the battle of new orleans
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Information on the Battle of New Orleans and the War of 1812.TRANSCRIPT
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The Battle of New Orleans
American History Class
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What?
• Battle of the War of 1812– Anglo-American War
• Between the United States and British Empire
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The Battle
• http://haysvillelibrary.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/battle-of-new-orleans.jpg
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When?
• 2 Day Attack– Dec. 23 & January 8
• Treaty of Ghent– Ended war
http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/america/unitedstates/1783/1809/1809/graphics/treaty.jpg
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Where?
• 5 miles south of New Orleans, LA• Chalmette Plantation• Map of Louisiana
http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/161115/1/Battle-Of-New-Orleans.jpg
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Where? Cont.
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Why?
• U.S. Shipping was being harassed– Britain was requiring shipping licenses
• Imprisonment of American sailors– British sailors became U.S. citizens,
British Navymen kidnapped them back
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Why? Cont.
• Trade Expansion– Indian’s obstructed American’s
expansion to the north• British supplied Indian’s
• Britain did not want America trading with France– Napoleonic wars
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Who?
• Major General Sir Edward Pakenham– 11,000 soldiers– 1st & 5th Fleet of West
India Regiment
http://www.franklinmaine.net/Gossip%20and%20News/Gossip%20Images/EdwardPakenham.jpg
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Who? Cont.
• Major General Andrew Jackson (USA)– 4,000 Soldiers– Militia, Native
Americans & Black Soldiers
http://www.museumoffloridahistory.com/collections/governors/portraits/1_Jackson.jpg
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The Outcome
• British– 2,332 casualties
• 431 killed• 1,353 wounded• 584 captured
– 3 major Generals dead
• United States– 314 casualties
• 37 killed• 173 wounded• 104 captured
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The Outcome Cont.
• Gave the U.S. a national identity• Creates a war hero in Andrew
Jackson– 7th President of the United States
• Top 1959 hit– Jimmie Driftwood; Johnny Horton
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Work Cited
• The Battle of New Orleans. Wikipedia. 8 October 2009. 9 October 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans>