| Event |
Date |
Location |
Significance |
| Napolean excludes
British goods from "fortress Europe" |
1806 |
Europe |
American ships
caught in middle as British respond with blockade. British seize 1000 U.S.
ships, French ca. 500 |
| British impress
American sailors |
1803-1812 |
High seas |
British captains
take over 10,000 American citizens to man ships |
| Chesapeake -Leopard
fight |
June 1807 |
3 miles off Norfolk,
Virginia |
Chesapeake fired
on by Leopard after refusing to be boarded. 3 Americans killed, 18 wounded |
| Embargo Act |
December 1807 |
Washington, D.C. |
Jefferson's attempt
at "peaceful coercion" results in economic disaster for merchants |
| War Hawks elected
to Congress |
1810 |
U.S. |
Calhoun, Clay,
others bothered by insults to U.S. and Indian presence |
| Battle of Tippecanoe |
1811 |
Ohio River Valley |
Tecumseh's brother
(the Prophet) led attack on Harrison's army of 1000 |
| Congress declares
"Mr. Madison's War" |
June 18, 1812 |
Washington, D.C. |
Pushed by War
Hawks, Madison asks for declaration. All Federalists oppose it. |
| Invasion attempts
of Canada |
1812 |
U.S.--Canadian
border |
3 attempts to
invade -- all fail |
| Constitution
vs. Guerrirre |
1812 |
Atlantic Ocean |
Victory by U.S.
ship ("Old Ironsides"). Other privateers captured or burned British ships |
| Battle of York
(Toronto) |
April 1813 |
Toronto, Canada |
U.S. troops take
control of Great Lakes, burn York |
| Battle of Lake
Erie |
September 1813 |
Put-in-Bay |
Capt. Perry repulses
British naval attack |
| Battle of Thames |
October 1813 |
Ontario, Canada |
Tecumseh killed
in U.S. victory. NW Indians weakened by battle. |
| Battle of Horseshoe
Bend |
March 1814 |
Mississippi Territory |
Andrew Jackson
defeated Creek Indians |
| British plan
3-part invasion of U.S.: Chesapeake Bay, Lake Champlain, & mouth of
Mississippi River |
1814 |
Washington, D.C. |
British burn
capital buildings, but are turned back at Baltimore harbor |
| Battle of Plattsburgh |
September 1814 |
Lake Champlain |
U.S. secured
northern border with victory over larger British force |
| Hartford Convention |
December 15,1814 |
Hartford, Connecticut |
Group of Federalists
discuss secession, propose 7 amendments to protect influence of Northeast
states |
| Treaty of Ghent |
December 24,
1814 |
Ghent, Belgium |
British and American
diplomats agree on status quo ante bellum |
| Battle of New
Orleans |
January 1815 |
New Orleans |
Jackson's forces
defeat British. 700 British killed, 1400 wounded. U.S. losses: 8 killed,
13 wounded |
