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Origins of War of 1812

1803 May 18 - Napoleon renews war on England 1803 May - Essex case 1805 Oct. 21 - Nelson defeats France at Trafalgar

1805 Dec. 2 - Napoleon defeats Austria & Russia at Austerlitz

1806 Dec. 31 - Monroe-Pinkney pact fails

1806 May 16 - Brit proclaims Europe blockade

1806 Nov. 21 - Berlin Decree begins Continental System

1807 Jan. 7 - Order in Council closes Europe ports 1807 June 22 - Chesapeake vs. Leopard

1807 July 2 - Jefferson responds: 1807 Dec. 14 - Nonimportation Act

1807 Dec. 22 - Embargo Act

1808 Apr. 17 - Bayonne Decree

1809 Mar. 1 - Nonintercourse Act

1809 Mar. 4 - Madison inauguration

1809 Apr. 19 - Erskine affair

1809 June 10 - Madison's 1st blunder

1810 Mar. 23 - Rambouillet Decree

1810 May 1 - Macons Bill No. 2

1810 Aug. 5 - Cadore letter

1810 Nov. 2 - Madison accepts France offer

1811 Feb. 1 - Wm. Pinkney recalled from London

1811 Mar. 10 - Henry letters

1811 May 16 - Little Belt incident

1811 June 1 - Foster begins change in Brit policy

1811 Nov. 7 - Battle of Tippecanoe

1811 Nov. 4 - 12th Congress convenes

1812 Apr. 4 - 90-day embargo begins

1812 May 11 - PM Perceval killed; new PM Liverpool

1812 June-Oct. - Napoleon invades Russia with 600,000

1812 June 1 - Madison war message to Congress

  1. impressment
  2. ships stopped off U.S. ports
  3. blockade
  4. Brit Orders in Council
  5. Indians
1812 June 4 - House passed war bill 79-49

1812 June 17 - Senate passed war bill 19-13

1812 June 18 - Madison signed war bill

Mr. Madison's War

Weak presidential leadership

On to Canada!

  1. from Detroit - Gen. William Hull but Mackinack fell July 17 and Indians moved south - Fort Dearborn massacre - William Wells killed
  2. from Niagra - Gen. Stephen van Rennselaer - Isaac Brock defends at Queenstown - Gen. Alex. Smythe fails to take Fort Erie
  3. from Albany - Gen. Henry Dearborn - Army leadership failed
Huzza for our Navy! USS Constitution defeated HMS Guerriere Aug. 19 but HMS Shannon defeated USS Chesapeake 1813 British blockade and coastal raids hurts trade U.S. privateers capture 1300 prizes Great Lakes 1813 Battle of Lake Erie Sep 10 Battle of the Thames Oct. 5 Treaty of Teplitz Sep. 9 War for Survival Battle of Plattsburg Sep. 11 Chesapeake invasion Aug. 19

Fort McHenry bombarded Sep. 12-14

Russian peace proposal Mar. 1813

Treaty of Ghent Dec. 24, 1814

Battle of New Orleans Jan. 8, 1815

Hartford Convention Dec. 15, 1814

1815 Watershed
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