Tensions originated in long-standing differences over territorial expansion in North America and British support for Native American tribes who opposed U.S. Although peace terms were agreed upon in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent, the war did not officially end until the peace treaty was ratified by Congress on 17 February 1815. It began when the United States declared war on 18 June 1812. The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its own indigenous allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida.
Capture of HMS Caledonia and HMS Detroit. Capture of East India Company ship Nautilus. In 1818 they erected an elegant square three-story red brick Federal-style town house on the northwest corner of the President's Square (today's Lafayette Square). Decatur's share came to $30,000, and after the war he and his wife Susan invested the money in land near the President's House. Decatur and his officers and crew were acclaimed as heroes when they returned home, and all were awarded a portion of the Macedonian's $200,000 prize value. control of Lake Erie and diminishing the prospect of British attacks on western New York and winning the Battle of Lake Champlain, spoiling British invasion plans.Ĭommodore Stephen Decatur, a hero of the Tripolitan wars, burnished his fame on October 25, 1812, when his 56-gun frigate USS United States captured the 49-gun frigate HMS Macedonian. Navy included a victory by the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") over HMS Guerriere winning the Battle of Lake Erie, ensuring U.S. 
Navy's pluck and resourcefulness would inflict punishing setbacks on its larger opponent. Britain's navy began its war in North Atlantic waters with a crushing advantage over the United States in numbers of both ships and sailors, but events were to prove that the U.S.
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