Timeline of War of 1812

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In the bloody Battle of New Orleans, future President Andrew Jackson and a group of militia fighters, frontiersmen, slaves, Indians and even pirates withstood a forceful attack by the superior British force, inflicting many casualties along the way. The victory pushed Jackson to be a national hero, and helped foil plans for a British invasion of the American frontier.

New Orleans

D.C.-Baltimore-Burning of the White House

The War of 1812 was a battle between the United States and the British Empire. The British restricted the American's trade since they feared it would be harmful for their war with France and they also wanted to set up an Indian state in the Midwest in order to maintain their influence in the region. That’s why 10,000 Native Americans fought on the side of the British in this war.

Since Canada was a British colony back then, Canadians were also British allies. The Americans did not like the British Empire restricting their trade and snatching their sailors to serve on British ships. They were also wanted to prove their Independence from England once and for all.

Of all the causes for the War of 1812, the impressment of American sailors into the Royal Navy was the most important for many Americans. The British practice of manning naval ships with "pressed" men, who were forcibly placed into service, was a common one in English history, dating back to medieval times.

When the British arrived at the White House they found that President James Madison and his first lady, Dolley, had already fled to safety in Maryland. British soldiers had sat down to eat a meal made of leftover food from the White House, using White House dishes and silverware before ransacking the presidential mansion and setting it on fire.

Impressment

War in Canada

On September 14, 1814, U.S. soldiers at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry raised a huge American flag, made by Betsy Ross, to celebrate a victory over British forces during the War of 1812. The sight of those “broad stripes and bright stars” inspired Francis Scott Key to write a song that eventually became the United States national anthem. This started a tradition through which generations of Americans have hung the flag and made their own meanings and memories.

James Madison thought that Britain's real motive was to "strangle" American trade and thereby wipe out the United States as a trading rival. War or no war in Europe, Madison saw Britain as a threat to America.

The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. Peace negotiations began in Ghent, Belgium, starting in August of 1814. After four months of debating, the treaty was signed on December 24, 1814

War Hawks

In the War of 1812, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have a huge impact on the country’s future. Causes of the war was British attempts to restrict U.S. trade, the Royal Navy’s impressment of American seamen and America’s desire to expand its territory.

Treaty of Ghent

Star Spangled Banner

War at Sea

Strangling of American Trade

Members of Congress from the South and West who desperately wanted war with Great Britain and with native americans in order to protect the interest of America. The leader of the War Hawks was Henry Clay, who was the speaker of the house in the months leading up to the War of 1812. another leading War Hawk was John Calhoun.