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Declaration of War

United States · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1809–1811Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1809

James Madison1809

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Madison declares war on Britain, in an attempt to gain Canada from the British

1811

James Madison5 November 1811

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Madison recommends war against Britain in Congress

Names involved

James Madison

Provenance

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