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1806
British Orders in Council
1807
Chesapeake Incident
Late 1807
Embargo Act passed
March 1, 1809
Repeal of the Embargo Act
March 4, 1809
James Madison becomes President
1809
Non-Intercourse Act
1810
Macon’s Bill No. 2 passed
November 1810
Madison announces Napoleon’s compliance with Macon’s Bill No. 2
November 7, 1811
Harrison destroyes Tecumseh’s Base at the Battle of Tippecanoe
June 1812
Orders in Council suspended
June 1812
War Hawks Congress declare war on Britain
August 20, 1812
USS Constitution Defeats the Guerriere
1812
Threee-pronged US attack on Canada
September 1812
USS Wasp fights the Frolic
September 9, 1813
Perry forces surrender of British fleet on Lake Erie
October 5, 1813
Battle of the Thames, Tecumseh killed
March 27, 1814
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
August 1814
4,000 British land near Chesapeake Bay
August 4-September 21, 1814
US prevails in the Siege of Fort Erie
August 8, 1914
British-US peace negotiations begin in Ghent
August 24, 1814:
Battle of Bladensburg: US troops under General Winder routed
British attack Washington, burn Capitol and White House
September 11, 1814
US Defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain
British seige of Fort McHenry in Baltimore fails
December 15, 1814
Hartford Convention Begins
December 24, 1814
Treaty of Ghent officially ends War Of 1812
January 5, 1815
Hartford Convention ends
January 8, 1815
Jackson and US victory at the Battle of New Orleans
