- Treaty of Ghent
Dec 24, 1814The treaty was singed in Ghent Belgium, the fighting continued several weeks after the treaty was singed the Battle of New Orleans cause the treaty took time to get to North America, with the singing of the treaty America did not take over Canada but they did stop the ship jacking & the impressments of the sailors
- Battle of New Orleans
Dec 15, 1814Dec 1814,-Jan 1815 1,000 Black soldiers From Jamaica, Babados, Bahamas. some were recruited trained American slaves Escaped British lines attracted by Promise of Freedom. US troops had pirates, Choctaw warriors, free black, major general Andrew Jackson led the Troops to victory even though the war was officially over
- Hartford Convention
Dec 1814New England Federalists met at Hartford,Connecticut, war of 1812 was unpopular in New England, the war was over by the time they got there for the recommendation, some Federalist delegates spoke of secession
- Fort McHenry
Sep 13, 1814The British bombarded Fort McHenry outside of Baltimore Harbor 25 hours, after watching the attack, a poet-lawyer named Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner"
- Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Mar 27, 1814Upper Creek Tribe attacked Fort Mims killed more than 500 people (both genders and ages). Andrew Jackson raised Tennessee milita force more than 2,000 men as another 1,000 Lower Creek Cherokee warriors. Jackson's militia all most all the enemy force, Upper Creek Killed 550 Jackson's combined lost only 49.
- Battle of lake Erie
Sep 10, 1813American fleet was led by Oliver Hazard Perry, British were getting desperate Perry was blockading the British.with no control over the lake food supplies were running dangerously low, after 4 hours of intense cannon fire, the British surrendered
- Battle of Thames
Jul 1, 1813General William Henry Harrison Led army of 3,500 troops against 700 British Soldiers 1,000 Indian warriors Colonel Henry Led British troops Tecumseh led the Indian warriors American army won British soldiers fled. Tecumseh was killed
- The Constitution Defeats the Guerriere
Jul 1, 1812The USS"Constitution" defeats the "Guerriere" by the coast of Nova Scotia (Canada). The battle was only one hour long, snipers on top of the ships killed a lot of people, when the ships separated the Guerriere collapsed, there were 5x more British casualties than of Americans
- The beginning of the war
Jun 1812The US declared war on Britain because they were stealing ships, impressing the sailors. Forcing them in there navy. They had been giving weapons to the Native Americans tribes that were being used to attack the southern and western of the US
- The people who were at war
Jun 1812the people who were at war were the British and the Americans and the Native Americans. We are at war with them because the British were ship jacking us and impressing the men on the ships. The US had more weapons and all the good people but the British had 3times weapons and the people The US had the will, courage, and the love to fight for what they believe in and there country
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