What was the Battle of Lake Erie

●Naval battle

●Occurred for several months

●First unqualified defeat of a British naval squadron

●Largest naval battle in the War of 1812

● During this battle, America only had 16 ships

Battle of the Thames and Horseshoe Bend

●Battle between British, Americans, and Native Americans

●Resulted in the death of Tecumseh

●US victory ​in central Alabama

● America expanded their territory into the

Native American's land

● Ended the Creek War (1813-14)

​British Attack on Washington D.C. and Baltimore

• British launched simultanious attacks against Washington D.C. and Baltimore

• Occured at sea and on land

• Fort McHenry was bombed for 25 hours

• British set the White House and Capitol Building on fire

• Americans retreated

​Battle of New Orleans

• Took place 15 days after the Treaty of Ghent​

• Britain ordered troops to keep the fight going, even if they heard about possible peace between the two

• American victory

• Battle helped solidify the Treaty of Ghent

Treaty of Ghent

• Great Britain agreed to take away all claims to the Northwest Territory

• Treaty signed between Britain and America

• America and Great Britain agreed to abolish slave trade

• Signed in Ghent, Belgium

• Written by (Americans) John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, James A. Bayard, Jonathan Russel, and Albert Gallatin