great Lakes frontier. -
Battle of Queenston Heights
This was the first major battle in the war of 1812. It happened because of the struggle for a portion of the Niagara escarpment overlooking Queenston, where more than 1,000 American soldiers crossed into Upper Canada. -
Battle of River Raisin
The Battle of River Raisin marked the peak of the American campaign to take Fort Detroit and invade Canada. American forces under James Winchester faced an invading British army under Henry Procter at Frenchtown. -
Siege of Fort Meigs
This took place in northwestern Ohio. A small British army with support from Indians attempted to capture the recently constructed fort to forestall an American offensive against Detroit, which the British had captured the previous year. -
Battle at Sackets Harbor
A British force was transported across Lake Ontario and attempted to capture the town, which was the principal dockyard and base for the American naval squadron on the lake. -
Battle of the Thames
This battle is also known as the Battle of Moraviantown. This was an American victory in the War of 1812 against Tecumseh's Confederacy and their British allies. -
Capture of Fort Niagara,
This occured between the United Kingdom and the United States. The American garrison was taken by surprise, and the fort was captured in a night assault by a select force of British regular infantry. -
Battle of Lundy’s Lane
This is also known as the Battle of Niagara Falls. The U.S had tried to capture British Canada - they were unsuccessful. In July the United States again attempted to invade Canada, this time launching an attack across the Niagara River, at the small neck between Lakes Ontario and Erie. -
Battle of Bladensburg
This battle was fought in Maryland. The British victory left Washington D.C. perilously open to British invasion. -
Burning of Washington D.C
The Burning of Washington was a British invasion of Washington City, the capital of the United States. Washington was picked as the target because of its symbolic importance, its easy access from the sea, and the inability of inexperienced American troops to defend it. -
Bombardment of Fort McHenry
The Battle of Baltimore was a sea/land battle fought between British invaders and American defenders. American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland, and killed the commander of the invading British forces -
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812. It was between the United States and the United Kingdom. It took effect in February 1815. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, United Netherlands -
The Battle of New Orleans
This is when the U.S achieved its greatest battlefield victory of the War of 1812 at New Orleans. The Battle of New Orleans thwarted a British effort to gain control of a critical American port and elevated Major General Andrew Jackson to national fame. -
Fort Michilimackinac surrenders to the British.
American soldiers took possession of Fort Mackinac from the British garrison on July 18, 1815. This was three years and one day after the post had been captured.