War of 1812

Uncle Sam (Wilson)

The United States Declares War

First Battles Detroit was captured soon after declaring

war

Battle of the Thames

Native Americans fought on the side of the British, but lose near the shore of Lake Huron.

Tecumseh is killed and native support for the British fades

Lake Erie

1813 – Oliver Hazard Perry defeats British on Lake Erie

USS Constitution

August 1812 – USS Constitution scores one of the greatest victories of the war off the coast of Nova Scotia.

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USS United States

The USS United States defeats HMS Macedonia off the coast of Africa

USS President

USS President went on the offensive in July of 1813 destroying 3 British ships off the coast of Ireland

                                                                       

Battle of York

April 1813 – Americans take York (Toronto)

Washington, DC Burned

August 1814, British Burn Washington, DC in revenge for the loss at York

Star-Spangled Banner

Francis Scott Key

Held prisoner on British ship in Harbor of Baltimore

Sept 13 & 14, 1814

O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last

gleaming,Whose broad stripes and bright stars through

the perilous fightO'er the ramparts we watch'd were so

gallantly streaming?And the rocket's red glare, the bomb bursting

in air,Gave proof through the night that our flag

was still there,O say does that star-spangled banner yet

waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the

brave?

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Fort McHenry

Colonel Jackson

General From Tennessee.

Defeated Natives at Horshoe Bend (revenge for Fort Mims)

Moved south in 1814 to strike at New Orleans

Battle of Lake Champlain American naval forces,

under the command of Commodore MacDonough, defeat a British fleet on Lake Champlain. The American naval victory forces the British to withdraw, and thus ends the British invasion.

Treaty of Ghent December 24, 1814 Declared an Armistice