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The Battle of New Orleans took place 2 weeks after the Treaty of Ghent was signed. Due to the slow pace of news and letters that were sent. This was the last engagement between the U.S. and Britain in this war. Led by General Andrew Jackson again, American forces won against the British making Jackson a hero. However, this battle did not effect the outcome of the war because the Treaty was already signed and there was peace along with all the pre-war land claims.

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In an attempt to end the war America and Britain diplomats meeting in Ghent, Belgium, a neutral place, and signed a peace

treaty ending the war. The Treaty gave back the land claims to its pre-war owners and set space for peace within America and the British. However nothing in the Treaty said anything about the Native Indians, so at the end, the Indians are the ones that suffered and got no results.

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After the burning of Washington, the Battle of Baltimore on September 12, 1814 was another turning point and important part to the War of 1812. Throughout the night American forces battled the British and after a long night of fighting America's flag was still waving in the morning. This encouraged Francis Scott Key to write "The Star Spangled Banner"

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One of the major events in the War of 1812 was the Burning of Washington, which took place on August 24, 1814. The British troops sailed into the Chesapeake Bay and up the Patuxent River before marching down to Washington, D.C. As the British marched they left private property alone but burned and destroyed government buildings. The Americans tried to stop the British from pressing on at Bladensburg but were unsuccessful. Prior to when the British army reached the U.S capitol, First Lady Dolley Madison ordered that official papers and the Washington portrait should be saved from British hands. When the British army reached the U.S. Capitol they set it to flames as they were seeking revenge for the sacking of York and because they hoped that attacking the Nations pride would bring America down.

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Led by American General, Andrew Jackson and his army fought at the Horseshoe Bend of the Tallapoosa River. The Americans were surrounded from all sides and were fighting the Native Americans with the support of the British, which made the Battle quite different from what they were used to or what they expected. The American victory at Horseshoe bend was significant in many ways. Andrew Jackson becomes a hero, Alabama becomes a state and the Americans secure the Mississippi River.

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On September 10, 1813, a U.S. naval force captured a British fleet of 6 ships on Lake Erie under the command of Oliver Perry. This Victory was a great success for the Americans because it forced the British out of Fort Malden and retreat up to the Thames River. This also gives America control over the Great Lakes.

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President James Madison at this point was tiered of Great Britain and was angered so he chose to abandon isolationism and go into war with Great Britain. Upon his request Congress declared war with Great Britain on June 18, 1812. America was taking a bold step especially with an army of only 7,000 poorly trained men and a navy of only 16 ships.

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War hawks was a nickname for the group of young congressmen from the south and west that were eager and looking forward to war with great Britain. Henry Clay from Kentucky and John C. Calhoun from South Carolina were War Hawks. They hoped to conquer Canada to add it to the United States and drive the British out.

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In November 7, 1811 an American militia force led by the Indiana Governor, William Harrison fought against Shawnee Warriors led by their leader Tecumseh at Tippecanoe Creek. After the war, although Harrison and his men defeated the Indian forces, they found out that the Indians were armed with British weapons. This angered the Americans even more because America was already having trouble with the Indians because the Indians were trying to keep the Americans out of their lands.

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The Embargo Act was passed by Congress in 1807 in hopes of preventing impressment. The problem with that though was that the Embargo Act almost completely destroyed the American economy and lots of people suffered without
jobs. On the other hand the Embargo Act had little to no effect on France or Great British because they had other trade partners.

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One of the beginning causes of the war of 1812 was the impressment of American sailors. Great Britain had already been impressing American sailors,- kidnapping them and forcing them to serve in the British navy. This angered the Americans but it wasn't until the the event of the USS Chesapeake that the American anger peaked. In 1807 a British war ship, the Leopard, stopped the U.S warship, the Chesapeake, to search for British deserters. However when the Chesapeake's captain refused to allow a search the Leopard opened fire. Twenty-one American sailors were either killed or injured. This attack triggered another case of war fever, against Great Britain.

Impressment- Forcing sailors to work on another ship