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Major Events
Chapter 12 · 1812–1824
The War of 1812 begins
1812
Perry wins the Battle of Lake Erie
1813
Battle of the Thames; Tecumseh is killed
1813
British burn Washington, D.C.
1814
Defense of Fort McHenry ("The Star-Spangled Banner")
1814
Treaty of Ghent ends the war
1814
Hartford Convention of New England Federalists
1814–1815
Battle of New Orleans
1815
American System; Monroe elected president
1816
McCulloch v. Maryland & the Panic of 1819
1819
The Missouri Compromise
1820
The Monroe Doctrine
1823