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British Impress American Sailors
The British need man power in their war against Napoleon so they began to impress the American sailors and forced them to serve in the British army. However due to not having really strict rules of how to show citizenship a ton of sailors ended up being British in the end.
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British Fire upon an American ship
American ship the Chesapeake is fired at by the British ship Leopard. This caused an international incident “Timeline.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/timeline/. -
Inaguration
James Madison is inaugurated into presidency. He is thrown into foreign affairs and our nation is on the verge of being in another war with the British. “Timeline.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/timeline/. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
The Battle of Tippecanoe was a battle between America and the Native Americans and became the push to go to war with British “Timeline.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/timeline/. -
WAR!!!!
This was when Congress officially declared war on the British. “Timeline.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/timeline/. -
Canada
General William Hull decided to make the third attempt to invade Canada. Canada was one of the major reasons why we entered the war, basically we wanted Canada and thought that if we showed that we could invade them they would want to join us. “Timeline.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/timeline/. -
Star Spangled Banner
The British kidnapped a man by the name of Francis Scott Key. And he had to watch the Battle of Baltimore and in the end when he saw that the Americans prevailed he wrote a poem which later became our national anthem. “Timeline.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/timeline/. -
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent was the agreement between America and Britain that put an end to the War. Nothing changed the territory stayed the same and basically it all returned to normal.“Timeline.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/timeline/. -
Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson invaded New Orleans and won against the British what makes this important is a few things. It was the final battle in the War and also was ongoing meanwhile the Treaty of Ghent was put into motion. This also threw Andrew Jackson into the media. “Timeline.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/timeline/. -
End of the War
Peace Treaty ratifies the Treaty of Ghent and Madison declares the war officially over. “Timeline.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/timeline/.
