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war of 1812
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James Madison takes office
when james madison takes office tension rises because british gaev the native americans guns -
Warhawks takes power
Clay and C Calhoun supporters "warhawks" takes control -
relations with Great Britain worsen
Great britain told the U.S. that they were going to keep impressing sailors -
Congress delcares war with Great Britain
congress declares war on Great Britain because they keep impressing the sailors -
America isn't ready for war
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The british blockades american ports
The British set up a blockade on a American port -
Invasion of canada
Invaded Canada throught detroit, but soon retreat -
USS constitutiion scores a victory
USS constitution defeats british ship guerriere in a firce battle -
Battle of lake erie
Commander switched ships after a 3 hour battle and his ship was badly damaged -
battle of horseshoe blend
jackson defeated the creek at the battle of horseshoe blend the treaty at the end of the got them a lot of land -
washington dc attacked and burned
the new britain strategy was to attack and burn down the capitol of the United States, luckly the First lady got all the important documents -
hartford convention
some of the delegates at the hartford convention suggested that New England seceded from american convention soon ended -
treaty of Ghent
A peice treaty that ended the war of 1812 -
battle of New orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was an engagement fought between January 8 and January 18, 1815, constituting the final major and most one-sided battle of the War of 1812. American combatants, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, prevented the British Army, Royal Marines and a large Royal Navy fleet, commanded by Admiral Alexander Cochrane and General Edward Pakenham, from seizing New Orleans as a strategic tool to end the war
