Often called "The Forgotten War," the War of 1812 did not go well for the Americans in the first two years. In the summer of 1814, the British sent an army to capture the Chesapeake Bay area and the American capital of Washington, D.C. If the capital fell would the Americans surrender and perhaps once again become a British colony? British forces captured the American capital and then moved to capture Baltimore, which they saw as more important than Washington, D.C. Examine the British efforts to control the Chesapeake Bay area, the fighting near Washington and Baltimore, the role of Francis Scott Key and the Star-Spangled Banner.
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