THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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the British General surrendered.
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the French defeated the U.S.
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both sides declared a truce and signed a treaty.
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the White House burned.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On February 16, 1815, the day President James Madison sent the Treaty of Ghent to the Senate, senators approved it unanimously. With ratification of this treaty, the War of 1812 came to an end.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Treaty of Ghent (8 Stat. 218) was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. It took effect in February 1815. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, United Netherlands (now in Belgium).
Detailed explanation-3: -A meeting in Belgium of American delegates and British commissioners ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814. Great Britain agreed to relinquish claims to the Northwest Territory, and both countries pledged to work toward ending the slave trade.
Detailed explanation-4: -On December 24, 1814, the Treaty of Ghent officially ended the War of 1812, but the delayed news couldn’t stop nearly 1, 000 British troops from being killed at the Battle of New Orleans.