Dan Kelahan - The War Of 1812 - Hist 101 Tracey Riordan

2. THE WAR OF 1812 LASTED
FROM JUNE 18TH 1812 TO
FEBRUARY 17TH 1815 AND WAS
DUE TO A CONFLICT BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT
BRITAIN OVER BRITISH
VIOLATIONS OF U.S MARITIME
RIGHTS.

3. BRITAIN WAS STILL INVOLVED IN THE
NAPOLEONIC WARS.
6034 BRITISH TROOPS IN CANADA
LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR GEORGE PRE’VOST
WAS URGED TO MAINTAIN A DEFENSIVE
STRATEGY

4. THE U.S. REGULAR ARMY CONSISTED OF 12,000 MEN
CONGRESS AUTHORIZED TO EXPAND TO 35,000 MEN BUT THE SERVICE
WAS VOLUNTARY AND UNPOPULAR
THE WAS OFFERED POOR PAY AND THEY WERE VERY INEXPERIENCED
THERE WERE MANY ANTI-WAR SPEAKERS ESPECIALLY IN NEW ENGLAND
U.S. HAD DIFFICULTY FINANCING THE WAR

5. THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE WAR OF 1812 IS CONSIDERED THE
BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE (INDIANA)
FOUGHT BETWEEN U.S. FORCES LED BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM
HENRY HARRISON OF THE INDIANA TERRITORY AND NATIVE
AMERICAN WARRIORS WITH THE SHAWNEE LEADER TECUMSEH

6. AMERICA DECLARES WAR ON GREAT
BRITAIN
JUNE – AUGUST: PROTESTERS IN
BALTIMORE RESULT IN RIOTS
BREAKING OUT

7. GENERAL WILLIAM HULL ENTERS CANADA. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE
FAILED ATTEMPTS FROM THE UNITED STATES TO INVADE CANADA
THE BRITISH SUCCEED WITH THE SURRENDER OF FORT MICHILIMACKINAC
(MICHIGAN)

8. IN DETROIT, GENERAL WILLIAM HULL
SURRENDERS TO GENERAL ISAAC BROCK
AT DETROIT ALSO KNOW AS THE SIEGE OF
DETROIT
THIS WAS A SHOCKING LOSS FOR THE
AMERICANS

9. MILITIA FORCES REFUSED TO CROSS THE NIAGARA RIVER
GENERAL ISAAC BROCK IS KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF QUEENSTON HEIGHTS
(CANADA)
CONSIDERED THE FIRST MAJOR LAND BATTLE THAT TOOK PLACE ON
OCTOBER 13TH

10. BRITISH AND INDIAN ALLIES AID
AMERICAN TROOPS AT THE BATTLE OF
FRENCHTOWN (MICHIGAN)
THE AMERICAN SURVIVORS ARE KILLED
THE FOLLOWING DAY IN THE RAISIN
RIVER MASSACRE

11. APRIL 27TH AMERICAN FORCE SUPPORTED BY A NAVAL FLOTILLA LANDED ON
THE LAKE SHORE TO THE WEST AND ENTERED THE TOWN
THE AMERICAN TROOPS CAPTURE AND BURN THE CITY OF YORK (TORONTO)

12. THE SIEGE OF FORT MEIGS (OHIO)
AMERICAN FORCES SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED
THE FORT BUT THE BRITISH DECIDED TO
ABANDON THEIR SIEGE AND MOVE ON

13. NINE VESSELS OF THE U.S. NAVY
CAPTURE SIX VESSELS OF THE BRITISH
ROYAL NAVY
CAPTAIN PERRY DEFEATS THE BRITISH AT
THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE

14. THE WARRIOR TECUMSEH IS KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF THE THAMES
(CANADA)
THIS WAS DECISIVE VICTORY AGAINST BRITAIN AND ITS INDIAN ALIES

15. THE BATTLE OF CRYSLER’S FARM (CANADA)
FOUGHT ON NOVEMBER 11TH AND WON BY THE BRITISH AND CANADIAN
FORCES
THE U.S. WAS GREATLY OUTNUMBERED

16. THE BATTLE OF CHIPPAWA (CANADA)- A VICTORY FOR THE U.S WITH THE
INVASION OF THE BRITISH EMPIRES COLONY OF UPPER CANADA
THE BATTLE OF LUNDY’S LANE (NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO, CANADA)- ONE
OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLES OF THE WAR AND EVERY FOUGHT BY CANADA

17. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN IN GHENT
AUGUST 24-25 THE BRITISH BURN WASHINGTON, DC IN RETALIATION FOR
THE BURNING OF YORK
PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON FLEES THE CAPITAL

18. THE BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN IS A MAJOR AMERICAN
VICTORY SECURING ITS NORTHERN BORDER
THE BATTLE OF BALTIMORE TAKES PLACE AT FORT MCHENRY, WHERE
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY WROTE THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

19. THE TREATY OF GHENT – AMERICANS AND BRITISH DIPLOMATS AGREE TO
THE TERMS OF A TREATY IN GHENT BELGIUM –TERMS STATED ALL
CONQUERED TERRITORY WAS TO BE RETURNED AND PLANNING TO SETTLE
THE BOUNDARIES OF THE U.S. AND CANADA

20. ANDREW JACKSON DEFEATS THE BRITISH AT THE BATTLE OF NEW
ORLEANS

21. THE PEACE TREATY IS RATIFIED AND PRESIDENT MADISON DECLARES WAR
IS OVER

22. “THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS” FOR A HALF DECADE – THERE WAS A
WORLD PEACE FEELING THAT HELPED TO START AN ECONOMIC REVIVAL AND
THE COLLAPSE OF THE FEDERALIST PARTY

23. STAR SPANGLED BANNER: THE EVENTS OF THE WAR HELPED TO INSPIRE
THE NATIONS MOST FAMOUS PATRIOTIC SONGS

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