Tensions mount between the United States and Great Britain. War is inevitable. The British General Isaac Brock sends troops to take Fort Mackinac, leading to the first victory of the war.
The native Shawnee rally behind the legendary Tecumseh to defend their homeland from the British. Opposing their rebellion is future President William Henry Harrison.
With the two sides locked in a stalemate, General Wilkinson descends the St. Lawrence River. The American advance is repulsed at the Battles of Chateauguay and Crysler's Farm.
There are bloody battles on the Niagara frontier. The British sail up the Chesapeake Bay and burn public buildings in Washington, but events in Europe influence the end of the conflict.
