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==-The Battle of Queesnton Heights was the most significant battle of 1812 and was also the first major battle to take place during the war. It took place on October.13,1812. -Stephen Van Rensselaer the third was an American Lieutanaunt and was New York's second Lietenaunt Governor. He was also a sodier, land-owner, and statesman and he was the owner of one of the biggest New York estates of his time. He had a plan to cross the Niagra river and invade the town of Queesnston. He first wanted to captue Queenston's heights because if he succeeded in doing that he would have a vantage point and he would be able to possibly drive the Canadian forces out of the Niagra Peninsula. -One of the other significant battles in the war of 1812 was the battle of beaver dams. This started when a Britsh women named Laura Secord came to tell the British forces that the American soldiers were comeing to their headquarters to capture them. So after hearing this Lieutanaunt Fitzgibbon ordered the troops to move out and they captuered the Americans in a clearing soon after that. -The Chanawaga Native tribe helped the British a lot in the war. the were a special type of militia which could sneak around the enemy lines unseen. these ablilities were also honed by the Six Nations group which were also strong Native allies. -Laura Secord was an average British women who after overhearing the Americans staying at her house say that the were planning to attack Lieutenaunt Fitzgibbon and his men walked 12 miles to warn the soldiers of the oncomeing attack. For this reason she is seen as a canadian hero. -General William Hull was an American politician as well as an American Soldier. He was the one who surrendered fort Detroit to the British and he was also the Governor of the Michigan Territory. he was a judge and Stae Senator in Massachusettes and he also fought in the Revolutionary war. -General Issac brock was a British Administrator and Amry officer. he was promoted to Major General and was in the command of a British regiment in upper Canada and he was 43 years old when the British won the Battle of Queenston Heights even though he died in the battle. -During the war of 1812 the Britsh went to Washington on August,24 1812. The British took over Washington D.C. and they burned down the Presisdents Mansion and they also put the tourch to many of the other important buildings of parliment. -The war of 1812 started because the Britsh prevented the Americans from Trading with the French. Britan did this because they were at war with France at the time. So after these restrictions were made the United States of America declared war on Britan.==