When Wastilla Goodno was born in 1812, his or her father, Caleb Goodnough, was -14 and his or her mother, Polley Shipman, was 40. He or she died in 1812, in Rochester, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 0.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
Altered form of English Goodenough .
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