Time Line Activity You must use the information on the next slide to create a visual timeline. You must choose 5 events to put on your timeline, it must be colorful and properly captioned!

1803 Great Britain begins forcing Americans to labor 1803 Great Britain begins forcing Americans to labor. For more than 10 years British ships took Americans and made them work on British ships. They took almost 10,000 men. This is called impressment. 1806 The Americans find out what the British are doing. An American named James Monroe found out what the British ships were doing. He tried to find a resolution. 1812 America declares war on Great Britain. When the Americans had enough, they declared war on the English. It was called The Second American Revolution. August 1812 The Americans lose the first battle. The Americans lost Fort Mackinac to the British. April 1813 The Americans take York. The American soldiers had been trying to invade Canada, and they finally succeeded in taking the Great Lakes. From there they took the British stronghold of York. August 1814 The Brits burn Washington D.C. The British troops broke through into Washington D.C. They burned the city and caused the President to flee the city. December 1814 The Treaty of Ghent. The British and Americans agreed to stop the fighting; the treaty was signed. January 1815 One last battle is fought. The final battle in the war was the Battle of New Orleans. Andrew Jackson led the victory, and it helped him win the presidency.