Search results
3 days ago · The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States declared war on Britain on 18 June 1812.
2 days ago · The War of 1812 grew out of British impressment of U.S. seamen and other grievances. The overwhelming size of the British navy made possible a damaging blockade of all principal U.S. ports. It also enabled the British to capture and burn Washington, D.C., and to attack Baltimore, Maryland, and New Orleans, Louisiana, and various ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain over trade restrictions, the impressment of American sailors, and British support for Native American Indian attacks against Americans living on the Western Frontier.
- Randal Rust
1 day ago · The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).
- 21 October 1805
- British victory
2 days ago · The War of 1812 was one of the worst fought wars in the United States history because... of the nation's apathy and national disunity. All of the following were true of the American regular army on the eve of the War of 1812 except... their numbers were large enough that they did not have to rely on the militia.
1 day ago · Constitution is most noted for her actions during the War of 1812 against the United Kingdom, when she captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: HMS Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane, and Levant.
4 days ago · What became known as the Barbary War forced Americans who had disbanded the Continental navy to establish a new U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The war included a blockade of Tripoli followed by sustained bombardment by the high-tech weapons of the day, America's powerful new frigates.
