HIST 3071 Chapter : The Battle Of New Orleans
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Causes: britain was at war with france, commercial disputes, impressment, border disputes with british controlled canada, british forts remained occupied, british supporting/inciting native americans, british disdain for america and its independence. British strategy: divide and conquer: focus on cities/major ports, blockade them, ground forces would move, north from canada into new york, from the atlantic into the chesapeake, the gulf coast. Inconclusive outcomes: by mid-1814 a stalemate, aug. 1814 british captured & burned parts of washington d. c, peace negotiations began, americans sacked york, april 1814, british burned washington d. c. august 1814. Negotiate from strength: peace negotiations began ghent, belgium, aug 1814, plans for attacking and defending gulf coast went ahead. Andrew jackson: an american icon, deeply controversial, owed british a debt of retaliatory vengeance . Jackson"s military career: 1802 major general, tennessee militia, 1813-14 war on creek indians, 1814- major gen us army.
