Ultimately, what does it mean to be Canadian? They can draw strength from the War of 1812. Small bands of British soldiers, local militia and indigenous tribes held off the Americans as the two ...

Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent The Battle of New Orleans, as painted by E.

Why did World War One start? What were the causes of World War One and how did the war develop? Find out in our guide. What role did the British Empire play in the war? What role did the British ...

With the war only a few months old, the entire Michigan territory had fallen into British hands. Yes — strangely enough, at sea. In 1812 and 1813, the tiny U.S. Navy bested the supposedly ...

For his service at Antietam, Sergeant McKinley ... officer’s rank. In 1812, James Buchanan passed the Pennsylvania bar exam and established himself as a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. Although he was ...

During the War of 1812, British forces approached the notorious Gulf of Mexico smuggler for help in attacking the U.S. coastline. Lafitte not only warned American authorities; he and his crew ...

Back in 1812, we declared war on Britain and tried to invade Canada, a campaign Thomas Jefferson predicted would be “a mere matter of marching.” Bad beat. By 1814, the British had captured Washington ...

He was born in London in 1788; was member of the House of Commons from 1812 to 1842 ... During the Crimean War he obtained a furlough, joined the British Army, and was twice wounded in the ...

The high-octane espionage series, set during the 1960s at the height of the Cold War, follows Palmer, a working-class British sergeant, who’s on the make in Berlin and ends up becoming a spy to avoid ...