The British are eventually turned back at Baltimore harbor. 1814 - The British plan a 3-part invasion of US: Chesapeake Bay, Lake Champlain, & the mouth of Mississippi River.MaBattle of Horseshoe Bend (Mississippi Territory).
October 1813 - Battle of Thames (Ontario, Canada).US forces under Captain Perry defeat a British naval attack. US troops take control of Great Lakes and burn York. April 1813 - Battle of York (Toronto).The American survivors are killed in the Raisin River Massacre. British and Indigenous allies repel Kentucky troops in bloody fighting. 1812 - The USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") defeats the HMS Guerriere.1812 - Three attempts are made by the U.S.Mackinac as the British invade American territory. Madison's War" or "The Second American Revolution." JAmerica declares war against the British.1811 - Battle of Tippecanoe - Tecumseh's brother (the Prophet) leads attack on William Henry Harrison's army of 1,000 men.December 1807 - Thomas Jefferson attempts "peaceful coercion" of the British with his embargo, but it results in economic disaster for merchants.June 1807 - The American ship Chesapeake is fired on by the British ship Leopard after refusing to be boarded.March 1807 - Thomas Jefferson receives the Monroe-Pinkney treaty but does not submit it to Congress because it represents a dismal failure for the Americans.1806 - The British blockade France American ships are caught in the middle, and the British seize approximately 1,000 US ships.August 1806 - American minister James Monroe and envoy William Pinkney are unable to resolve the major problems between the British and Americans concerning commercial shipping and impressment.JanuJames Madison delivers report concerning British interference and impressment of sailors causing anti-British feelings to arise.JBritish decide in Essex case that American traders who travel between neutral and enemy ports will allow for the seizing many commercial ships.1803-1812 - British impress approximately 10,000 Americans, forcing them to work on British ships.
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