war of 1812 americans fight the british navy

Major General Samuel Smith of the Maryland militia prepared the city’s defenses for an assault. Admiral Alexander Cochrane and his officers then decided to assault Baltimore and moved on the port city a few weeks later. Capitol and White House in retaliation for the American burning of York (modern-day Toronto) in Canada. The British entered Washington, DC, and burned the U.S. In August 1814, however, a British fleet sailed up the Chesapeake Bay and unloaded more than four thousand British redcoats and marines, who routed American troops in an embarrassing defeat at Bladensburg, Maryland. The war was primarily fought at sea and in Canadian and American territory around the Great Lakes. American ships were being stopped and their sailors were being impressed into British naval service.

The War of 1812 was begun when Congress declared war on Great Britain for repeatedly violating U.S.

This Narrative should follow the Tecumseh and the Prophet Narrative and be assigned to students along with the Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans Narrative to paint a picture of the War of 1812.

War of 1812 americans fight the british navy