THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Detroit
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some lakes
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the ochen
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orleans
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the War of 1812, American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit and his army to the British without a fight.
Detailed explanation-2: -On August 16, 1812, the terrified American General William Hull surrendered Fort Detroit along with his 2, 500 men.
Detailed explanation-3: -The fort was built along the Detroit River at the gateway between Lake Erie and the western Great Lakes. It consisted of a small town surrounded by a stockade wall. Fort Detroit soon became a center of the fur trade between the French and local Indians.
Detailed explanation-4: -As the year 1812 opened with the United States and Great Britain spiraling toward another armed conflict the Michigan Territory emerged as a critical theater of operations. Its location north of the state of Ohio and bordering British held Upper Canada made it an avenue of invasion for the opposing sides.
Detailed explanation-5: -On 2 and 3 August 1812, TECUMSEH, Captain MUIR and Roundhead took a force of First Nations and about 100 redcoats across the Detroit River from Amherstburg, landing near the Wyandot village of Brownstown.