Western expansion of the United States into the trans-Appalachian West between the Revolution and the War of 1812 provoked sustained Native American resistance, culminating in conflicts such as Fallen Timbers and Tippecanoe. This struggle over land and sovereignty became a principal cause of the War of 1812, as Indigenous nations forged alliances with British Canada to check American encroachment.
A chronological reference to the War of 1812 covering the crisis years from the 1807 Chesapeake–Leopard affair and Embargo Act through the Treaty of Ghent and the Battle of New Orleans. The timeline places the war’s diplomatic, naval, military, and Indigenous events in a single dated sequence from 1807 to 1815.
The General Armstrong was an American privateer brig in the War of 1812, notable for her successful raiding voyages and her last stand in September 1814 at Fayal in the Azores, where her crew repelled British boarding attacks before the ship was scuttled. Her defense became a celebrated episode in American naval history.
The Bicentennial Commemorations of the War of 1812 were a series of events in Canada and the United States from 2012 to 2015 marking the war’s 200th anniversary. They included national programs, military celebrations, and local initiatives that shaped public memory of the conflict.
