5. She sent vessels of war to our coast to search our ships, and in 1807 even seized sailors on board an American ship of war, the _Chesapeake_. 6. Congress retaliated with several measures cutting off trade with France and Great Britain; these failing, war on Great Britain was declared in 1812. 7. War on land was begun by attempts to invade Canada from Detroit, Niagara, and northeastern New York. These attempts failed, and Detroit was captured by the British. 8. In 1813 Perry won a great naval victory on Lake Erie; and the American soldiers, after a reverse at Frenchtown, invaded Canada and won the battle of the Thames. 9. In 1814 the Americans won the battles of Chippewa and Lundys Lane, but were later driven from Canada. A British invasion of New York met disaster at Plattsburg Bay. 10. Along the seaboard the British blockaded the entire coast, seized the eastern part of Maine, took Washington and burned the public buildings, and attacked Baltimore. 11. Later New Orleans was attacked, but in 1815 Jackson won a signal victory and drove the British from Louisiana. 12. On the sea our vessels won many ship duels. 13. Peace was made in 1814, just as the New England Federalists were holding their Hartford Convention. The war resulted in strengthening the Union and making it more respected. [Illustration: FLINTLOCK MUSKET, SUCH AS WAS USED IN THE WAR OF 1812.] [Illustration: MODERN MILITARY CARBINE.] FOOTNOTES [1] During the war, in 1803, the frigate _Philadelphia_ ran on the rocks in the harbor of Tripoli, and was captured by the Tripolitans. The Americans then determined to destroy her. Stephen Decatur sailed into the harbor with a volunteer crew in a little vessel disguised as a fishing boat. The Tripolitans allowed the Americans to come close, whereupon they boarded the _Philadelphia_, drove off the pirate crew, set the vessel on fire, and escaped unharmed.