War of 1812
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Was a war between the United States of America and Great Britain. Tensions originated in long-standing differences over territorial expansion in North America and British support for Native American tribes who opposed U.S. colonial settlement in the Northwest Territory.
Chronology
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August 1810 - October 5, 1813: conflict between the United States and an American Indian confederacy led by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh in the Indiana Territory.
September 1810: August - October 5: A conflict between the United States and an American Indian confederacy led by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh in the Indiana Territory.
Was the theatre od war in the Great Lakes and Western territories of the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom.
August 1814: During the War of 1812, British forces under the command of Sir John Coape Sherbrooke captured Castine, Hampden, Bangor, and Machias in Maine as part of a military occupation in 1814.
August 1812: General William Hull leaves Canada feeling threatened by the approach of British reinforcements
November 1813: Late in 1813, the Americans abandoned the Canadian territory that they occupied around Fort George.
January 1815: The Americans retained the captured post at Fort Malden near Amherstburg until the British complied with the treaty that ended the War of 1812.
December 1813: British Capture of Fort Niagara.
August 1814: The British occupation of Washington lasted only about one day.
July 1812: An American army commanded by William Hull invaded Upper Canada on July 12, arriving occupying Sandwich (Ontario) after crossing the Detroit River.
October 1813: The Battle of the Thames took place in Upper Canada, near Chatham. The British lost control of Southwestern Ontario as a result of the battle.
May 1813: An American amphibious force assaulted Fort George on the northern end of the Niagara River on May 27 and captured it without serious losses.
May 1813: The British abandoned Fort Erie fearing the approaching American army.
June 1813: United States troops held Fort Erie until 9 June 1813.
June 1813: An American force surrendered on June 24 to a smaller British force due to advance warning by Laura Secord at the Battle of Beaver Dams, marking the end of the American offensive into Upper Canada.
October 1813: American attempts to regain Detroit were continually thwarted by poor communications and the difficulties of maintaining militia contingents in the field, until the Americans won a naval victory at the Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813. This isolated the British at Amherstburg and Detroit from their supplies and forced them to retreat. Hull's successor Major General William Henry Harrison pursued the retreating British and their Indian allies and defeated them at the Battle of the Thames, where Tecumseh was killed.
November 1813: The Americans arrived near Morrisburg, Ontario..
November 1813: Battle of Crysler's Farm. The Americans are repulsed by the British.
August 1814: British occupation of Washington D.C.
September 1814: Battle of Baltimore.
August 1812: The American garrison in Detroit surrenders to British forces.
July 1814: The Siege of Prairie du Chien ended in a British victory on July 20, 1814.
July 1812: The British conquered the strategically important border fortress of Fort Mackinac in a coup on July 17, 1812.
July 1814: During the War of 1812, British Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy led the invasion of the northern part of Massachusetts (Maine) on July 11, 1814. As a result, Fort Sullivan at Eastport fell under British control, marking a significant military occupation by Great Britain in the region.
September 1814: The "Battle for Baltimore" began with the British landing at North Point.
August 1812: force of 400 Potawatomie massacre the small American garrison of Captain Nathan Heald at Fort Dearborn (Chicago), Illinois Territory, after the Americans were ordered to evacuate that post by General William Hull.
Was the southern theatre of the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom.
February 1815: HMS Brazen brought news of the Treaty of Ghent, and the British abandoned the Gulf Coast.
March 1815: In March, after being informed of the Treaty of Ghent that had ended the War of 1812, British ships finally left the southern United States.
February 1815: Second Battle of Fort Bawyer.
April 1813: The Mississippi Territory annexed the Mobile area, formerly part of West Florida, from the Spanish in March 1813.
January 1815: British conquest of Fort Point Peter.
February 1815: British capture of St. Simons Island.
November 1814: General Andrew Jackson attacks and captures Pensacola, Florida, from Spanish forces.
February 1815: In January 1815, British Admiral Cockburn succeeded in blockading the southeastern U.S. coast by occupying Camden County, Georgia.
February 1815: The British took Cumberland Island, located off the coast of Georgia.
3.1.Creek War
Was a regional conflict between opposing Native American factions, European powers, and the United States during the early 19th century.
November 1813: General Floyd crossed the Chattahoochee and established Fort Mitchell.
November 1813: Battle of Autossee.
December 1813: Claiborne established Fort Claiborne.
August 1814: On August 9, 1814, Andrew Jackson forced headmen of both the Upper and Lower Towns of Creek to sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson. Despite protest of the Creek chiefs who had fought alongside Jackson, the Creek Nation ceded 85,335 km² of land - approximately half of present-day Alabama and part of southern Georgia - to the United States government.
Was an armed conflict between the United States and the Polynesian inhabitants of Nuku Hiva during the War of 1812.
May 1814: In 1814, during the War of 1812, the British forces under the command of Captain Hillyar evacuated Madisonville, a settlement on the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. The territory was left without a governing entity after the departure of the British forces.
Was the treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom.
December 1814: Treaty of Ghent: The treaty ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain (and Spain). All captured territories were restored.
December 1814: Treaty of Ghent: The treaty ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. All captured territories were restored.
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