James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution ... He asked Congress to declare war on Britain in 1812, and the war began so badly that by fighting to a draw, Americans of 1815 felt they had ...

After a second mock volley, the re-enactors retire to the parking lot of one of the bloodiest battlefields of the War of 1812 ... To President James Madison and “War Hawks” in Congress ...

The Montpelier Foundation In the years leading up to America’s second war with Britain, President James ... Europe in 1812 and 1813, which meant the United States would have to fight the world ...

On June 18, 1812, American President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Britain ... Would the citizens fight the enemy or embrace them? "My situation is most critical," Brock ...