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The United states underwent many changes during James Madison's presidency. First, The battle of tippecanoe took place during his presidency, this lead to the war of 1812, which took place during his presidency. The united states declared war on june 18, 1812. This [|resulted] in many things, the U.S. gaining firm control of the northwest territory. This had happened because the british who owned forts there had finally left, eliminating all support for the natives. secondly, __[|Washington D.C. was burned to the ground,]__  including the capital building, and the white house. The british attack on fort McHenry also inspired Francis scott key to write the star __[|spangled banner]__ , which would later become the national anthem. It also was the end of the federalist party because it had been accused of being unpatriotic during the war. The British also agreed to leave Canada’s borders. around 15,000 american soldiers were lost by the end of the war. Overall none of the U.s.‘s pre-war objectives were achieved. Madison also caused changes in domestic issues. He created the __[| second national bank]__ in 1816 after the first bank expired in 1811, it was discovered this was needed to wage war after the war of 1812. Madisons goal as president was to continue Jeffersons agenda, and to remove the system left behind by the federalists. There were a few inventions during his presidency one was the __[|Columbiad cannon]__ , which was used to defend shoreline in the war of 1812. This was invented as a result of the United States preparing for the war of 1812, and would be used up until the spanish american war, when it would be replaced.