In the following days , the government arrested Arrest three photographers , two bloggers , a lawyer and a politician , and prevented Preventing_or_letting human rights activists and journalists from entering Arriving the country , deported Removing an American teacher and reportedly encircled Besieging entire areas with barbed wire .

To man the blockade , Britain pressed Motion American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy .

American sentiment grew Expansion increasingly hostile toward Britain due to incidents Catastrophe such as the `` Chesapeake–Leopard '' affair , which happened Presence five years before the war .

Britain supplied Supply arms to American Indians who raided Attack American settlers on the frontier , hindering Hindering American expansion and provoking Causation resentment .

Britain supplied Supply arms to American Indians who raided Attack American settlers on the frontier , hindering Hindering American expansion and provoking Causation resentment .

Britain supplied Supply arms to American Indians who raided Attack American settlers on the frontier , hindering Hindering American expansion and provoking Causation resentment .

Historians debate Communication whether the desire to annex Attack some or all of British North America ( Canada ) contributed Giving to the American decision to go to Motion war .

However , the Western interest was in expansion Expansion into American territories such as Indiana , Illinois , Michigan , and Wisconsin , where they were threatened Warning by Indians supported Supporting by the British .

On June 18 , 1812 , President James Madison signed Sign_agreement into law the American declaration of war , after heavy pressure Convincing from the War Hawks in Congress .

American defeats Conquering at the Siege of Detroit and the Battle of Queenston Heights thwarted attempts to seize Conquering Upper Canada , improving British morale .

American attempts also failed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to invade Attack Lower Canada and capture Conquering Montreal .

With the abdication Change_of_leadership of Napoleon , Britain 's war ended Process_end with France and Britain ceased impressment , rendering Causation the issue Creating irrelevant of the impressment of American sailors .

The British were then able to increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the strength of the blockade on the United States coast , smothering American maritime trade , but their attempts failed to invade America , at which point both sides began Process_start to desire peace .

Approximately 17 percent of the American population witnessed the launch on live television broadcast because of the presence of high school teacher Christa McAuliffe , who would have been the first teacher in space .

Severe Tropical Cyclone Susan was one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record Recording within the South Pacific basin , which was first noted Statement on December 20 , 1997 , as a weak tropical disturbance located to the north of American Samoa .

Dark Winter was focused Aiming on evaluating Check the inadequacies of a national emergency response Communication during the use Using of a biological weapon against the American populace .

Exploits would also include the many difficulties that the media would face when providing Supply American citizens with the necessary information regarding safety procedures .

In 1980 , under mounting pressure Influence from the Japanese American Citizens League and redress organizations , President Jimmy Carter opened Process_start an investigation Criminal_investigation to determine Deciding whether the decision Deciding to put Placing Japanese Americans into concentration camps had been justified Justifying by the government .

The ( You Drive Me ) Crazy Tour Traveling was the second concert tour Traveling by American recording artist Britney Spears , launched Process_start in support of her studio albums `` ... Baby One More Time '' ( 1999 ) and `` Oops ! ...

Bird 's invasion Attack of Kentucky during the American Revolutionary War Military_operation was one phase of an extensive planned Arranging series of operations Military_operation planned Arranging by the British in 1780 , whereby the entire West , from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico , was to be swept Body_movement clear of both Spanish and colonial resistance .

The official justification for the arms shipments was that they were part of an operation to free seven American hostages being held Hold in Lebanon by Hezbollah , a paramilitary group with Iranian ties connected Connect to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps .

However , as documented Recording by a congressional investigation , the first Reagan-sponsored secret arms sales to Iran began Process_start in 1981 before any of the American hostages had been taken Conquering in Lebanon .

Operation Praying Mantis was an attack Attack on 18 April 1988 , by U.S. forces within Iranian territorial waters in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War and the subsequent damage Damaging to an American warship .

The Rollercoaster Tour Traveling was a 1992 co-headlining concert tour by the English Britpop band Blur , the American indie rock band Dinosaur Jr. , the Irish alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine and the Scottish noise pop band the Jesus and Mary Chain .

Reid was inspired Influence by , and considered the Rollercoaster Tour a British equivalent to , the North American festival Lollapalooza , which the Jesus and Mary Chain performed Hold at in 1991 and which he considered `` fairly disastrous '' .

The 2010 North American leg of the tour was postponed Change_event_time until the following year after lead vocalist Bono suffered Bodily_harm a serious back injury .

The One Tour was the third concert tour Traveling by Canadian American recording artist , Alanis Morissette .

In September 1993 , the group began Process_start a North American leg Social_event , which commenced Process_start in Quebec City , Canada .

The group continued to promote Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale `` Songs of Faith and Devotion '' the following year on the Exotic Tour/Summer Tour Traveling '94 , which included Cause_to_be_included an additional North American leg Social_event .

It pitted Hostile_encounter the American Railway Union ( ARU ) against the Pullman Company , the main railroads , and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland .

The railroad brotherhoods and the American Federation of Labor ( AFL ) opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act the boycott , and the General Managers ' Association of the railroads coordinated the opposition .

The objectives Aiming at Gold were to secure a beachhead , move Motion west to capture Conquering Arromanches and establish Building contact with the American forces Military_operation at Omaha , capture Bayeux and the small port at Port-en-Bessin , and to link Connect up with the Canadian forces Military_operation at Juno to the east .

The Fishing Creek Confederacy was an alleged military uprising Change_of_leadership in northern Columbia County , Pennsylvania and southern Sullivan County , Pennsylvania during the American Civil War Military_operation .

The Battle Military_operation of Antietam , also known as the Battle Military_operation of Sharpsburg , particularly in the Southern United States , was a battle Military_operation of the American Civil War Military_operation , fought Hostile_encounter on September 17 , 1862 , between Confederate General Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan 's Army of the Potomac , near Sharpsburg , Maryland and Antietam Creek .

Part of the Maryland Campaign Military_operation , it was the first field army–level engagement Hostile_encounter in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War to take place Process_start on Union soil .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Cixi ( no relation to the reigning Empress at the time ) or Battle Hostile_encounter of Tzeki ( 慈溪之戰 ) was a victory Getting for Qing imperial forces Military_operation led Causation by American soldier of fortune Frederick Townsend Ward against Taiping Rebels in late Qing Dynasty China .

The American frontier comprises Cause_to_be_included the geography , history , folklore , and cultural expression of life in the forward wave of American expansion Expansion that began Process_start with English colonial settlements Statement in the early 17th century and ended Process_end with the admission Becoming_a_member of the last remaining western territories as states in 1959 .

The American frontier comprises Cause_to_be_included the geography , history , folklore , and cultural expression of life in the forward wave of American expansion Expansion that began Process_start with English colonial settlements Statement in the early 17th century and ended Process_end with the admission Becoming_a_member of the last remaining western territories as states in 1959 .

Leading Participation theorist Frederick Jackson Turner went Self_motion deeper , arguing Quarreling that the frontier was the defining process of American civilization : `` The frontier , '' he asserted Statement , `` promoted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the formation Coming_to_be of a composite nationality for the American people . ''

Leading Participation theorist Frederick Jackson Turner went Self_motion deeper , arguing Quarreling that the frontier was the defining process of American civilization : `` The frontier , '' he asserted Statement , `` promoted Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the formation Coming_to_be of a composite nationality for the American people . ''

He theorized Know it was a process of development Cause_to_make_progress : `` This perennial rebirth , this fluidity of American life , this expansion Expansion westward ... furnish Supply [ es ] the forces Causation dominating American character . ''

He theorized Know it was a process of development Cause_to_make_progress : `` This perennial rebirth , this fluidity of American life , this expansion Expansion westward ... furnish Supply [ es ] the forces Causation dominating American character . ''

Turner 's ideas since 1893 have inspired Influence generations of historians ( and critics ) to explore Scrutiny multiple individual American frontiers , but the popular folk frontier concentrates on the conquest Conquering and settlement Statement of Native American lands west of the Mississippi River , in what is now the Midwest , Texas , the Great Plains , the Rocky Mountains , the Southwest , the West Coast , and Hawaii .

Turner 's ideas since 1893 have inspired Influence generations of historians ( and critics ) to explore Scrutiny multiple individual American frontiers , but the popular folk frontier concentrates on the conquest Conquering and settlement Statement of Native American lands west of the Mississippi River , in what is now the Midwest , Texas , the Great Plains , the Rocky Mountains , the Southwest , the West Coast , and Hawaii .

As the American frontier passed Motion_directional into history , the myths of the West in fiction and film took Action a firm hold Hold in the imagination of Americans and foreigners alike .

On the afternoon of 17 February , American UH-1 Iroquois helicopters and M113 armoured Wearing personnel carriers ( APCs ) deployed Arranging 6 RAR into the area north-west of Hoi My .

In November 1942 , American and British forces Military_operation landed in North Africa under Operation Military_operation `` Torch '' .

The Virgin Tour Traveling was the debut concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna .

There was a continuing campaign Military_operation by various European navies and the American navy to suppress Hold the piracy against Europeans by the North African Barbary states .

4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé was the second concert residency by American recording artist Beyoncé .