The document provides details about the War of 1812 for a school report, including that it lasted from June 1812 to February 1815 between the US and British Empire in North America and the Atlantic/Pacific oceans, involving allied Native American tribes on both sides. A key cause was British trade restrictions from 1807 that the US said were illegal, and important facts were that it was the US's first declared war and Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans in 1815.

2. WHAT?
I am doing my report
on the war of 1812.

3. WHEN
The war started on June
18, 1812 and ended on
February 18, 1815.
It lasted for 2 years and 8
months.

4. WHERE
This war occurred in
eastern and central North
America.
And on the Atlantic and
Pacific ocean.

5. WHO
US and Allies vs. British Empire
and allies.
US allies Cherokee, Choctaw
,and Creek Indians.
British allies Fox, Mingo and
Miami

6. WHY
In 1807 Britian introduced a
series of trade
restrictions and the US
said that these
restrictions were illegal.

7. IMPORTANT FACTS
This was the first declaration of war
by the US.
The last major battle of the war of
1812 was the US victory at New
Orleans on January 8, 1815.

8. IMPORTANT QUOTE
“great credit… belongs to Andrew Jackson, who, with his
cool head and quick eyes, his stout heart and strong
hand, stands out in history as the ablest general the
United States produced, from the out break of the
revolution down to the beginning of the civil war”
Written by Theodore Roosevelt