James Madison ... As president, Madison helped establish the Democratic-Republican Party of Jeffersonian ideals. He asked Congress to declare war on Britain in 1812, and the war began so badly ...

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 ...

Major Acts: British seizure of American seamen pushed James Madison to ask Congress for a declaration of war in June 1812. The United States entered the conflict without a strong military.

James Madison University ... considering its connection to British royalty; Madison fought against the British during the American Revolution and the War of 1812 — where he became the first ...