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September 2, 2002. ( 2002-09-02) –. April 4, 2003. ( 2003-04-04) Liberty's Kids (stylized on-screen as Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776) is an American animated historical fiction television series produced by WHYY and DIC Entertainment, and originally aired on PBS Kids from September 2, 2002, to April 4, 2003, with reruns airing on most PBS ...
4 killed. 17 wounded. The Chesapeake–Leopard affair was a naval engagement off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on June 22, 1807, between the British fourth-rate HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS Chesapeake. The crew of Leopard pursued, attacked, and boarded the American frigate, looking for deserters from the Royal Navy. [ 1]
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette [a] (French: [ʒilbɛʁ dy mɔtje maʁki d(ə) la fajɛt]; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette [a] (/ ˌ l ɑː f i ˈ ɛ t, ˌ l æ f-/ LA(H)F-ee-ET), was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington ...
The War of 1812 marked a turning point in the history of the Old Northwest because it established United States authority over the British and Indians of that border region. [365] After the decisive defeat of the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, some Creek warriors escaped to join the Seminole in Florida.
Battle of the Thames ( WIA) Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 [ a] – November 19, 1850) was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren. He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under ...
We Owe Allegiance to No Crown is a large (60 by 50 inches) [1] 1814 oil on canvas painting by Philadelphian artist John Archibald Woodside. This painting was displayed in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., for the exhibition, "1812: A Nation Emerges", [2] from June 2012-January 2013. [3]
The letters were fraudulent, but both the President and his fellow Republicans in Congress were deceived on the eve of the War of 1812. Henry left the United States for France shortly before the letters were made public on March 9, 1812 in a message to Congress by President Madison. Historians have been sharply critical of Madison's actions.
The results of the War of 1812, which was fought between the United Kingdom and the United States from 1812 to 1814, included no immediate boundary changes. The main result of the War of 1812 has been over two centuries of peace between the two countries. All of the causes for the war had disappeared with the end of the Napoleonic Wars between ...